IAU Special Sessions (GA)
SpS14: Communicating astronomy with the public for scientists
Start date/time
August 29, 2012, 00:00
End date/time
August 31, 2012
Place
Beijing,
China Nanjing
Contact
Dennis Crabtree
Dennis.Crabtree@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Event website
http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/meetings/iauga2012-sps14/
Coordinating Division
Division XII Union-Wide Activities
SOC Co-Chairs: Dennis Crabtree (Canada), Lars Lindberg Christensen (Germany)
SOC Members: Andrew Cohen (United Kingdom), Antonieta Garcia (Chile), Avivah Yamani (Indonesia), Carine Briand (France), Dirk Lorenzen (Germany), Doris Daou (United States), Hong-Kyu Moon (Republic of Korea), Ian Robson (United Kingdom), Kaz Sekiguchi (Japan), Pamela Gay (United States), Patricia Whitelock (South Africa), Pedro Russo (Netherlands), Rob Thacker (Canada), Wei-Hsin Sun (China Taipei)
Editors of Proceedings: Dennis Crabtree (Canada), Lars Linberg Christensen (Germany), Pedro Russo (Netherlands)
Topics:
- Identifying public communication opportunities
- Knowing your audience
- Public presentations
- Telling a science story
- Using journalists
- How to access the media
- Choosing the right medium
- Writing a good press release
- Making the best of your images
- How to be interviewed
- Making the best of new media.
