Fabio Turone
Director, Center for Ethics in Science and Journalism
Graduation Year:
2017
Bio:
Fabio Turone is an Italian science journalist and author with extensive experience in medicine/healthcare and in research integrity and ethics, based in Milan. He is the founding editor of Agency Zoe of scientific information, and since 2002 has been working for many Italian and International outlets including Research Professional News, Univadis/Medscape, Edra/Doctor33, Nature, Nature Middle East, Nature Italy.
Since 2016 ne also directs the Center for Ethics in Science and Journalism, and is involved in several research projects on science journalism, science communication, scientific citizenship and research ethics. Ongoing projects include the FRONTIERS project to establish a EU-wide program of science journalists in residence in research institutions, funded via a competitive call by the European Research Council, and the project FOCS on scientific citizenship, funded by an Italian foundation.
He is a member of the Italian Professional Order of Journalists, and president of the professional association Science Writers in Italy (SWIM), that he represents in the World Federation of Science Journalists. In 2019-2024 he was board member of the European Federation for Science Journalism, that he contributed to establish in 2019. He was member of the organising committee and co-chair of communication of the Lausanne World Conference of Science Journalists WCSJ2019 and chair of the 2020 European Conference of Science Journalism ECSJ2020 held in conjunction with ESOF2020 in Trieste.
In 2021 he published with Daniela Ovadia the book "Scienza senza maiuscola" (Science without capital letter) on research ethics and integrity.
Location:
Milan, Italy
Career:
Science journalist, editor and author
Website:
http://www.cesj.eu
