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The National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications encourages high-quality #scicomm.
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Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
This #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience 👩🔬, we’re proud to spotlight Andrea Obaid Carrión — a journalist who reinvented her career to make science accessible, engaging, and part of everyday life.
Watch her story here: youtu.be/4YZPeDOPOPQ
#WomeninSTEM #scicomm
Watch her story here: youtu.be/4YZPeDOPOPQ
#WomeninSTEM #scicomm
A Journalist Who Explores Science in the Kitchen
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This #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience 👩🔬, we’re proud to spotlight Andrea Obaid Carrión — a journalist who reinvented her career to make science accessible, engaging, and part of everyday life.
Watch her story here: youtu.be/4YZPeDOPOPQ
#WomeninSTEM #scicomm
Watch her story here: youtu.be/4YZPeDOPOPQ
#WomeninSTEM #scicomm
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Neil H. Shubin has been elected as the next NAS President! A leading evolutionary biologist and science communicator, Shubin will succeed Marcia McNutt on July 1. The Academy also named Cherry Murray as International Secretary and elected new councilors. Read more: www.nasonline.org/news/2026_pr...
February 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Neil H. Shubin has been elected as the next NAS President! A leading evolutionary biologist and science communicator, Shubin will succeed Marcia McNutt on July 1. The Academy also named Cherry Murray as International Secretary and elected new councilors. Read more: www.nasonline.org/news/2026_pr...
Science journalist and educator J.D. Allen is helping reshape how science stories are told by putting community needs and perspectives at the center of reporting. 📻 🎙️
Learn more about his civic science media framework: www.nationalacademies.org/news/civic-s... #scicomm
Learn more about his civic science media framework: www.nationalacademies.org/news/civic-s... #scicomm
February 2, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Science journalist and educator J.D. Allen is helping reshape how science stories are told by putting community needs and perspectives at the center of reporting. 📻 🎙️
Learn more about his civic science media framework: www.nationalacademies.org/news/civic-s... #scicomm
Learn more about his civic science media framework: www.nationalacademies.org/news/civic-s... #scicomm
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Journalist and SciComm Excellence winner J.D. Allen is reimagining #ScienceCommunication by centering community voices.
Our new interview highlights his work advancing civic science media by connecting research, solutions, and public engagement: https://ow.ly/GC2Z50Y6BiE
Our new interview highlights his work advancing civic science media by connecting research, solutions, and public engagement: https://ow.ly/GC2Z50Y6BiE
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Journalist and SciComm Excellence winner J.D. Allen is reimagining #ScienceCommunication by centering community voices.
Our new interview highlights his work advancing civic science media by connecting research, solutions, and public engagement: https://ow.ly/GC2Z50Y6BiE
Our new interview highlights his work advancing civic science media by connecting research, solutions, and public engagement: https://ow.ly/GC2Z50Y6BiE
Wildfires don’t usually make us think about wine 🔥🍷 but maybe they should.
2025 #scicomm winner Nicola Twilley unpacks how smoke reshapes wine at the chemical level and how scientists are racing to understand and mitigate “smoke taint.”
More at @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
2025 #scicomm winner Nicola Twilley unpacks how smoke reshapes wine at the chemical level and how scientists are racing to understand and mitigate “smoke taint.”
More at @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Can We Save Wine from Wildfires?
The industry has lost billions of dollars, largely because smoke makes the drink taste like licking an ashtray. Now a team of scientists is chasing a solution.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Wildfires don’t usually make us think about wine 🔥🍷 but maybe they should.
2025 #scicomm winner Nicola Twilley unpacks how smoke reshapes wine at the chemical level and how scientists are racing to understand and mitigate “smoke taint.”
More at @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
2025 #scicomm winner Nicola Twilley unpacks how smoke reshapes wine at the chemical level and how scientists are racing to understand and mitigate “smoke taint.”
