South Africa: Media Development and Diversity Agency On Promoting Science and Technology Reporting

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Some 47 representatives of community media, from all nine provinces, attended a Youth Science Journalism Workshop held by the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) and supported by the Media Development & Diversity Agency (MDDA), as part of a Memorandum of Understanding to promote science journalism.

The workshop, held from 14 - 15 March 2018 and attended by interns, new community media hosts and community media partners, covered topics pertinent to Science Journalism from the responsible management of scientific information to ZACube-2, South Africa's next technology demonstrator. Workshop participants also visited the mineral processing research body, Mintek, touring the Nanotechnology Innovation Centre and HySA Catalysis facility.

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