Title

Communicating Discovery-Based Research Results to the News: A Real-World Lesson in Science Communication for Undergraduate Students

Authors

Julie Torruellas Garcia, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2018

Publication Title

Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education

ISSN

1935-7877

Volume

19

Issue/No.

1

First Page

1

Last Page

3

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.

Comments

©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.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

NSUWorks Citation

Garcia, Julie Torruellas. 2018. "Communicating Discovery-Based Research Results to the News: A Real-World Lesson in Science Communication for Undergraduate Students." Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 19, (1): 1-3. doi:10.1128/jmbe.v19i1.1516.

DOI

10.1128/jmbe.v19i1.1516