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Balog, the subject of the documentary film “Chasing Ice,” premiering Jan. 23 at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, stopped by AGU headquarters in Washington, D.C., in early January to talk about the challenges and rewards of being a scientist-communicator.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2012/01/23/as-their-film-debuts-at-sundance-scientists-call-for-simple-personal-tales/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-13796"> <p class="date"> 29 November 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/11/29/from-wanna-be-reporter-to-voice-of-america-journalist/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to From Wanna-Be Reporter to Voice of America Journalist"> From Wanna-Be Reporter to Voice of America Journalist </a></h3> <p>After four busy summers studiously measuring the minute details of clouds, I spent my last summer as a graduate student in a newsroom, far away from the cockpit of a cloud-probing airplane. It was not just any newsroom but Voice of America’s politically charged newsroom in Washington, D. C. Almost overnight, this California-for-lifer was living and working amid the hustle and bustle of the nation’s capital. As a half researcher–half …</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/11/29/from-wanna-be-reporter-to-voice-of-america-journalist/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-13608"> <p class="date"> 10 November 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/11/10/from-the-s-factor-blog-know-your-audience/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to From The S Factor Blog: Know Your Audience"> From The S Factor Blog: Know Your Audience </a></h3> <p>Over the next few blog posts, I will be sharing some tips to aid our up-and-coming scientist-filmmakers in planning, developing, and executing better video storytelling. Some of the tips will be theoretical in nature, while others will focus on the technical craft of filmmaking. Today, we will discuss a critical component to developing effective media: Targeting an Audience. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/11/10/from-the-s-factor-blog-know-your-audience/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-13383"> <p class="date"> 24 October 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/10/24/improve-your-science-communication-skills-at-fall-meeting/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Improve Your Science Communication Skills at Fall Meeting"> Improve Your Science Communication Skills at Fall Meeting </a></h3> <p>On the Sunday (12/4) before the scientific program begins, AGU is hosting a free, all-day training event for scientists wishing to become more adept at communicating with the press, the public, policymakers and other non-scientists. The event includes both a panel discussion about science communication and workshops where you will get to exercise your skills. Plus we’ll feed you lunch!</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/10/24/improve-your-science-communication-skills-at-fall-meeting/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-13344"> <p class="date"> 19 October 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/10/19/use-your-words-wisely/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Use your words (wisely)"> Use your words (wisely) </a></h3> <p>The first day of organic chemistry, my professor warned us that we were about to start learning a new language. He wasn’t kidding, and ‘stoichiometry’** is still one of my favorite words. But the different definitions that scientists use for everyday terms can lead to confusion, and scientists should make sure they’re speaking the same language as their audiences. On our sister blog Mountain Beltway, Callan Bentley posted this table outlining some common examples.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/10/19/use-your-words-wisely/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-13304"> <p class="date"> 13 October 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/10/13/science-press-decries-elusive-federal-science/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Science press decries elusive federal science experts, applauds better data access"> Science press decries elusive federal science experts, applauds better data access </a></h3> <p>Federal scientists should be more accessible to journalists, reporters said last week at a National Press Club event in Washington, D.C. The panel discussion “Access Denied: Science News and Government Transparency” addressed whether or not the Obama administration is living up to its promise to make science more transparent and accessible. And several journalists on the panel said there is still a ways to go.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/10/13/science-press-decries-elusive-federal-science/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-12218"> <p class="date"> 11 July 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/07/11/georneys-joins-network/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to New kid on the block: Georneys joins AGU’s blog network"> New kid on the block: Georneys joins AGU’s blog network </a></h3> <p>A blog on geological musings, wanderings, and adventures, called Georneys, has joined AGU’s network of Earth and space science blogs. With the addition of Georneys on July 11, the AGU Blogosphere has grown to showcase 8 independent blogs since its launch last fall. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/07/11/georneys-joins-network/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-9850"> <p class="date"> 3 June 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/06/03/media-bloopers/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Becoming Media Savvy: Bloopers to Learn From"> Becoming Media Savvy: Bloopers to Learn From </a></h3> <p>Camera lenses and microphones are not as intimidating to me as they once were. That may be because I learn well from my mistakes, and I’ve made many of them when dealing with the media. I still make errors when doing interviews, but the lessons I’ve learned continue to prove beneficial as I strive to bring earth and ocean science to a broader audience.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/06/03/media-bloopers/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-9847"> <p class="date"> 30 March 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/03/30/thinking-of-science-like-a-journalist/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Thinking (of science) like a journalist: A physicist’s take on a media training workshop"> Thinking (of science) like a journalist: A physicist’s take on a media training workshop </a></h3> <p>Clear and accessible science communication has been a priority throughout my 20-year scientific career as a physicist working in wildly interdisciplinary entrepreneurial R&D settings. Like most scientists, I’ve not had much occasion to talk to “the media,” but I’m also a science news junkie and aware that the thirst for information among the public is increasing. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/03/30/thinking-of-science-like-a-journalist/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-7271"> <p class="date"> 23 March 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/outdoorscience/2011/03/23/open-laboratory-2011-now-available-to-buy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Open Laboratory 2011 now available to buy!"