Next week on Thursday, June 25 I will be visiting one of my favorite cities Madison, Wisconsin to give a lecture titled “What’s Next for Science Communication?” It’s part of […]
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MIT Knight Science Journalism Tracker has posted a PDF version of the Nature Biotechnology article. Previously, the article has only been available to readers with an institutional subscription. See also […]
Newspapers–and their localized science and environmental coverage–might be in decline across the U.S., but new ethnic media outlets, many of them in languages other than English, are thriving. These outlets […]
Framing food problems as a matter of public accountability and sinister corporate control.As I wrote earlier this week, the new documentary Food Inc. has the potential to significantly boost the […]
In the lead editorial at Science last week, Harvard University’s Cristine Russell discusses the many emerging possibilities in science journalism. It’s a mistake to frame current events as a “crisis,” […]
I am in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin today to give this lecture at 7pm on campus. The talk is free and open to the public.
[Contributed by guest blogger, Katherine Broendel]The last time I posted, I wrote about the effects pornography and violent pornography may have on viewers’ perspectives of women and sexual violence. Rather […]
Timed with the World Federation of Science Journalists meeting in London, Nature magazine has put together a selection of recent articles focusing on journalism and science communication. The selection includes […]
Several science bloggers this month are spotlighting sexual violence as a social problem and the Scienceblogs portal has jumped on board. The focus is mostly on international cases but it’s […]
The Dave Matthews Band’s latest album debuts today on iTunes and in stores. Early reviews at the WPost and Rolling Stone are lauding the release as DMB’s best since the […]
In a fascinating cover article at the Sunday NY Timesmagazine, Bill Clinton reflects on health care and climate change as the two major failures of his presidency. Here are the […]
Back during the 2008 election, John McCain came under much ridicule for admitting that he doesn’t use the Internet or a Blackberry. Turns out that Bill Clinton is in the […]
At the AFI Silver Theater on July 29 watch Spencer Tracy argue in defense of evolution.For readers in the DC area, on July 29 at 7pm, the NIH Office of […]
Next week there will be big news on the science communication front. In anticipation, I was just going back over some things that I have written on the topic over […]
Hello, I’m Katherine Broendel, and I will be guest blogging this month about sexual violence. As Matt mentioned in a previous post, I am a Master’s degree candidate in Public […]
I head to Stockholm and Copenhagen today where on Wednesday I will be participating in a unique conference organized by the Danish Science Journalists Association. The focus is on many […]
[Contributed by guest blogger Katherine Broendel]Before I begin writing about what my research has found regarding the framing of sexual violence in the media, I’d like to take a moment […]
In this month’s issue of Nature Biotechnology, I join with other authors to suggest several bold new initiatives in science communication and journalism. The Commentary article includes an overview of […]
For readers in the Madison area, I will be giving a lecture on Thursday, June 25 at the University of Wisconsin as part of the university’s summer lecture series. The […]
Speaking of “going broad” with science communication, here’s something I really like. As part of their Science and Entertainment Exchange initiative, the National Academies has launched The X-Change Files blog […]
It started this morning with the front page story at the NY Times. Tellingly, the article wasn’t hooked around Darwinius masillae as a historic scientific breakthrough but rather as a […]
Talk about “going broad” with a science communication strategy: If an open access journal article, a front page NY Times article, Good Morning America, and a two-hour History Channel documentary […]
As we discuss in a current working paper, the “going broad” strategy of using entertainment media to reach wider audiences was first pioneered in the area of health. For example, […]
In June, I am headed to Denmark to speak at and participate in a unique conference organized by the Danish Association of Science Journalists. The one day conference titled “Dissensus […]
The publicity success of Darwinius masillae aka Ida continues on with Tuesday’s New York Times story among the most blogged at the paper. The top 10 list as of this […]
Over at the NY Times’Opinionator blog, they provide a round up of commentary from science bloggers on Darwinius masillae aka Ida while also pointing to a revealing outing at the […]
So I scanned the reviews for director McG’s Terminator Salvation at the Washington Post, New York Times, and New York Magazine, and it turns out not unexpectedly that in the […]
On Monday night, AU’s School of Communication sponsored a screening at the Newseum of the 1992 campaign documentary The War Room with a panel discussion that included stars George Stephanopoulos, […]
I did an interview this morning with Elie Dolgin of The Scientist magazine discussing the “going broad” media strategy surrounding Darwinius masillae aka Ida the fossil. The magazine has the […]
Hooked around the accidental release of a climate change “rebranding” memo by the firm EcoAmerica a few weeks back, Seed magazine runs today an interesting roundtable discussion on the good, […]