As a social researcher, I investigate the barriers to collaborative research in regional Australia between landholders, government agents, researchers and their institutions. Collaboration really is vital for natural resource management...
Read MoreNever let it be said that The Comms Doctor® shies away from a challenge – bushfires, blue-green algae outbreaks and a global pandemic have provided ‘unique’ work circumstances for The...
Read MoreSocial media are important tools in a modern researcher’s box of communication tricks. Since the advent of Facebook in 2004, social media has been used to promote research stories locally,...
Read MoreWebsites can play a powerful role in communicating research, combining colour, sound, movement, words, pictures, connection, access, history and engagement with information - all in one package. Since they exploded...
Read MoreEver seen a movie about making movies, and the director says to the actor standing in front of the camera, “Now do it again, this time with feeling!” This statement...
Read MoreHow many times have you heard the saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words” or “seeing is believing”? Still images provide powerful communication. They stimulate one of our main...
Read MoreYou’re driving on the open road, you turn on your favourite device, and you listen to a great story on the radio. Or you are on holidays and you lie...
Read MoreRadio, 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 MoreCollaboration 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 MoreThroughout 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...
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