Lee Eun-jung, 30th President of the Korea Science Reporters Association, KBS Science Reporter
Dec 27, 2024
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한국과학기자협회 회장선거관리위원회는 "12월 26일 오전 11시부터 27일 오전 11시 30분까지 실시한 모바일 전자선거 투표에서 이은정 후보가 최다 득표를 해 당선을 확정했다" he announced.
Lee said, `I will support more juniors to grow into scientific journalists and professional journalists, thinking that the right scientific journalism should be the foundation for creating the right society" he said. Specifically, the association will be operated by conducting various activities such as ▲science, medicine, environment, climate change, etc., ▲ maintaining long-term overseas training and expanding short-term training opportunities, ▲ strengthening content for video news, ▲ expanding cooperation with the media and external organizations, ▲ strengthening programs to cultivate individual journalists' abilities ▲ supporting the treatment of trauma for journalists.
Lee received a bachelor's/master's degree from Seoul National University's Department of Microbiology and a doctorate from Seoul National University School of Medicine (topic: bioethics). He started as a reporter at Kyunghyang Shinmun in 1995 and has been a science reporter at KBS since 2007, and has also served as the director of three news production departments and a digital news week (director). He is currently serving as the chairman of the Science and Communication Committee of the Korean Federation of Women's Science and Technology Organizations, an advisor to the Korea Research Foundation's Policy Advisory Committee, and a visiting professor of life sciences at Seoul National University.
Meanwhile, the term of the 30th Chairman Lee Eun-jung is two years from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
