Are you interested in sharing your research and scholarship through traditional or social media? Translating your expert knowledge and complex research into a format that can inform a broad audience can be challenging. To assist you with getting your message out to the public, the Scholarly Communication Committee is pleased to announce a new publication on the Library's website, Communicating through the Media. Our new guide includes the following sections:
- Introduction (benefits and challenges of working with media and pros and cons of various media options)
- Op-Eds (tips on writing and submitting an article)
- Interviews (tips for television, radio, and print)
- Blogs (practical and technical tips on blogging)
- Twitter (practical and technical tips on using Twitter)
- Podcasts (practical and technical tips on podcasting)
- Media and Academic Promotion (links to reports and articles discussing incentives for faculty engaging in public discourse)
We welcome your thoughts on these pages! Please send comments or additional resources to scholarlycomm@georgetown.edu.