Who We Are - EFSJ - European Federation for Science Journalism

EFSJ is a non-profit organisation that aims to promote independent, high-quality science journalism across Europe

What we do

We aim to support and stimulate journalists to critically examine, challenge and assess scientific information in a social, cultural, political, ethical and economic context; to develop and support new business models for independent science journalism; and to stimulate debate about the role of science journalism and science communication.

We will do this through a variety of activities, such as organising meetings and conferences, setting-up cross-border investigative reporting grants, and running awards.

EFSJ was founded in 2019 by national science journalism associations from France, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, and the Netherlands.

Our Board Members

Krijn SoetemanPRESIDENT

Dutch science & tech journalist, has been working in many different fields of science journalism, from television programs to (online) media outlets. Currently working on mobility in cities as a long term project.

Olga DobrovidovaVICE PRESIDENT

Olga Dobrovidova is a science and environment journalist based in France. She teaches science journalism and communication and writes about policy relevant science, from public health to climate change.

Astrid VicianoSECRETARY

Astrid Viciano (Spanish/German) is a medical doctor, works as the senior editor of the German Health News Review and as a medical reporter, specialized in cross-border investigations. She has worked as a staff reporter at Die Zeit, STERN, and Süddeutsche Zeitung. In 2022, she was the first journalist-in-residence at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia in Barcelona.

Senne StarckxTREASURER

Senne Starckx is a freelance science journalist & writer based in Mol (Belgium/Flanders). Senne covers topics in various scientific disciplines, and adjacent domains like energy, environment and climate.

Magali ReinertBOARD MEMBER

Environmental journalist working for many media in France (Le Monde and Novethic.fr) and abroad (Mail and Guardian and Sci-Dev.net), she teaches at the Master in journalism at the Université Lyon 2. She wrote “Changement climatique. Quels défis pour le Sud?” (IRD Éditions, 2015) and contributed to the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism (Ed. Routledge, 2019).

Fabio TuroneBOARD MEMBER

Editor in chief of Agency Zoe – working for several media, covering medicine, health, environment, innovation and research policy – Fabio is Italy correspondent of Research Professional News and executive director of the Centre for Ethics in Science and Journalism.

Alexandra BorissovaBOARD MEMBER

Alexandra Borissova is an active member of the Italian association SWIM and joined the board as a general board member at the Annual General Assembly on 13 July 2022 during the European Conference of Science Journalism in Leiden.

Mićo TatalovićBOARD MEMBER

Mićo is a science journalist from Rijeka, Croatia (European Capital of Culture 2020). He is a news editor at Research Profesional News. He previously worked as a news editor at Nature, New Scientist, and SciDev.Net. In 2018, he completed the Knight Science Journalism fellowship at MIT in Cambridge, US, where he researched the use of AI in science journalism.

Member Associations

Association des Journalistes Scientifiques de la Presse d’Information.

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Association of British Science Writers.

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Science Writers in Italy.

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Swiss Association of Science Journalism

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WPK is Germany’s major science journalists’ association.

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Association for Science Journalism and Communication Netherlands

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Danish Science Journalists Association

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Financial affiliations

For now, the EFSJ is funded by all member associations: 2 euro per member, which means: when an association has 200 members, they pay 400 euro per year.

The EFSJ is founded as an international non-profit organisation (an ‘INPO’) according to Belgian NPO law.

The registered address is: Duboisstraat 50, 2060 Antwerp.