Finding the pearls: a practical approach for effective science storytelling
How is a scientist like an oyster? A new science storytelling framework offers practical resources for honing gritty ideas into pearls.
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Kay McCallum
- Aug 25, 2022
- 4 min
Good Faith, Bad Tweet: A Case Study in Science Communication on Twitter
Twitter drama can be fun to watch or just plain exhausting (or sometimes even both) – but can it teach us anything about sci-comm?
Joshua Buchi
- Aug 23, 2022
- 4 min
Who’s the Joke For: Humor and Satire in SciComm
Do the benefits of using humor for science communication outweigh the risk of alienating your audience? Maybe, maybe not.
Iris Du
- Aug 19, 2022
- 4 min
r/science Let’s Talk Science Communication (AMA)
Title: An emerging form of public engagement with science: Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions on Reddit r/science Author(s) and Year: Noriko...
Teodora Stoica
- Aug 17, 2022
- 4 min
What did students learn during a science communication course? Not much.
Do science communication training programs actually work? A new study discusses some disheartening results.
Kirsten Giesbrecht
- Aug 12, 2022
- 4 min
Data Sonification: Give Data a Voice
Grab headphones for this one! Listen to the data instead of staring at a graph. That's data sonification making scicomm more inclusive!
Niveen AbiGhannam
- Aug 3, 2022
- 4 min
Engagement Culture in Academia: A Budding “Trickle-Up” Effect
Focus groups at a land grant university show that faculty face institutional barriers to engagement. Junior faculty challenge the status quo
Tony Van Witsen
- Jul 28, 2022
- 4 min
What Happens To Pandemic Policy When People Don't Trust Scientists?
Decline in the public authority of science is an increasingly consequential problem. Why is it happening?
Kay McCallum
- Jul 26, 2022
- 9 min
SCTN Mini-Convening Coverage
ICYMI: Build your network, create culturally relevant sci-comm training, and level-up your public engagement, from the SCTN Mini-Convening!
Teodora Stoica
- Jul 20, 2022
- 8 min
Science Talk 2022 Coverage Part 2
Catch up on Science Talk '22, part 2. Read about video creation, applied sci comm, and maximizing impact to create community.
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