June 10th, July 9th. Media and communication training for scientists

The next Science in Public media and communication training sessions are on 10 June and 9 July.

Tim Thwaites and I will present the course. Tim is a freelance science writer and broadcaster. We concentrate on how to extract the essence of your story and how to work with the media to get the story across. This contrasts with the adversarial approach of much corporate media training.

Three working journalists will join us in the course of the day to talk about newspapers, radio and TV, and conduct practice interviews. Journalists we have used in the past have included Gerard Scholten from Channel Ten, Chee Chee Leung from The Age, Dina Rosendorf from the Herald Sun and Donna De Maio from 3AW news.

Previous participants tell us that after the course they feel more prepared not just for media interviews, but also for other presentations to stakeholders, customers and the public.

This workshop is a modified version of the courses developed by our colleagues at Econnect Communication and is licensed from them.

Each course is limited to 12 participants.

Dates: Tuesday 10 June and Wednesday 9 July, 9.30am-5pm

Venue: Redback Brewery Hotel (upstairs), 75 Flemington Road, North Melbourne

Cost: $650 + GST per person. Morning and afternoon tea and lunch will be provided.