More at @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I’ve been lucky enough to get to know these brilliant scientists—deeply thoughtful, generous, and committed. Seeing people I admire and care about represented this way is genuinely moving 👏👏👏
Science isn’t just about equations and experiments, it’s an inherently creative way of understanding the world.
@cbo.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, @onlinekyne.bsky.social, @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social, and @joelbervell.bsky.social share how creativity drives discovery: youtu.be/ID480ACTu50
@cbo.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, @onlinekyne.bsky.social, @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social, and @joelbervell.bsky.social share how creativity drives discovery: youtu.be/ID480ACTu50
Creativity is at the Heart of Scientific Discovery
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January 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I’ve been lucky enough to get to know these brilliant scientists—deeply thoughtful, generous, and committed. Seeing people I admire and care about represented this way is genuinely moving 👏👏👏
Science isn’t just about equations and experiments, it’s an inherently creative way of understanding the world.
@cbo.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, @onlinekyne.bsky.social, @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social, and @joelbervell.bsky.social share how creativity drives discovery: youtu.be/ID480ACTu50
@cbo.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, @onlinekyne.bsky.social, @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social, and @joelbervell.bsky.social share how creativity drives discovery: youtu.be/ID480ACTu50
Creativity is at the Heart of Scientific Discovery
YouTube video by SciComm Excellence
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January 22, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Science isn’t just about equations and experiments, it’s an inherently creative way of understanding the world.
@cbo.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, @onlinekyne.bsky.social, @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social, and @joelbervell.bsky.social share how creativity drives discovery: youtu.be/ID480ACTu50
@cbo.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, @onlinekyne.bsky.social, @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social, and @joelbervell.bsky.social share how creativity drives discovery: youtu.be/ID480ACTu50
Astronomers measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time. 🪐
2024 award winner @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social describes a recent breakthrough that could enable further studies of “rogue” planets.
Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... #scicomm #astro
2024 award winner @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social describes a recent breakthrough that could enable further studies of “rogue” planets.
Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... #scicomm #astro
Scientists Just Clocked a ‘Rogue’ Planet the Size of Saturn
Astronomers just measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time
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January 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Astronomers measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time. 🪐
2024 award winner @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social describes a recent breakthrough that could enable further studies of “rogue” planets.
Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... #scicomm #astro
2024 award winner @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social describes a recent breakthrough that could enable further studies of “rogue” planets.
Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie... #scicomm #astro
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When humans land on Mars, what should they do first? 🌌 #NASmember Lindy Elkins-Tanton joins @scifri.bsky.social to discuss the new @nationalacademies.org guidance for a crewed Mars mission, as well as lessons from NASA's Missions to Psyche. 🎙️ Listen: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cre...
What Should Astronauts Do First When They Reach Mars?
A new report lays out the objectives for a crewed mission to Mars. Plus, an update on the NASA mission to survey the asteroid Psyche.
www.sciencefriday.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
When humans land on Mars, what should they do first? 🌌 #NASmember Lindy Elkins-Tanton joins @scifri.bsky.social to discuss the new @nationalacademies.org guidance for a crewed Mars mission, as well as lessons from NASA's Missions to Psyche. 🎙️ Listen: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cre...
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The Leadership for Innovation and Excellence in Accelerating Research on Women’s Health Program call for applications is now open to exceptional mid-career African researchers dedicated to advancing women’s health! Learn more & attend an info session:
Leadership for Innovation and Excellence in Accelerating Research on Women’s Health Program Applicant Informational Webinar - NAM
NAM is proud to partner with the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), with support from the Gates Foundation, to launch a new cohort-based leadership
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January 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The Leadership for Innovation and Excellence in Accelerating Research on Women’s Health Program call for applications is now open to exceptional mid-career African researchers dedicated to advancing women’s health! Learn more & attend an info session:
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2023 SciComm Excellence award winner Elijah Yetter-Bowman’s #SciComm journey shows how lived experiences can shape #ScienceCommunication that impacts communities.
