Jaipur (Rajsthan), India; November 29-30, 2004

Scientific knowledge and scientific temper - what is right combination, how does mass communication impact one’s attitude and how scientific temper can influence the mass media, could be some of the questions dealt at the ‘National Seminar on Scientific Temper and Mass Communication’ in Jaipur on November 20-30, 2004. It is to be jointly organised by National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) and Center for Mass Communication of the Rajasthan University. It offers a forum for formal and informal interaction between researchers and practitioners of science and communication.

There will be 5 technical sessions / sub themes, i.e,
(i) Scientific Temper : Understanding the basic concept; (ii) Scientific Temper : Traditional beliefs and misbeliefs; (iii) Scientific Temper : A literary perspective; (iv) Scientific Temper : Role of mass media; and (v) Scientific Temper: evaluation and measurement tools. The technical sessions will have presentation of contributory research papers and invited talks. Deliberations will preferably be in Hindi though some exceptional ones in English will also be accomodated.

The seminar is likely to be of interest to those who are active in the areas of science, communication and science communication; i.e., science communicators, science writers, journalists, editors, researchers from university departments of journalism, public relations and information officers of scientific organisations, representatives of media organisations, newspapers, magazines, science cells of radio / TV channel, etc.; and voluntary organisations active in this area. For further details contact :

Dr. Sanjeev Bhanawat, C-235A, Dayanand Marg, Tilak Nagar, Jaipur-302004, Rajasthan (India);
Phone : +91-141-2620944, Mobile : +91-9414073466,
E-mail : bhanawat@yahoo.com

Ateneo de Manila University (CFJ), Manila

Fifteen fellowship grants are to be awarded in June this year by the Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University (CFJ), Manila, to working journalists interested in pursuing master's degree in Journalism at the Ateneo.

The CFJ fellowships are granted to full-time staff members of a news organisations in Asia and the Pacific. The grant covers tuition and expenses for books, travel and accommodation. Fifteen journalists from India, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines received fellowships last year.

Ateneo's M.A. Journalism program is an innovative distance learning programme which fuses online and conventional learning. With most of the courses conducted online, the degree programme allows workings journalists to pursue higher studies at their own pace and time and in their own homes or workplaces. The courses are regional and cutting-edge in content and they accentuate ethics and social responsibility.

CFJ, a joint project of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) and the Ateneo, was founded in June 2000 to promote good journalism in the Asia-Pacific region
by providing training opportunities to mid career journalists, journalism teachers and other media professionals. KAS is one of the leading apolitical foundations of Germany while Ateneo, established in 1859 ranks among the premier universities of Philippines.

Applications for admission to the programme and for the fellowships both are due on Friday, April 30, 2004 (April 23 for applicants from outside Philippines).