Nisbet on NPR; I'm Down Under

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Matt Nisbet has just done a segment with NPR's "On the Media" about our "Framing Science" article in Science. At Matt's blog, he notes that this is just the first of many instances in which we'll be starting to elaborate on the arguments advanced in our (necessarily brief) Science piece.

In any event, I'm psyched not only that Matt did a great job on the air, but that it's possible to embed the program right here, YouTube-style:

Meanwhile, I just crossed the Pacific for the first time in my young life: I'm currently blogging from the Sydney airport as I wait for my plane to Melbourne, where I'll be giving the opening plenary speech at the World Conference of Science Journalists. Once I get over my jet lag, I'll have more to say...

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