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TikTok for Science Communication

February 26, 2020

How many of you use TikTok? It has about 500 million users, 41% of whom are between the ages of 16 and 24. I don’t … Read more

Tags Facebook, instagram, scicomm, science communication, social media, twitter, YouTube

Who is Today’s Rachel Carson?

February 20, 2020February 19, 2020

Just a few weeks ago, Donald Trump changed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 by limiting penalties for bird deaths across the country. Now … Read more

Tags chemicals, Elizabeth Kolbert, Elizabeth Rush, environment, Katharine Hayhoe, Kathleen Dean Moore, legislation, Naomi Oreskes, public health, Rachel Carson, Sandra Postel, Sandra Steingraber, scicomm, science communication, Trump

Climate Change Art

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020

Artists are using global climate data to create science art.

Tags climate art, climate change, global climate, knitting, scarf, sciart, scicomm, science art, science communication, tapestry, wildfire

How Should We Reward Scientists Who Do Scicomm?

January 29, 2020

Recently I had in interesting discussion on Twitter about neurodiversity and science communication. Someone had shared an article about how the academy needs to recognize … Read more

Tags diversity, equity, inclusivity, merit increments, neurodiversity, rewards, scicomm, tenure and promotion

Scientists on Twitter

December 2, 2019November 27, 2019

The science behind Twitter reach.

Tags audience, decision-makers, microblogging, outreach, public, scicomm, science, science communication, scientists, social media

Communicating Science Communication to Scientists

December 2, 2019November 20, 2019

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is how and where we apply science communication. We use it when connecting with the lay public, … Read more

Tags learning, scicomm, science, science communication, scientists, teaching

"I will admit that I am not well."

December 2, 2019November 21, 2018

“Writing this, right now, I am not well. This will colour the writing.”

Tags daylight savings, Indigenous, mental health, mental illness, NaNoWriMo, SAD, SAD lamp, scicomm, science communication, science writing, truth, Victoria, workshop, writing

Results of My Blogging Experiment

December 2, 2019November 8, 2018

What it was like to blog every day for a week, and what it means for my future blogging.

Tags blogging, conversations, experiment, literature, mental health, mentoring, mentors, Nobel Prize, photography, quotes, reading, scicomm, traffic, women in science, womeninSTEM

9 Tips to Increase Traffic to Your Blog

December 2, 2019October 31, 2018

I poll my Twitter colleagues on tips for increasing my blog reach.

Tags blog reach, blogging, communication, cross-posting, listicles, outreach, plain language, scicomm, SEO, site stats, tips, writing

Finding Your Niche

December 2, 2019September 12, 2018

I have a friend, Kim Moynahan, whom I’ve only met in person once way back in 2013. We communicate on email and Slack, we work … Read more

Tags book review, empowerment, essay, expert, friends, interpreter, memoir, mental health, mental illness, museums, niche, reporting, scicomm, science borealis, science communication, women in academia, writing
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