Article
Communicating Discovery-Based Research Results to the News: A Real-World Lesson in Science Communication for Undergraduate Students
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2018
Disciplines
- Biology and
- Life Sciences
Abstract
Communicating science effectively to the general public is a necessary skill that takes practice. Generally, undergraduate science majors are taught to communicate to other scientists but are not given formal training on how to communicate with a nonscientist. An opportunity to appear on a news segment can be used as a real-world lesson on science communication for your students. This article will describe how to contact a producer to get your class on a news segment, ideas for types of research that may be of interest to the media, and how to practice communicating the results effectively.
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International
DOI
10.1128/jmbe.v19i1.1516
Citation Information
Julie Torruellas Garcia. "Communicating Discovery-Based Research Results to the News: A Real-World Lesson in Science Communication for Undergraduate Students" Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education Vol. 19 Iss. 1 (2018) p. 1 - 3 ISSN: 1935-7877 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/julie-garcia/11/
©2018 Author(s). Published by the American Society for Microbiology. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ and https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode), which grants the public the nonexclusive right to copy, distribute, or display the published work.