Guardian Science, January 2, 2012
More and more researchers are involving themselves in outreach work and scientific communication projects. Here are some reasons the rest might want to consider getting involved
...There are other personal benefits to be had. I think my ability as a lecturer and my ability to write scientific papers has improved in part because of the outreach work I do. Lecturing, writing for different audiences, constructing arguments and sequences of events for people to follow takes craft, and the experiences of producing blog posts, magazine articles, public talks, podcasts, doing radio interviews and the rest really help firm up these skills...
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