🔗: https://ow.ly/pXB350XVNiv
🔗: https://ow.ly/pXB350XVNiv
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
2023 SciComm Excellence award winner Elijah Yetter-Bowman’s #SciComm journey shows how lived experiences can shape #ScienceCommunication that impacts communities.
🔗: https://ow.ly/pXB350XVNiv
🔗: https://ow.ly/pXB350XVNiv
2023 awardee @dr-brein.bsky.social brought neuroscience to #AGDQ as part of @labx.org’s special programming.
During the game Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, Ben served as the scientist commentator — connecting science with a global gaming audience. 🎮
Watch here: youtu.be/ckvrWZSsII0?... #scicomm
During the game Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, Ben served as the scientist commentator — connecting science with a global gaming audience. 🎮
Watch here: youtu.be/ckvrWZSsII0?... #scicomm
January 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
2023 awardee @dr-brein.bsky.social brought neuroscience to #AGDQ as part of @labx.org’s special programming.
During the game Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, Ben served as the scientist commentator — connecting science with a global gaming audience. 🎮
Watch here: youtu.be/ckvrWZSsII0?... #scicomm
During the game Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, Ben served as the scientist commentator — connecting science with a global gaming audience. 🎮
Watch here: youtu.be/ckvrWZSsII0?... #scicomm
2023 award winner Simar Bajaj’s recent piece tells the story of a race against time and what it really takes to save an infant’s life through a heart transplant. 🫀
A powerful read on science, humanity, and the cutting edge of pediatric care.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w... #medicine
A powerful read on science, humanity, and the cutting edge of pediatric care.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w... #medicine
90 Minutes to Give Baby Luna a New Heart
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January 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
2023 award winner Simar Bajaj’s recent piece tells the story of a race against time and what it really takes to save an infant’s life through a heart transplant. 🫀
A powerful read on science, humanity, and the cutting edge of pediatric care.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w... #medicine
A powerful read on science, humanity, and the cutting edge of pediatric care.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w... #medicine
Filmmaker Eli Yetter-Bowman founded Ethereal Films to help solve problems with media, storytelling, and impact campaigns.
We asked about their work with local communities and their perspective on science filmmaking in today's digital landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/news/from-il... #scicomm
We asked about their work with local communities and their perspective on science filmmaking in today's digital landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/news/from-il... #scicomm
December 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Filmmaker Eli Yetter-Bowman founded Ethereal Films to help solve problems with media, storytelling, and impact campaigns.
We asked about their work with local communities and their perspective on science filmmaking in today's digital landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/news/from-il... #scicomm
We asked about their work with local communities and their perspective on science filmmaking in today's digital landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/news/from-il... #scicomm
Everything depends on water. 💧 It underpins the systems that sustain life, but when polluted or mismanaged, it can also pose serious risks to human health and wellbeing.
Learn how storytelling and community action can protect our coastlines, our health, and our future: youtu.be/8uMvACJf8vg #scicomm
Learn how storytelling and community action can protect our coastlines, our health, and our future: youtu.be/8uMvACJf8vg #scicomm
Water: Essential to Life, Shaping Our Future
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December 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Everything depends on water. 💧 It underpins the systems that sustain life, but when polluted or mismanaged, it can also pose serious risks to human health and wellbeing.
Learn how storytelling and community action can protect our coastlines, our health, and our future: youtu.be/8uMvACJf8vg #scicomm
Learn how storytelling and community action can protect our coastlines, our health, and our future: youtu.be/8uMvACJf8vg #scicomm
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Last month I had the amazing opportunity to attend a storytelling workshop by Transom Story Lab. It’s so scary to stand up there with no notes 🫣 huge thanks to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org and Transom for giving me the training and the courage to tell my story youtu.be/MM3-S55LGAw?...
You've Got Mail by Dr. Sanjana Curtis
YouTube video by Schmidt Sciences
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December 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Last month I had the amazing opportunity to attend a storytelling workshop by Transom Story Lab. It’s so scary to stand up there with no notes 🫣 huge thanks to @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org and Transom for giving me the training and the courage to tell my story youtu.be/MM3-S55LGAw?...
