Selecting the ‘best’ medium
Radio, TV, internet, various social media, print, magazines, video blog, podcast … researchers and communicators now have a plethora of communication media that they can use to tell their story....
Read MoreHow to tell your research story
You have a story to tell about your research. A question I am often posed by researchers is “how do I best tell my research story?” And my answer? “What...
Read MoreCan agencies of different feathers click together?
Collaboration is vital for natural resource management (NRM), as no one person or organisation can successfully address all complex facing NRM in Australia. Research institutes and NRM practitioner agencies bring...
Read MoreHunting and gathering for stories
Ever got to the end of a research project and thought, “I really wish I had got that photo (or video, or interview)!” We can often think this after the...
Read MoreWhat makes a good research story?
Throughout my career in science communication, I’ve regularly been asked “what makes a good research story?” Luckily, I have worked in institutions that encouraged their researchers to develop research ‘for...
Read MoreWhy plan communication about research?
You are a researcher that gets a gig to do an interview for the local news about your upcoming research project. “Surely it’s easy – you just open your mouth...
Read MoreReflections from the keyboard
After nearly 25 years with Charles Sturt University, I finished up with the Media Office in June 2019. Over this time, I have been a media officer, a project officer,...
Read MoreWinton Wetlands: bush kinder and nature education at the wetlands
Bush kinder uses Nature and the outdoors as a setting for intensive learning by young children, particularly those attending pre-school. Jennie Schopfer is an early childhood educator, teacher of teachers...
Read MoreWinton Wetlands: Connecting people, wetlands and health
The close link between healthy wetlands and healthy people has been known since times before the British colonisation of Australia. Then, the Yorta Yorta and other Aboriginal nations met regularly...
Read MoreWinton Wetlands: A History of Dispossession
Located between Benalla and Wangaratta in North East Victoria, the Winton Wetlands are a major drawcard for interaction between native plants and animals and people for thousands of years. Formed...
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