{"id":12920,"date":"2016-01-25t16:16:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-25t16:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/communicating-science-at-nasa\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07t19:39:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07t19:39:43","slug":"communicating-science-at-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/communicating-science-at-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"communicating science at nasa"},"content":{"rendered":"
by connor muldowney and benjamin remaly<\/em><\/strong> \u201cthe planet isn\u2019t just changing, its changed,\u201d thomas wagner, nasa <\/span>cryosphere program scientist says at the top of our video. <\/span><\/p>\n we would not be the first to use that specific quote from wagner prominently either. looking back at news stories wagner had been quoted in, <\/span>reuters, the huffington post and <\/span>al-jazeera america all used a <\/span>nearly identical quote from wagner from a teleconference call with the press <\/span>about new sea level data in august 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n over the past few years wagner has been a source for the new york times, the washington post, the los angeles times, pbs <\/span>newshour, <\/span>newsweek and fox news. our own interview with wagner faced a time <\/span>constraint as he had a televised interview scheduled after ours. <\/span><\/p>\n wagner\u2019s vast usage as a source, and some of his practiced\/repeated key-points highlight an important job researchers have that is easy to overlook. <\/span><\/p>\n environmental scientists looking at climate change are not only responsible for discovery, but for effectively communicating those discoveries. <\/span><\/p>\n when i mentioned to wagner that about his frequent media appearances he said, \u201cyou know what it is, it gets easier the more you do it. (it\u2019s) <\/span>kinda <\/span>like after a while you build up answers to the questions.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n but there is more to it than him publishing a report. he needs to explain it to informants in a way that is easy to understand. wagner spent six years as a <\/span>professor at the university of papua new guinea before he moved on to nasa, <\/span>which most likely plays a role in wagner being able to effectively communicate <\/span>his message to reporters and the general public. <\/span><\/p>\n unless the masses start flocking to nasa\u2019s blogs, it will be up to mega-sources like wagner to get the message out through various news outlets through <\/span>a compelling and comprehensible message.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" tom wagner\u2019s vast usage as a media source, and some of his practiced\/repeated <\/span>key-points highlight an important job researchers have that is easy to overlook. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4916,4904],"tags":[371,144,2896,4625,2132],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-12920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate","category-water","tag-arctic","tag-climate-change","tag-melt","tag-sea-level","tag-warming"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n\u200bgeorge washington university<\/em><\/p>\n