How can we help science and facts travel farther and reach everyone who needs them?
That was the key question at the heart of @pbsnews.org’s live Reddit AMA last week featuring 2025 award winner Rollie Williams of @climatetown.bsky.social.
Watch the event at: www.pbs.org/newshour/sci... #scicomm
That was the key question at the heart of @pbsnews.org’s live Reddit AMA last week featuring 2025 award winner Rollie Williams of @climatetown.bsky.social.
Watch the event at: www.pbs.org/newshour/sci... #scicomm
WATCH: Ask us anything about fighting science misinformation during a special Reddit AMA
During this mega AMA, science correspondent Miles O’Brien and digital anchor and correspondent Deema Zein interviewed scientists, academics, digital creators, influencers and others about the challeng...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
How can we help science and facts travel farther and reach everyone who needs them?
That was the key question at the heart of @pbsnews.org’s live Reddit AMA last week featuring 2025 award winner Rollie Williams of @climatetown.bsky.social.
Watch the event at: www.pbs.org/newshour/sci... #scicomm
That was the key question at the heart of @pbsnews.org’s live Reddit AMA last week featuring 2025 award winner Rollie Williams of @climatetown.bsky.social.
Watch the event at: www.pbs.org/newshour/sci... #scicomm
Though some killer #whales are known to prey on dolphins 🐬 2024 award winner @alecluhn.com was on @newscientist.com’s podcast last week sharing a surprising finding — that orca whales and dolphins are working together to hunt salmon.
Learn more: youtu.be/2dJubtCZhow?... #scicomm #marinescience
Learn more: youtu.be/2dJubtCZhow?... #scicomm #marinescience
Orcas and Dolphins Are Now Hunting Together
YouTube video by New Scientist
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December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Though some killer #whales are known to prey on dolphins 🐬 2024 award winner @alecluhn.com was on @newscientist.com’s podcast last week sharing a surprising finding — that orca whales and dolphins are working together to hunt salmon.
Learn more: youtu.be/2dJubtCZhow?... #scicomm #marinescience
Learn more: youtu.be/2dJubtCZhow?... #scicomm #marinescience
In her upcoming book, The Edge of Space-Time, 2022 award winner @chanda.blacksky.app embraces cosmic wonder and draws on poetry and pop culture to take readers on a mind-altering journey to the boundaries of the universe. 🌌
Available for preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... #scicomm
Available for preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... #scicomm
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In her upcoming book, The Edge of Space-Time, 2022 award winner @chanda.blacksky.app embraces cosmic wonder and draws on poetry and pop culture to take readers on a mind-altering journey to the boundaries of the universe. 🌌
Available for preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... #scicomm
Available for preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... #scicomm
For millennia, humans have lived closely with plants 🌱 — yet the hidden world below ground has remained largely a mystery.
In a new short film by @scicommlab.bsky.social, biologist José R. Dinneny literally shines a light on roots, bringing the unseen into view.
Watch: youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...
In a new short film by @scicommlab.bsky.social, biologist José R. Dinneny literally shines a light on roots, bringing the unseen into view.
Watch: youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...
The Hidden World of Plant Roots with Stanford Biologist José R. Dinneny
YouTube video by Science Communication Lab
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December 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
For millennia, humans have lived closely with plants 🌱 — yet the hidden world below ground has remained largely a mystery.
In a new short film by @scicommlab.bsky.social, biologist José R. Dinneny literally shines a light on roots, bringing the unseen into view.
Watch: youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...
In a new short film by @scicommlab.bsky.social, biologist José R. Dinneny literally shines a light on roots, bringing the unseen into view.
Watch: youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...
Environmental hazards don’t make headlines every day, but their impact on human health lasts for generations.
@ycabreraoc.bsky.social, Fredrick Mugira and Eli Yetter-Bowman share why uncovering these risks is essential to creating a healthier, more equitable world.
