Glogger said that science is increasing its staffing levels in response to the Covid communication experience. But that is of little use, because you don't gain prestige or legitimacy by saying loudly how good your work is. Others have to perceive this and then spread it, said Glogger, and suggested journalism as the first port of call: researchers have to convince journalists of what they can do and rely on journalists to then make this public.
Glogger also explained that journalism in asia rcs data general and science journalism in particular need more financial security for their important tasks - through official funding, foundation funding, etc. And journalism must become more defensive. The best way to defend against bots, for example, is to develop a kind of "cyber army" - bot against bot.
"Corona acted like a steam boiler," is how communications scientist Thorsten Quandt from the University of Münster described the state of research. He and his team did what is often called for: They systematically analyzed the quality of Corona reporting almost in real time and published the findings quickly and widely. This offered an opportunity for journalism to learn from it and draw conclusions, and could serve as a reassurance to citizens of how much they can rely on the reporting.