Events
June 25, 2021
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
- Introducing EurekAlert!
- Academic writing vs press writing
- Storytelling techniques and images/video
- 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
Registration Form (Google Form)
Zoom URL will be sent to registered participants
Organizers
ASHBi Research Acceleration Unit
Contact
ASHBi-acceleration[at]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Please change [at] to @.
