Document: GLE-3-512-194

Stories without pictures.

BARON, D.*

National Public Radio 1

Abstract:
Reporting on science on the radio is like teaching physics to a class of blindfolded students the day before spring break; one must convey complex ideas, without the aid of pictures or diagrams, to an audience that is highly distracted (driving, cooking dinner, brushing teeth). Radio is better at communicating stories, characters, and emotions than facts. The trick to science journalism on the radio lies in harnessing the medium's strengths to explore abstract ideas through concrete stories.

Keywords: ecology,media

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This abstract is being presented at: 10:30 AM in session:
Symposium # 13: Ecology in the Media.