MediaScape: 31 May 2015

Science journalism, she feels, is probably the field in which the embargo system has been most disputed and at the same time is most likely to continue. For leading science journals, especially US-based ones, news embargoes have been a core part of their media policy since the 1920s. Journals’ editors still push forward the same arguments – that journalists have enough time to prepare their stories properly and, if necessary, do additional research. But there’s a catch, as Gruber emphasises: if the journals can maintain control over the science agenda in mass media, their reputation and circulation is protected.

Science journalism, she feels, is probably the field in which the embargo system has been most disputed and at the same time is most likely to continue. For leading science journals, especially US-based ones, news embargoes have been a core part of their media policy since the 1920s. Journals’ editors still push forward the same arguments – that journalists have enough time to prepare their stories properly and, if necessary, do additional research. But there’s a catch, as Gruber emphasises: if the journals can maintain control over the science agenda in mass media, their reputation and circulation is protected.

Science journalism, she feels, is probably the field in which the embargo system has been most disputed and at the same time is most likely to continue. For leading science journals, especially US-based ones, news embargoes have been a core part of their media policy since the 1920s. Journals’ editors still push forward the same arguments – that journalists have enough time to prepare their stories properly and, if necessary, do additional research. But there’s a catch, as Gruber emphasises: if the journals can maintain control over the science agenda in mass media, their reputation and circulation is protected.

Science journalism, she feels, is probably the field in which the embargo system has been most disputed and at the same time is most likely to continue. For leading science journals, especially US-based ones, news embargoes have been a core part of their media policy since the 1920s. Journals’ editors still push forward the same arguments – that journalists have enough time to prepare their stories properly and, if necessary, do additional research. But there’s a catch, as Gruber emphasises: if the journals can maintain control over the science agenda in mass media, their reputation and circulation is protected.

Science journalism, she feels, is probably the field in which the embargo system has been most disputed and at the same time is most likely to continue. For leading science journals, especially US-based ones, news embargoes have been a core part of their media policy since the 1920s. Journals’ editors still push forward the same arguments – that journalists have enough time to prepare their stories properly and, if necessary, do additional research. But there’s a catch, as Gruber emphasises: if the journals can maintain control over the science agenda in mass media, their reputation and circulation is protected.

Science journalism, she feels, is probably the field in which the embargo system has been most disputed and at the same time is most likely to continue. For leading science journals, especially US-based ones, news embargoes have been a core part of their media policy since the 1920s. Journals’ editors still push forward the same arguments – that journalists have enough time to prepare their stories properly and, if necessary, do additional research. But there’s a catch, as Gruber emphasises: if the journals can maintain control over the science agenda in mass media, their reputation and circulation is protected.

Science journalism, she feels, is probably the field in which the embargo system has been most disputed and at the same time is most likely to continue. For leading science journals, especially US-based ones, news embargoes have been a core part of their media policy since the 1920s. Journals’ editors still push forward the same arguments – that journalists have enough time to prepare their stories properly and, if necessary, do additional research. But there’s a catch, as Gruber emphasises: if the journals can maintain control over the science agenda in mass media, their reputation and circulation is protected.

Science journalism, she feels, is probably the field in which the embargo system has been most disputed and at the same time is most likely to continue. For leading science journals, especially US-based ones, news embargoes have been a core part of their media policy since the 1920s. Journals’ editors still push forward the same arguments – that journalists have enough time to prepare their stories properly and, if necessary, do additional research. But there’s a catch, as Gruber emphasises: if the journals can maintain control over the science agenda in mass media, their reputation and circulation is protected.