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SciComm 101: Tips for sharing your science news with the world

Please join the seminar to get useful tips how to effectively share your research articles globally by using “EurekAlert!“. EurekAlert! is ​one of the world’s largest science news platforms, operated by AAAS.

We honorably invite Mr Brian Lin as guest speaker for this seminar. He is one of the world-leading science communicators with over 20 years’ experience. After leading the media training program at the University of British Columbia in Canada, he moved to EurekAlert in 2014, where he currently oversees editorial content strategy. Since his arrival, he has successfully tripled the number of visitors to EurekAlert!.

Program

Date

Friday, 25 June 2021

Time

10:00AM–11:20AM (60-min lecture/20-min Q&A)

Venue

Zoom Online Meeting

Language

English (also accept Japanese for the question)

*This is held as a part of the “ASHBi Research Acceleration Program” series. If you are interested in this series, Please visit here.

Agenda

  1. Introducing EurekAlert!
  2. Academic writing vs press writing
  3. Storytelling techniques and images/video
  4. Basic flow of news release preparation

Guest Speaker

Brian Lin
Director, AAAS’ EurekAlert!

Moderator

Tomoki Shimizu
Junior Associate Professor, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI‑ASHBi)

Eligibility

Researchers and university students

Registration

Pre-registered participants only

Zoom URL will be sent to registered participants

Host

ASHBi Research Acceleration Unit

Contact

ASHBi-acceleration[at]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Please change [at] to @.