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Samantha Andrews
3 June 2023
Strategic Communications

Getting research in front of policy makers eyes with briefing notes

Samantha Andrews
3 June 2023
Strategic Communications

Evidence-based decision-making needs evidence. Discover how briefing notes can help put relevant research in front of the eyes of policymakers.

Samantha Andrews
25 April 2023
Strategic Communications

Can non-academic expertise bolster academic peer review?

Samantha Andrews
25 April 2023
Strategic Communications

Can non-academics play a key role in academic peer review?

Samantha Andrews
11 April 2023
Strategic Communications, Content Creation

A journalist wants to speak to me. Now what?

Samantha Andrews
11 April 2023
Strategic Communications, Content Creation

Being contacted by a journalist can be simultaneously exciting and scary. Fear not! Here are some pointers that may help put you at ease.

Samantha Andrews
4 April 2023
Strategic Communications, Content Creation

Why you can't review a story before it's published

Samantha Andrews
4 April 2023
Strategic Communications, Content Creation

Being interviewed for a story? Want to review it before it is published? Here’s why a journalist will probably say no.

Samantha Andrews
26 March 2023
Strategic Communications, Content Creation

Is this newsworthy?

Samantha Andrews
26 March 2023
Strategic Communications, Content Creation

As an ocean storyteller, I’m always on the lookout for new ocean stories to tell. If you work in or research the ocean sphere, you may have a story worth telling. Here’s what makes a story newsworthy.

Samantha Andrews
21 March 2023
Strategic Communications, Content Creation

Communicating research with a great map

Samantha Andrews
21 March 2023
Strategic Communications, Content Creation

Thomas Herbreteau, Chair of the Canadian Cartographic Association’s Geovisualization and Map Design Special Interest Group shares his top tips for not just making a good map to communicate your research, but for making a great map.

Samantha Andrews
26 February 2023
Strategic Communications

Sharing science doesn't automatically result in good decisions

Samantha Andrews
26 February 2023
Strategic Communications

If only person X / government body X / company X / community X had all the scientific information...then they would make good decisions...right? As Dr Naomi Oreskes explains, life doesn’t work that way.

Samantha Andrews
7 February 2023
Strategic Communications, Content Creation

It's not what they know but what they think they know

Samantha Andrews
7 February 2023
Strategic Communications, Content Creation

Sometimes you might be better off focusing on addressing the discrepancies between what someone thinks they know and what they actually know might be a better strategy.

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