Home > Publications

Publications

Recent

  • Secko, D. M., Tlalka, S., Kingdon, A., Dunlop, M., Amend, E. (2011). “The Unfinished Science Story: Journalist-Audience Interactions from the Globe and Mail’s Online Health and Science Sections,” Journalism 12(7): 814-831.
  • Amend, E., Secko, D. M. (2011). “In the face of critique: A qualitative meta-synthesis of the experiences of journalists covering health and science,” Science Communication, online June 28, 2011, DOI: 10.1177/1075547011409952.
  • Amend, E., Secko, D. M. (2011). “Final Report: Planting Our Fuel – Will Science Feed or Kick our Energy Consumption?” World Café on Biofuels, Concordia University.

2010

  • Longstaff, H., Secko, D. M. (2010). “Canadian news media influence on biobank deliberations,” Journal of Health and Mass Communication 2(1-4): 73-95.
  • O’Doherty, K., Burgess, M., Secko, D.M. (2010). “Sequencing the Salmon Genome: A Deliberative Public Engagement,” Genomics, Society and Policy 6(1): 16-33.
  • Amend, E., Secko, D. M. (2010). “Focus on Method: An Approach to the Qualitative Metasynthesis of the Experiences of Journalists Covering Health and Science,” Conference Proceedings of Journalism Interest Group (Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference, Montreal, June 1-3, 2010). Available at: http://cca.kingsjournalism.com/?p=27
  • Secko, D. M., Smith, W. (2010). “Health journalism: Fracturing concerns and building reflective capacity with a deliberative lens,” Canadian Journal of Communication 35(2):
    265-274.

2009

  • Secko, D. M. (2009). “Science Journalism in a Connected Future,” J-Source.ca, December 4.
  • Secko, D. M., Gabrial, B., Bacon, S. (2009). “Final Report: Is Good Health Reporting an Oxymoron,” Health Journalism Workshop, Concordia University.
  • Secko, D. M., Cohen, E. (2009). “Salmon genes, discuss,” The Tyee, March 23.
  • Secko, D. M. (2009). “The unfinished science story: reflections on journalist-audience interactions in the online environment,” Journal of Media Practice 10(2&3): 259-266.
  • Smith, W., Secko, D. M. (2009). “Lost in Translation: Science journalists and society,” JSource.ca, February 10.
  • Secko, D. M., Preto, N., Niemeyer, S., Burgess, M.M. (2009). “Informed Consent in Biobank Research: A Deliberative Approach to the Debate,” Social Science and Medicine 68: 781-789.

2008

  • Secko, D. M., Burgess, M.M., O’Doherty, K. (2008). “Perspectives on Engaging the Public in the Ethics of Emerging Biotechnologies: From Salmon to Biobanks to Neuroethics,” Accountability in Research 15(4): 283-302.
  • Secko, D. M. (2008). “A Mix between Education and Stand-up Comedy: Conversations with Science Journalists on their Role in Society,” Sciencejournalism.net, May 10.
  • Burgess, M.M., O’Doherty, K., Secko, D. M. (2008). “Biobanking in BC: Enhancing discussions of the future of personalized medicine through deliberative public engagement,” Personalized Medicine 5(3): 285-296.

2007