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A science journalist (or science writer) is a journalist who specializes in writing about science topics, and thus practices science journalism. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Science journalism is a relatively new branch of Journalism, which uses the art of Reporting to convey information about Science topics to a public forum Due to this combination, a science journalist needs to be proficient in two areas: as a journalist who can write well enough for magazines and newspapers, and as a scientist, or at least as a dedicated learner capable of following complex science and explaining it in simple terms. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. A scientist, in the broadest sense refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire Knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices

Science journalism can also be categorized as science writing.

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Christopher Bird ( May 11, 1928 - May 2, 1996) became a science journalist after serving in the U David Bradley (born 1966 England is a UK Journalist specializing in science and technology Deborah Byrd (born March 1, 1951 in San Antonio Texas) is an American Science journalist. Since its initial broadcast in 1991 the Earth & Sky radio series has presented daily information about Science and Nature to radio listeners from around Nigel Calder (born December 2 1931) is a British Science writer. Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster currently Cosmology consultant for New Scientist magazine Gregg Edmund Easterbrook (born March 3, 1953) is an American writer lecturer and a senior editor of The New Republic. Albrecht Fölsing (born 1940 is a trained Physicist turned into a Scientific journalist. Ben Goldacre is a British doctor and Journalist, and the author of the The Guardian newspaper's weekly Bad Science column Gina Kolata (born in Baltimore Maryland, February 25, 1948) is a Science journalist for The New York Times. Robert Kunzig is an award-winning scientific journalist specializing in the topic of Oceans He works at the European division of Discover magazine and Dennis Overbye (born June 2, 1944 in Seattle Washington) is a science writer specializing in Physics and Cosmology. The Hon Matthew White Ridley (born February 7, 1958, in Northumberland) is an English science ‎ Dr Kirsten Sanford (aka Dr Kiki Sanford) (born August 1 1974 is a Research scientist in Neurophysiology at the University of California Carl Zimmer (born 1966 is a popular science writer and Blogger especially regarding the study of Evolution and Parasites He has written several books and Science journalism is a relatively new branch of Journalism, which uses the art of Reporting to convey information about Science topics to a public forum
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