Fabio Turone and Daniela Ovadia, from the Center for Ethics in Science and Journalism, in Milan, write about the challenges of science journalism and how the ERC funding of the FRONTIERS project may help to tackle some of these challenges.

“The ERC chose to support a project based both on action and research, recognizing that the science journalism community deserves to establish its own ethical rules and best practices”, they write, in a commentary article for the Nature journal.

The FRONTIERS project is set to run from 2023 to 2027. During this time, the FRONTIERS Team plans to enable up to 40 science journalists to spend time with research teams, working on their own reporting ideas at institutions of their choice.

The full article can be read here (in English) and here (in Italian).