Read, think, share The science news website in Spanish The science news website in Spanish esmateria.com @materia_ciencia facebook.com/materia.ciencia Contact: Patricia Fernández de Lis Editor in chief [email protected] 00 34 660 40 30 75 @pflis 04 Materia is the fastest-growing science news website in Spanish thanks to : 01. Top-quality articles written by an experienced, award-winning team of science journalists 02. We carefully select, research, write and edit our stories 03. We put our stories in context so they have an educational value 05 Materia 01 in three Republish our content ideas Materia operates on a Creative Commons Licence. Our contents can be republished free of charge in any website or print media in Spain, Latin America and the US 02 All that matters Materia covers the latest research in biology, physics, paleonthology, astrophysics... Our articles are written in plain, clear and rigorous language We focus on the latest developments in health and life sciences research with special attention to neglected diseases Special interest in technology, the Internet and their impact on society. We don't cover commercial launches disguised as innovations We are committed to exposing pseudoscience and the lack of fact-based decision making in politics, society and education Science in the news Science and technology play a role in almost every newsworthy event. We explain the hows and whys in the news, it being sports, politics, economics... 06 Materia in 03 three ideas Who supports us? Some of the most prestigious scientists in Spain and Latin America are with Materia’s Editorial Board «Materia is a fascinating and encouraging project» Manuel Lozano Leyva Department of Atomic, Molecular, and Nuclear Physics. University of Seville. Professor «Materia is not only answering a social demand, it is also increasing it» Miguel Delibes de Castro Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). Researcher and former director. «It is essential to disseminate scientific thought among our young readers, who are defenseless against irrationality» Carlo Frabetti Writer and mathemathician «Science news need to be accurate and rigorous, but also enjoyable» Jose María Bermúdez de Castro Codirector of Atapuerca and Prince of Asturias Award Winner 1997 «Pseudoscience is a virus that can infect our entire culture» Mario Bunge Physicist, philosopher and Prince of Asturias Award Winner 1982 «The scientific community has to open to science popularization» Pedro Alonso Director of Barcelona Institute for Global Health and Prince of Asturias Award Winner 1982 07 About us Materia was founded by a team of journalists who have worked with renowned Spanish news oulets like El País, El Mundo, ABC, La Voz de Galicia, Agencia EFE or Informativos Telecinco. In summer 2007 we founded the science section of the Madrid-based newspaper Publico. It was was the largest of its kind across the Spanish press. Our job was recognized with half a dozen awards, including the most prestigious prize for science journalism in Spain (Prisma Especial del Jurado de los Museos Científicos Coruñeses in 2010) Our newsroom is devoted to select, write and edit the top-quality science news, videos and infographics We believe that writing, editing and publishing news is a collective endeavour which needs to be carried out in a newsroom 08 A successful launch Materia launched July 3rd 2012 #Materia was number one Trending Topic in Spain the day our launch was announced. We have more than 130.000 unique users on our website, almost one millon page views, and tens of thousands users on Twitter, Facebook, Storify, YouTube, RSS feeds and our email-alert service. Materia is thus the fastest-growing Scientific news website in Spanish language 09 A successful launch Our stories have been republished by 200 newspapers, websites and educational outlets in Spain, Latin America and the US 10 Why Materia matters 01. The interest of the Spanish population in science news has grown 36% in the last four years. (Source: Fecyt) 02. .According to the study 'Science News in Latin America', newspapers in the region are aware of the interest of their readers in science, health and enviroment issues, but they find "great difficulties" in finding and understanding stories related with these issues, due to the lack of specialized journalists 03. 53 percent of Spanish population think that there isn't enough science news is Spanish media. (Source: Fecyt) «We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, where hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology» Carl Sagan Contact: Patricia Fernández de Lis Editor in chief [email protected] 00 34 660 40 30 75 @pflis esmateria.com @materia_ciencia facebook.com/materia.ciencia.