Have you watched science TV shows and wondered what makes good TV in the world of science? How do you engage the largest possible audience? How do you balance accurate information with comprehensibility? How are the topics, presenters and narrative are chosen? Our communications ambassador Laura McCaughey was fortunate enough to learn the answers to these questions while working at the ABC for a week.
Read MoreIn today’s world, simply doing science is not enough, we must also communicate it. Science communication involves sharing, educating, and bringing awareness to scientific topics. Scientists are passionate about expanding knowledge and solving problems; however, we struggle to communicate our research findings outside of specialised scientific audiences. An important part of our job though is communicating our findings to individuals in other fields, government and policy makers, and the general public.
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