My second week at UC Davis, and I’ve already met Jane Lubchenco. Last night the NOAA administrator gave a public lecture to a packed auditorium here on campus. Although her talk wasn’t particularly beefy, I captured a few interesting tidbits: It was refreshing to hear a government official state her steadfast optimism, and urge scientists . . . → Read More: Jane Lubchenco’s message to scientists
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By Dr Bik, on  January 12th, 2012  5 comments  Climate Change, Scientist!  climate change, global warming, Jane Lubchenco, NOAA, ocean, Public, Science Communication, UC Davis By Kevin Zelnio, on January 9th, 2012 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment Biodiversity, Science Communication Last thursday I was a guest on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour talking about communicating biodiversity (interview starts at 8 minutes in). It was response to an article I wrote on EvoEcoLab, another blog I write for Scientific American, titled The (Mis)use of Messaging in Biodiversity Loss Prevention. It was a lot of fun and I’m . . . → Read More: The Biodiverse Universe
By para_sight, on December 22nd, 2011 8 comments Opinion core values, culture, culture of science, Education, Megafauna, ocean literacy, Open Access, Science Communication, Science Outreach When the DSN crew gathered for our inaugural retreat recently, one of the core values we agreed on was “promoting ocean literacy”. This value is something that just about everyone in marine science agrees on (example, example, example), but what does it really mean? Marine scientists and marine educators have an intuitive sense of what . . . → Read More: Promoting Ocean Literacy – a DSN Core Value
By Miriam Goldstein, on October 12th, 2011 16 comments Opinion, Ramblings communication, Journalism, public relations, Science Communication The journalist and the scientist are two species that inhabit the same ecosystem, but have very different behaviors. I have spent many years carefully observing both of these species in their natural habitats, and have compiled this guide for the use of anyone interested in understanding their social structures. THE SCIENTIST The scientist is usually . . . → Read More: Scientists vs. Journalists: A Field Guide
By para_sight, on September 29th, 2011 56 comments Opinion Journalism, public relations, Science Communication, twitter Nature’s online editor Ananyo Bhattacharya wrote a piece for UK paper The Guardian’s science desk that has got me scratching my head today, and judging by the comments at the end of his story, I’m not alone. I started a discussion with him on Twitter that I want to share here too, because I think . . . → Read More: Getting on the same page with Science Journalists
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 21st, 2011 20 comments Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment Florida, Harbor Branch, HBOI, Johnson Sea Link, Lorax, oceanography, Oil Spill, Public, Research, Science Communication, Scott Olson, Space Shuttle, submersible Me inside the Johnson Sea Link (2004). Today, Scott Olson published an editorial at TCPalm, a local news site for Palm Beach area on some very deep misgivings that all of us in deep-sea biologist have regarding the state of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and its assets – the Johnson Sea Link submersibles. It was . . . → Read More: The Ship, The Sub, The Shuttle – We Should Blame Ourselves
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 8th, 2011 9 comments Editor's Desk Best of Zelnio, Science Communication, Steven Johnson, TED Talks We seem to be constantly evaluating how well are doing communicating science, as well we should! Good scientists need to be introspective to some extent and consistently give themselves a reality check. That is, in essence, how science works as a process. We accept or refute a hypothesis based on evidence, fine tune it or . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Communicating At, To Or With People?
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 23rd, 2010 26 comments Bringin' It, Editor's Desk, Education academia, Best of Zelnio, Cult of Science, outreach, Rockstars of Science, Science Cheerleaders, Science Communication While I had a completely different post already 60% written for this week’s column, I was struck by a few recent posts about various ways to promote science, which I will outline here. In a sincere defense of the Science Cheerleaders project (see video below), Andrea Kuszewski makes a fascinating analogy about the OCD (obsessive . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Quantifying Outreach to the Cult of Science
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 30th, 2010 9 comments Ramblings, Scientist! Best of Zelnio, Science Communication The distinction is not trivial. I have been thinking about this alot over the last couple years while reflecting on my goals and how I can best communicate the exciting research that I and my colleagues are doing. There are different roles for each category and both persons have important, exclusive responsibilities. Science communication is . . . → Read More: Science Communicator or Scientist Communicator?
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Preemptive Conservation Communication Through the Lens of Negative Comments
California Anchovy Engraulis mordax. Photo CC by Flickr user briangratwicke. Its a bit of a circular title, but I think it is honest. Marine scientists are constantly shouting at walls of reporters and news consumers that everything is fucked (pardon my french, but its not untrue). And well, it sort of is. But how do . . . → Read More: Preemptive Conservation Communication Through the Lens of Negative Comments