Writing about science for the public

Some good bits of advice for writing about science for the public, including this one:

Readers can be very clever, but it is not their job to know all of the words that you and the twelve people you call colleagues made up.

I particularly like the focus on telling a people-centered story. This is so far from the comfort zone for most researchers, but I agree that it’s essential to effectively connecting.

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