Science Storytelling, with Kristy Ferraro and Adam Meyer

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on storytelling and narratives in science writing with Dr. Kristy Ferraro and Adam Meyer.

For this episode of BioScience Talks, we were joined by Dr. Kristy Ferraro, who is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador, and Adam Meyer, a PhD candidate in the Ecosystem Ecology Lab, also at Memorial University. They were here to talk about their recent article in BioScience , "Beyond hero and villain narratives in ecology and conservation science," in which they discuss storytelling and narratives in science writing—and explain which approaches work best.

People in this episode

Guests: Adam Meyer, Dr. Kristy Ferraro

Topics covered

• science storytelling
• ecology
• conservation science
• narratives in science writing
• research

Keywords

• hero and villain narratives
• BioScience
• Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
• Ecosystem Ecology Lab
• science writing approaches

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Science Storytelling, Beyond hero and villain narratives

Places: Newfoundland and Labrador

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