by Andrew Maynard | Jan 8, 2010 | Communication, Nanotechnology
Hype, scare mongering, obfuscation and just plain misinformation – the scientific community are reasonably clear about what they think of Tabloid science reporting much of the time. So I wasn’t too surprised to see the headline “‘Grey...
by Ruth Seeley | Jan 4, 2010 | Communication, Guest Post
By Ruth Seeley, No Spin PR. A little over a year ago, Ruth Seeley – a freelance communications consultant – rather bravely approached me with a proposition: She would help me develop a social media strategy for 2020 Science, if I would let her write the experience up...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 29, 2009 | Communication
Update July 2015 -Andréia’s original blog post isn’t accessible anymore sadly (I’m still looking for a link to an archived version). Andréia Azevedo Soares has just posted an excellent blog on how to interview scientists over at YS Journal –...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 15, 2009 | Communication, Engagement
Back in July I wrote a short blog about Tim Jones’ Exquisite Corpse of Science project – an innovative project to explore what people think about science and it’s place in their lives and society, through the medium of drawing and film. Four months...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 1, 2009 | Engagement, Policy
Sitting 3000 miles away from London in Washington DC, I’ve been following the dismissal of Professor David Nutt as the UK government’s senior scientific advisor on the misuse of drugs, with interest. Not being steeped in British drugs politics, I was only...
