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Aug
07
Seven Guidelines for Making a Newsworthy Science Press Release

Seven Guidelines for Making a Newsworthy Science Press Release

Every once in a while, someone in media or communications will declare the press release is dead. But the truth
7 min read
Jun
14
Katharine Hayhoe, Master Science Communicator, Talks Shop with America Adapts

Katharine Hayhoe, Master Science Communicator, Talks Shop with America Adapts

Katharine Hayhoe, an evangelical climate scientist who’s one of the best science communicators out there, just did an excellent
1 min read
May
15
For Scientists, Public Engagement Means Finding Their Advocacy Comfort Zone

For Scientists, Public Engagement Means Finding Their Advocacy Comfort Zone

I’m writing a series of posts on science communication and policy for Sigma Xi, the country’s leading scientific
1 min read
May
04

Science as Service: The Role of Researchers as Public Advocates

I wrote a post-Science March opinion piece [https://undark.org/article/march-science-politics-partisanship-public-interest/] for Undark.org. The bottom line? We need
Feb
02
The March for Science is an Amazing Opportunity, Let’s Embrace It

The March for Science is an Amazing Opportunity, Let’s Embrace It

The March for Science [https://twitter.com/ScienceMarchDC] went viral last week and the scientific community is trying to figure
5 min read
Jan
26
More and More Scientists are Ready for Political Action

More and More Scientists are Ready for Political Action

This is such an exciting time for science communication. In my ten years working in this field, I’ve never
2 min read
Jan
17
D’oh! How Science Communicators Can Responsibly Deal with Mistakes

D’oh! How Science Communicators Can Responsibly Deal with Mistakes

I’ve written before about what to do when a journalist gets something wrong [http://sciencecommunicationmedia.com/responding-to-science-news-coverage-from-corrections-to-celebration/] . But what
5 min read
Jan
13
Zombie myths, like John McClane, die hard

Zombie myths, like John McClane, die hard

Right before the Christmas break, I posted about climate scientists’ experiences combating zombie myths [http://www.poynter.org/2016/despite-fact-checking-zombie-myths-about-climate-change-persist/
1 min read
Dec
02
How Can Journalists and Scientists Grapple with Lies and Personal Attacks?

How Can Journalists and Scientists Grapple with Lies and Personal Attacks?

Journalists are making sense of our fractured media environment and the growing prevalence of outright lies and propaganda in American
4 min read
Nov
11
Science and Politics Post-Election: Where Do We Go From Here? Lessons from Carl Sagan

Science and Politics Post-Election: Where Do We Go From Here? Lessons from Carl Sagan

I have been thinking these past few months of Dr. Carl Sagan. In his last interview, conducted with Charlie Rose
5 min read

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