> Open Laboratory 2011 now available to buy! </a></h3> <p>Do you want to read some of the world’s best science blogging from 2010… and a blogpost by me? If so, click here right now to buy your paperback or e-book copy of Open Laboratory 2010, which claims to be “The Best of Science Writing on the Web”. Open Lab 2010 includes 50 blogposts, 6 poems and one cartoon by brilliant bloggers like fellow AGU blogger The Martian Chronicles. You can see the …</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/outdoorscience/2011/03/23/open-laboratory-2011-now-available-to-buy/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-9845"> <p class="date"> 28 February 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/02/28/making-outreach-work/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Don’t go it alone: Making outreach work"> Don’t go it alone: Making outreach work </a></h3> <p>Broader impacts programs are an increasingly important factor in winning hyper-competitive grants. But how can scientists gain the skills they need to succeed in outreach while they are busy learning what’s necessary to advance in their field? One possible answer: team up with the pros.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/02/28/making-outreach-work/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-9844"> <p class="date"> 11 February 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/02/11/from-microfossils-to-second-graders/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to From microfossils to second-graders: Confessions of a researcher-turned-educator"> From microfossils to second-graders: Confessions of a researcher-turned-educator </a></h3> <p>I am a paleontologist by training, and an informal science educator by choice. I’m currently in a post-doc position that lets me do both, but I dedicate three quarters of my time to the educator role, an anomaly in the world of research science. Why, you might ask, would I leave a life of deciphering the early evolution of complex life for a life of “outreach” – running workshops, talking to second-graders, and sitting in on innumerable conference calls?</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/sciencecommunication/2011/02/11/from-microfossils-to-second-graders/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-6951"> <p class="date"> 25 January 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2011/01/25/science-under-attack/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Science under attack – updated with Youtube links to the video"> Science under attack – updated with Youtube links to the video </a></h3> <p>This post presents a brief review of a programme broadcast last night by the BBC about problems with public trust in science. Focusing primarily on climate change, and presented by the President of the Royal Society, the programme concluded that scientists need to be much more proactive in communicating with non-scientific audiences. There are two particularly interesting interviews with the climate change denier James Delingpole.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2011/01/25/science-under-attack/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-6882"> <p class="date"> 4 January 2011 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/outdoorscience/2011/01/04/does-my-sidebar-look-big-in-this/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Does my sidebar look big in this?"> Does my sidebar look big in this? </a></h3> <p>Hello. It’s Outdoor Science here. No, not the blogger. The blog itself. I, as a blog, want the answer to that age-old question… Am I good-looking? My blogger, Vivienne, is moderating a session at Science Online 2011 – a conference about science and the web – later this month. The session is about writing blogposts for a lay audience. Vivienne’s helping lead a discussion about how to make your blog …</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/outdoorscience/2011/01/04/does-my-sidebar-look-big-in-this/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-6798"> <p class="date"> 23 December 2010 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/outdoorscience/2010/12/23/is-science-interesting/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Is science interesting?"> Is science interesting? </a></h3> <p>Does science need human interest to make it popular with the public? Today, I spoke to a woman who seemed to believe science news stories don’t need a human element because science is intrinsically interesting. She mentioned Martin Robbins’ famous spoof criticising science journalism. I think she was referring to where Martin writes: If the research is about a potential cure, or a solution to a problem, this paragraph will …</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/outdoorscience/2010/12/23/is-science-interesting/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-6776"> <p class="date"> 21 December 2010 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/meetings/2010/12/21/good-scientific-papers-101/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Good Scientific Papers 101"> Good Scientific Papers 101 </a></h3> <p>We planned for 25 attendees. Then raised it to 35. Then 50. Last week’s luncheon talk on writing a good scientific paper, given at AGU Fall Meeting by Renyi Zhang (an editor of JGR-Atmospheres), was overflowing with attendees!</p> <p>Dr. Zhang covered everything from what makes a good abstract to how to prepare figures to how to respond to reviewers’ comments. The audience of mostly graduate students and postgrads took lots of notes, asked detailed questions, and enjoyed a good lunch. Their response to the session was so positive that we hope to expand this event next year so there is room for even more people to take the first step toward publication. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/meetings/2010/12/21/good-scientific-papers-101/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-6755"> <p class="date"> 20 December 2010 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/meetings/2010/12/20/a-constant-drumbeat-to-effectively-communicate-science-to-the-public/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to A constant drumbeat to effectively communicate science to the public"> A constant drumbeat to effectively communicate science to the public </a></h3> <p>The message came from multiple sources: the AGU Council meeting on Sunday, Monday’s Union lecture presented by Obama’s science advisor John Holdren, Michael Oppenheimer’s Stephen Schneider lecture, the many of the natural hazards presentations including Julia Slingo’s Union lecture, book authors, public speakers, senate staffers. 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Rennert was one of the speakers in the PA41A: America’s Climate Choices I panel this morning.</p> <p>In addition, the scientists involved with preparation of these reports need to have one-on-one meetings with senators, Rennert said. “The science has become unbelievably politicized.” However, that “goes away with individual meetings,” he said.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/meetings/2010/12/16/senate-staffer-gives-tips-to-stop-science-from-becoming-politicized/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <div class="post entry" id="post-6670"> <p class="date"> </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225162451/http://blogs.agu.org/meetings/2010/12/16/getting-involved-in-politics-might-be-easier-than-you-think/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Getting involved in politics might be easier than you think!"> Getting involved in politics might be easier than you think! </a></h3> <p>Are you interested in the intersection between science and society? 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