24 November 2021
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SCI
Online Webinar 16.00 – 17.00 GMT
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What's the best way to engage with the media? How can you get the general public to care about your work? Why is storytelling so important?
Alok Jha will give you his tips on the best way to craft your message and he'll answer all your burning questions.
Alok Jha is a science correspondent for The Economist, writing on everything from cosmology to particle physics and stem cells to climate change. He is also the host of "The Jab", The Economist's podcast reporting from the sharp end of the race to vaccinate the world against covid-19. Before that, he was science correspondent for ITN and the Guardian, covering daily news and current affairs for more than a decade. He has also written and presented multiple TV and radio documentary series for the BBC. In 2018, he spent a year as a Wellcome fellow, developing new storytelling formats for complex topics.
He has reported from all over the world, including live from Antarctica, and is also the author of three popular science books, including The Water Book (Headline, 2015).
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