See Chris Mooney today at 12.30pm – ABC1 – Wednesday 5 May

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Dear ASCers,

Chris Mooney’s National Press Club address is being televised today.

Chris is a senior correspondent for The American Prospect magazine and has achieved widespread acclaim as author of The Republican War on Science and Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future. He was a key note speaker at the World Conference of Science Journalists in 2007.

I attended his address in Canberra. There’s lots of important ideas in his talk about the current challenges for communicating science. Here’s the details.

________________________________ From: Anna-Maria Arabia [annamaria.arabia@fasts.org] Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2010 5:08 PM To: Anna-Maria Arabia Subject: SmP 2010 – Chris Mooney televised address: 12.30pm – ABC1 – Wednesday 5 May

I wish to advise that the presentation by Chris Mooney (international keynote speaker who delivered the National Press Club address at Science meets Parliament 2010) will be televised tomorrow, Wednesday 5 May at 12.30pm on ABC1. The broadcast will be repeated at 3:25am on Thursday 6 May for those who enjoy late night viewing!

I encourage you to tune in or record the presentation as Chris Mooney makes many salient points on the validity of science and the importance of science advocacy.

Mr Chris Mooney is a senior correspondent for The American Prospect magazine and has achieved widespread acclaim as author of The Republican War on Science and Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future.

While you would have already received the SmP 2010 newsletter in the mail, I wish to draw to your attention that it is also available online at http://www.fasts.org/images//science%20meets%20parliament%202010.pdf should you wish to distribute it to colleagues or your societies’ members.

Warm regards, Anna-Maria

___________________________________________________________________ Anna-Maria Arabia

Executive Director Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies 2010: Celebrating 25 years of science advocacy in Australia

www.fasts.org T: 02 6257 2891 M: 0412 940 921 F: 02 6257 2897 PO Box 259 Canberra City ACT 2601

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One thought on “See Chris Mooney today at 12.30pm – ABC1 – Wednesday 5 May”

  1. Listening to the NON-questions by the journalists of 'Meet the Press' – i am privatley dismayed at the level of inconsequential ingnorance of the type of questions being asked by the incompetent knowledge of those who believe 'they know' something. The standard of questions are simply appauling. Is it because they do not want to ask a question concerning climate change – or is it that their knowledge really does require an upgrade.

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