Effective Science Storytelling - a panel discussion with researchers and journalists

Course description

Led by Dr Joseph Milton, Senior Media Officer at Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC), this session will enable researchers to understand the media, how it works, what it wants and how to increase media interest in – and coverage of – your research.

Dr Milton will be joined by Yaz Dedovic, Flinders Media Advisor, other journalists, and Flinders researchers who will give their own perspectives on why and how researchers should engage with the media.

Researchers from all disciplines – not just those in science – will benefit from this session.

There will be time for discussion and Q&A.

This session will be run via MS Teams. A link will be sent to you via calendar invitation prior to the session. 

About Joe Milton:

Dr Joe Milton is a biologist who, after studying evolution for ten years at various Scottish universities, made a move into science journalism.

Since then, Joe has worked as the Assistant Editor of a pair of scientific journals for the Royal Society of Biology, and written for the Financial Times, Nature and New Scientist, among others.

Joe joined the UK Science Media Centre in 2010, where he was Senior Press Officer for Mental Health, before taking up the position of Senior Media Officer at the Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC) in 2012.

Joe is a regular guest on ABC Weekend Nightlife and on ABC NSW & ACT Evenings, chatting science with hosts Suzanne Hill and Renee Krosch. And for 10 years, Joe was one of ABC Radio National’s ‘research filters’, telling the stories of science on the Drive show with hosts Waleed Ali, Patricia Karvelas, and Andy Park

Type of course

Information session