Earth & Sky's "Edge of Discovery" Radio Series for NSF's Public Understanding of Research Program

EarthTalk公司正在制作和发行282个“探索的边缘”广播节目。每个90秒的节目将探索一个正在进行的研究领域，并将以“现实”或科学家解释他们工作的录音为特色。这些节目将在700多家公共和商业广播电台播出。广播节目将由“发现的边缘”网站补充，该网站将包括广播节目本身，以及每个节目的“更多信息”部分，其中包括参考当天主题的印刷文章和其他网站的链接，以及补充背景材料，如对科学家的采访记录。“发现的边缘”网页还将以“与科学家见面”为特色，每个月将介绍一位新科学家，它还将以每年与科学家进行六次实时在线“聊天”为特色。该系列的制片人/主持人是黛博拉·伯德和乔尔·布洛克，他们创作、制作并主持了非常成功的广播系列《地球与天空》。资深制作人是Marc Airhart，他将是研究人员和编剧团队的主要联络人。由95名科学家组成的项目审查委员会将对该项目开发的所有材料进行审查。

EarthTalk Incorporated is producing and distributing 282 "Edge of Discovery" radio programs. Each of the 90-second programs will explore an area of on-going research and will feature "actualities" or recorded voices of scientists explaining their work. The programs will be carried on 700+ public and commercial radio stations. The broadcast programs will be supplemented by an "Edge of Discovery" web presence that will contain the radio programs themselves plus a "More Info" section for each program that includes references to printed articles and links to other web sites on the day's topic as well as supplementary background material such as transcripts of interviews with scientists. The "Edge of Discovery" web page also will feature a "Meet the Scientists" section in which a new scientist will be profiled each month, and it will feature live online "chats" with scientists six times each year.The producers/hosts for the series are Deborah Byrd and Joel Block who created, produced and hosted the highly successful radio series Earth and Sky. The Senior Producer is Marc Airhart who will be primary liaison with the team of researchers and writers. Review of all material developed for the projected will be done by the project's review committee of 95 scientists.