Archive for 'Science Tips'
The uncanny ability to find folksy metaphors
Comedy writer Mike Snider has a great list of RADARs that people possess. It’s a take off on the notion of Gay-Dar, the ability immediately to know if someone is gay or straight. The list is hilarious, but this one jumped out to someone obsessed with media interviews: ReallyFarDar – ability of spokespeople for NASA [...]
Posted: June 12th, 2008 under Fun Stuff, Science Tips.
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Making scientific information accessible in an interview
Found some tips for scientists or other experts who are being interviewed by the media. Here are a couple of the points made in a seminar by Patricia Thomas, Knight Chair in Health & Medical Journalism at the University of Georgia: 4. Visualize explaining your newest publication, or the events you’ve been asked to comment [...]
Posted: November 12th, 2007 under Science Tips.
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