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- Think Audience!
Richard de Grijs, Reader in Astrophysics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Sheffield, UK
- Get excited and jump up and down!
Dr Patricia Whitelock, astronomer at the South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
- Don't engage with fools!
Robert Simpson, postgraduate student, Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy, UK
- It mostly happens after hours
Dr Claire Flanagan, University of the Witwatersrand Planetarium, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Sharing is a great way to rediscover your own passion for your work
Kim Burtnyk, Astronomy writer, science communicator and astronomy program and exhibit developer and evaluator, South Pasadena, California, USA
- Bowl them over with a clever analogy (and get help from your press officer!)
Debra Shepherd, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA
- Be ready for fame!
Gloria Villalobos, Director, Robert J. Novins Planetarium, Ocean County College; NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador; NASA/JPL Solar System Educator; Past-President - Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society NASA/JPL, USA
- You have one of the coolest jobs in the world!
Dr Carolina Ödman, Universe Awareness Programme, Leiden University, The Netherlands
- Timing is crucial
Dr Benne Holwerda, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Achieve a media profile with humour, drama and uniqueness
Dr Sten Odenwald, NASA astronomer, writer and creator of "The Astronomy Café", a "web site for the astronomically disadvantaged", USA
- There are many kinds of journalists
Professor Premana Premadi, Institut Teknologi Bandung, West Java; Chair of UNAWE-Indonesia
- Think about what they need
Professor Rosa Maria Ros, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Vice-President Commission for Education & Development, International Astronomy Union
- Do you know how little most people know?
Elsabe Brits, Specialist Reporter, Die Burger, Cape Town, South Africa
- Controversy is not required in science stories… but it helps!
Rowan Philp, specialist reporter, Sunday Times, South Africa
- Journalists are often the first to know
Gloria Villalobos, Director, Robert J. Novins Planetarium, Ocean County College;
NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador; NASA/JPL Solar System Educator;
Past-President - Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society NASA/JPL, USA
- Get to know a journalist
Case Rijsdijk, astronomer, educator and science communicator, South Africa
- For journalists …Scientists don't like surprises, but flattering works!
Doris Daou, Director of Communications and Outreach, NASA Lunar Science Institute, USA
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