To Think, to Write, to Publish: Forging a Working Bond between Next Generation Science Communicators and the Next Generation of Science and Technology Policy Leaders

亚利桑那州立大学将于2010年5月举办一个为期两天的讲习班，汇集“下一代”科学传播者（作家、记者、博客作者、纪录片制片人、博物馆专业人员）、科学和技术政策方面的下一代学者/研究人员以及出版物编辑。目标是：帮助提高这些专业人士的沟通技巧，鼓励沟通者和学者的合作，并最终通过鼓励对STEM和影响他们生活的政策问题进行更有效的沟通，帮助公众更好地了解STEM的政策层面。该工作坊提供了一种称为“叙事非小说”或“创造性非小说”的写作体裁的直接经验，这是古特金德一直处于领先地位的领域。共同PI，Guston，是科学和技术政策的学者，也是NSF资助的纳米级非正式科学教育网络的积极合作伙伴。此外，2011年春季的《科学和技术问题》将包括合作传播者/学者的作品。该研讨会是一个更大的科学政策会议“科学的正当地位？”由其他人资助，包括NSF的科学，技术和社会计划（http：//www.cspo.org/conference2010/）。

Arizona State University is conducting a May 2010 two-day workshop that will bring together "Next Generation" (NextGen) science communicators (writers, journalists, bloggers, documentary filmmakers, museum professionals); NextGen scholars/researchers in science and technology policy; and publication editors. The goals are: to help improve the communications skills of these professionals, to encourage collaborations of communicators and scholars, and, ultimately, to help the public gain a better understanding of the policy dimensions of STEM by encouraging more effective communications about STEM and policy issues that affect their lives. The workshop provides direct experience in a writing genre called "narrative nonfiction" or "creative nonfiction," a domain in which Gutkind has been a leader. The co-PI, Guston, is a scholar in science and technology policy and an active partner of the NSF-funded Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network. In addition, the Spring 2011 issue of Issues in Science and Technology will include works by the collaborating communicators/scholars. This workshop precedes and informs a larger conference on science policy, "The Rightful Place of Science?," funded by others, including NSF's Science, Technology, and Society program (http://www.cspo.org/conference2010/).