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Your Secret Weapon: You Know What You’re Talking About
Here’s one of the most familiar narratives in science: We knew that! We’ve been saying that for years! Why didn’t you know that? It’s the story of a subculture — a scientific field — so insular
What Science Story Have They Heard?
The CDC has finally done it: After many valiant near-bullseyes, they’ve finally managed to confuse and/or alienate just about everyone in the United States. The last dart was the agency’s clumsy and data-free communication of the
What Public Expertise Looks Like: Kristen K. Coleman
In the time of COVID, should we wait for the perfect clinical study demonstrating whether portable HEPA filtration could reduce transmission of the COVID-19 virus specifically in schools? Or should we apply what we already know
Tell All the Stories of Your Science
You’re probably already familiar with how most researchers summarize their new research on Twitter — they basically Twitterize their papers, with screenshots of the abstract, key figures and a more or less accessible summary of the
Grimpact: My Conversation with Gemma Derrick
Researchers, research funders and research communicators — almost all of them start with the same assumption: The only social impact research can have is positive. (It’s research, after all!) We can scarcely imagine research having negative
Never Waste an Email Crisis
Email is still a critical vehicle of communication — often the critical vehicle of communication — for public experts, especially ones who run organizations. That’s why you should subscribe to email guru Dan Oshinsky and his monthly newsletter on