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FY2019 GSA ANNUAL REPORT
Communicating the
Value of Geoscience
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MEDIA RELATIONS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Supporting its strategic aspiration to FELLOWSHIP
link geoscience to society, GSA engages For the past two years, GSA’s communi-
in media relations activities to enlarge cations team has included a Science
the footprint of member research and Communication Fellow, thanks to gener-
publications. ous support from the GSA Foundation’s
GSA issues 50–60 press releases each Bruce and Karen Clark Fund. This part-
year, highlighting peer-reviewed research time, non-resident position is an opportu-
published in GSA’s journals and books, nity for a science writer, journalist, or sci-
as well as new findings presented at GSA entist with a passion for communicating to
meetings. These are distributed to an spend 10 months gaining experience and
extensive list of science journalists and professional contacts, working in concert
posted on the American Association for with GSA communications and member
the Advancement of Science (AAAS) leaders. The goal of the fellowship is to
online science news service, EurekAlert. help improve the communication of geo-
In addition, GSA encourages and assists science knowledge between the members
public information officers at universities of GSA and the non-scientific community.
and government agencies to write their
own releases about their GSA-published SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
research or presenting authors and then INTERNSHIP
augments distribution of those releases Each year GSA accepts a small number
for wider reach. of geoscience students who are interested
GSA invites journalists to attend in science communication as a possible
Annual and Section Meetings with com- alternative career path to collaborate with
plimentary registration, and hosts a news- the GSA Science Communication Fellow
room at the Annual Meeting. during the Annual Meeting. Selected stu-
As a result of these efforts, our science
dents work under the tutelage of the GSA
gets considerable press coverage, rang- communications staff and GSA’s Science
ing from top-tier outlets like Science, Communication Fellow with the goal of
Nature, National Geographic, Forbes, building their confidence and skills for
The Economist, LiveScience, CNN, conveying scientific subject matter in
compelling ways.
Newsweek, and others, to more niche
audiences in trade publications, blogs,
and syndicated websites. Go to www
.geosociety.org, click on the “News”
tab, and select “GSA in the News” to
learn more.
Science Communica-
tion interns collaborate
with Science Commu-
nication Fellow Sarah
Derouin at the GSA
2018 Annual Meeting
in Indianapolis.