Watch here: youtu.be/q_ADHdP-FgA
@ycabreraoc.bsky.social, Fredrick Mugira and Eli Yetter-Bowman share why uncovering these risks is essential to creating a healthier, more equitable world.
Watch here: youtu.be/q_ADHdP-FgA
From Lead to PFAS: Uncovering Environmental Risks to Our Health
YouTube video by SciComm Excellence
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December 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Environmental hazards don’t make headlines every day, but their impact on human health lasts for generations.
@ycabreraoc.bsky.social, Fredrick Mugira and Eli Yetter-Bowman share why uncovering these risks is essential to creating a healthier, more equitable world.
Watch here: youtu.be/q_ADHdP-FgA
@ycabreraoc.bsky.social, Fredrick Mugira and Eli Yetter-Bowman share why uncovering these risks is essential to creating a healthier, more equitable world.
Watch here: youtu.be/q_ADHdP-FgA
His inaugural newsletter covers everything from COP30 to a Patagonia blizzard survivor: icemushroom.substack.com/p/november-i...
#sciencecommunication #sciencejournalism #climate
#sciencecommunication #sciencejournalism #climate
November Ice Mushroom
'Underwater storms' in Antarctica, 220mph electric race cars and folie à deux in a mountain cabin
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December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
His inaugural newsletter covers everything from COP30 to a Patagonia blizzard survivor: icemushroom.substack.com/p/november-i...
#sciencecommunication #sciencejournalism #climate
#sciencecommunication #sciencejournalism #climate
2024 award winner @alecluhn.com’s recently released newsletter, Ice Mushroom, features ongoing climate stories from icy and mountainous places, highlighting how places like these are changing and the wild schemes to try to save them.
Learn more: icemushroom.substack.com/p/coming-soon #scicomm
Learn more: icemushroom.substack.com/p/coming-soon #scicomm
Welcome to Ice Mushroom
A newsletter with my climate reporting and stories from icy and mountainous places
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December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
2024 award winner @alecluhn.com’s recently released newsletter, Ice Mushroom, features ongoing climate stories from icy and mountainous places, highlighting how places like these are changing and the wild schemes to try to save them.
Learn more: icemushroom.substack.com/p/coming-soon #scicomm
Learn more: icemushroom.substack.com/p/coming-soon #scicomm
These themes were also explored in a recent @nationalacademies.org webinar which examined both the obstacles and the opportunities for strengthening science, health, and medical reporting in an evolving media landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DBA... #sciencejournalism #journalism
Advancing High-Quality Science Journalism: Challenges and Pathways Forward
Journalists play a critical role in providing accurate, timely, and trustworthy science information to the public. Yet, a number of factors within journalism—decreased funding, shrinking newsrooms, me...
www.nationalacademies.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
These themes were also explored in a recent @nationalacademies.org webinar which examined both the obstacles and the opportunities for strengthening science, health, and medical reporting in an evolving media landscape: www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DBA... #sciencejournalism #journalism
Science touches every part of our lives — yet journalists around the world struggle for the space, trust, and resources needed to tell science stories.
Andrea Obaid, Fredrick Migura, and @ycabreraoc.bsky.social discuss the barriers science journalists are facing: youtu.be/2Pogy1qkc8M #scicomm
Andrea Obaid, Fredrick Migura, and @ycabreraoc.bsky.social discuss the barriers science journalists are facing: youtu.be/2Pogy1qkc8M #scicomm
Behind the Headlines: Challenges Reporting on Science
YouTube video by SciComm Excellence
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November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Science touches every part of our lives — yet journalists around the world struggle for the space, trust, and resources needed to tell science stories.
Andrea Obaid, Fredrick Migura, and @ycabreraoc.bsky.social discuss the barriers science journalists are facing: youtu.be/2Pogy1qkc8M #scicomm
Andrea Obaid, Fredrick Migura, and @ycabreraoc.bsky.social discuss the barriers science journalists are facing: youtu.be/2Pogy1qkc8M #scicomm