Abstract:
Marine ecosystem science is difficult for scientists to explain and journalists to report. This multidisciplinary collaborative study used expert sampling and online surveys to understand the perspectives of journalists and scientists (two presumably divided groups) about their working relationship, ways to connect, appropriate news content, and ways to report ecosystem complexities. Recommendations are made for supporting stronger journalist-scientist working relations and improving news coverage. Learnings may be relevant to other complex science fields that might benefit from enhanced journalist-scientist interactions.
