Guidelines for non science journalists in times of crisis

These guidelines are dedicated to generalist journalists who are not specialised in
science topics but can be asked, more or less frequently, to deal with news that
involve scientific information as well as ethical and social implications of new
research methodologies or results.
These guidelines aims at helping journalists to understand and tackle complex issues emerging
around the communication of science and technology, especially in relation to
crises, such as, climate change, soil and water related emergencies, pandemics, and
AI and its impact on society. Moreover, complex issues may come under
circumstances of polycrisis, including economic and geopolitical. All this happening
concomitantly with a voracious pace of misinformation, disinformation and fake
news spreading.