Re: On Making Scientific Research More Accessible to the Public
This blog entry is an easy one to write--all I have to do is draw your attention to the November 26th posting on the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science's (COPUS) blog, On Making Scientific Research More Accessible to the Public.
The blogger is Holly Menninger, a Public Policy Associate at AIBS and AIBS's COPUS Activities Manager. Holly works on COPUS issues for AIBS with fellow staff-member Sheri Potter, who is the COPUS Network Project Manager--see the Media and Outreach section of the COPUS website for more information.
AIBS is getting ready to release a guide for biologists and other scientists on how to work with the media on science-communication issues. Holly's leading this project, which includes the offer of services from AIBS to run science-communication workshops and "bootcamps." Quoting from her November 26th COPUS blog, "You too can do something to improve the communication channels between scientists and the public. Be it through media interviews, volunteering your time working with visitors at your neighborhood nature center, or writing a science column for your local newspaper, we each can contribute to the translation of science."