An editor from The Conversation will be on campus Feb. 11 and 12 to meet with faculty members, postdocs and graduate students who are eager to get their research to a broader audience.
“Focus” areas indicated below reference the sponsor and location of the session; the content discussed at sessions will be relevant to attendees from any area and all sessions are free and open to any CU Boulder affiliated faculty and graduate students, with the exception of the communicators’ session. Please note that several of the sessions request registration.
Tuesday, Feb. 11
- 9-10 a.m. Communicator focus, CASE E351 (campus communicators only)
- Noon-1 p.m. CIRES fellows, scientists and other interested parties, Ekeley S274 Registration Requested
- 1:30-2:30 p.m. Arts and humanities focus, CASE E422 Registration Requested
- 2:45-3:45 p.m. CMCI focus, CASE E422 Registration Requested
- 4-5 p.m. Engineering focus, ECAD 109 Registration Requested
Wednesday, Feb. 12
- 9-10 a.m. Business focus, KOBL 303
- 12:30-1:30 p.m. Physical, life, social science focus, CASE E422 Registration Requested
- 2:25-3 p.m. Education focus, EDUC 231
During two days of roughly one hour-long sessions, the editor will share tips and tricks for generating compelling pitches and other insights into what makes pieces in The Conversation get picked up and shared by the media. There will be plenty of time for Q&A.
“I encourage faculty to attend these sessions to learn more about what it takes to translate often complex research into digestible content the public can absorb and benefit from,” Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Terri Fiez said. “These professional development sessions are among the perks provided to our campus as a member of The Conversation.”
Strategic Relations and Communications and the Research & Innovation Office, with generous support from the Provost’s Office and a number of colleges, schools and institutes, became paying members of The Conversation in the fall.
“Continuing to leverage the scholarship of our world-class faculty into global media spaces through platforms like The Conversation extends and amplifies the impact of our research,” said Moore. “I encourage our faculty to attend and learn how to add their voices to CU Boulder’s diverse and powerful mix of voices in this vital space.”
The Conversation is an independent, nonprofit publisher of commentary and analysis, authored by academics and edited by journalists for the general public. Faculty members who write for the outlet report that they learn of new research collaborations or funding opportunities and get on the radar of media outlets looking for experts to interview.
Its articles are free to read and republish on a Creative Commons license. Pieces in The Conversation are republished in The Washington Post, TIME, Newsweek, CNN, Scientific American, and many more. Through its partnerships with the Associated Press and Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., articles are picked up in local newspapers – providing analysis in communities that would not otherwise have been able to hear from these academics.
Since mid-September, The Conversation has published more than 17 pieces by CU Boulder experts, garnering more than 350,000 reads.
For information, please contact Chris Yankee or Julie Poppen.
