Concrete solutions must be drawn up to overcome the challenge of funding public-interest and investigative science journalism, amid the crisis in traditional print media and a decline in the number of specialist science reporters, a meeting in London heard this week (23 April). The meeting discussed key focus areas for the 8th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ), taking place in Helsinki, Finland later this year (24–28 June).
There was strong consensus that creating plans to safeguard investigative journalism — often the first activity to be sacrificed as journalism's coffers dry up — in both developed and emerging economies should be a key priority in Helsinki. (...)

The article:
http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/science-journalism/news/wcsj2013-urged-to-find-new-funding-model-for-critical-journalism.html

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http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/science-journalism/practical-guides/how-to-be-an-investigative-science-journalist-1.html

The Conference website:
http://wcsj2013.org/