Scientific Journalism and Science Communication: Professionalization in the Face of the Digital Transition

Abstract

Scientific journalism and, more generally, the communication of science, in Argentina, as well as in several Latin American countries, is in a process of professionalization, with a fairly consolidated community of practitioners and with a defined identity, in addition to a growing offer of education and training and a promising development in the field of research in different institutions. However, this community, its discourses and its practices are today at various crossroads, derived from the accelerated incorporation of new communication technologies and the transition to the digital age, which have put the criteria of truth into crisis and transformed the ecology of the media, having an impact on key issues such as genders, roles and business models of professional practice. It is necessary to become aware and reflect on the consequences of these changes, which put the professionalization process in tension.