Chapter 2: Tips and Challenges for Science Communication

In this chapter you will learn the following:

  • How journalistic writing is different from academic writing, and how knowing this will help you speak to journalists
  • Tips for communicating science well from science journalists and other professional communicators
  • How to find your narrative and use it to make your communication more engaging
  • How you can use improv and humour skills to help an audience connect with your work
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Chapter 2 Topics:

  1. How to think (and communicate) like a journalist
  2. Tips and Challenges for Science Communication
    1. Communicating risky topics
  3. Writing Plain Language Summaries of Your Work
  4. Tell a story: Finding a narrative in your work
  5. Accesible Science
    1. Accessible writing tips
    2. Personalization and accessibility
    3. Multimedia formats and accessibility
  6. Improv, games, humour and other innovative approaches
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