Media Outreach Guide

Newspapers

HANDBOOKS

Communicating Science News: A Guide, National Association of Science Writers
You and the Media, American Geophysical Union
Writing and Submitting an Opinion Piece: A Guide, The Earth Institute
Climate Change Communication: A Guide for Scientists and Educators, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions
Communicating Science: Tools for Scientists and Engineers, AAAS
A Scientist's Guide to Talking With the Media, Union of Concerned Scientists
Explaining Research, Oxford University Press
Am I Making Myself Clear?, Cornelia Dean, The New York Times
Don't Be Such a Scientist, Randy Olson

SCIENCE MEETS PRESS

When Scientists Take Journalists Into the Field, Nature, Jan. 18, 2012
Why Scientists and Journalists Don’t Play Well Together, Forbes, Aug. 8, 2011
When Science and the Media Mix (PDF), Science, April 1, 2011
Alan Alda on Getting the Public Beyond a ‘Blind Date’ With Science, National Science Foundation, April 1, 2011
So this Reporter says to this Scientist ..., Dot Earth, Jan. 12, 2011
2010: The Year Climate Coverage Fell Off the Map, The Daily Climate, Jan. 2, 2011
This Is a News Website Article About a Scientific Paper, The Guardian, Sept. 27, 2010
If Scientists Want to Educate the Public, They Should Start by Listening
, Washington Post, June 27, 2010
Translating Science: Worth the Effort?, The Daily Climate, March 15, 2010
If Our Messages Are to Be Heard, Science, Jan. 1, 2010
Survey Shows Gap Between Scientists and Public, New York Times, July 9, 2009
Science Communication Reconsidered, Nature Biotechnology, June 2009
The Rise of Science Blogging Nature, June 24, 2009 
Scientist Citizens (editorial)  Science, March 13, 2009
Real News: An Endangered Species Science News, Dec. 3, 2008
Experts Tussle Over Details. Public Gets Whiplash. New York Times, July
29, 2008

Improving How Scientists Communicate About Climate  EOS Transactions,
March 11, 2008
Communicating, Because It Matters Science, June 1, 2007 
Why Scientists Should Embrace TV News  Nature, Jan. 27, 2005

CURRENT BLOGS

ResearchExplainer
Columbia Journalism Review's Observatory
Knight Science Journalism Tracker
Yale Climate and Media Forum
science@public

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
Aldo Leopold Leadership Program
AAAS Mass Media and Science Engineering Fellows