[LTER-commcom] Tomorrow's meeting

Fri Sep 11 06:33:18 PDT 2020

Hi Clarisse,

Thanks for the note.  For "The Conversation" piece, I was thinking of
focusing on the need for prediction, for ecologists to be able to provide
some ideas about what our ecosystems are going to look like in 50 or 100
years.  I was thinking we could start with the idea that ecologists have
generally been shy about prediction compared to some other disciplines, for
example Economics, yet the demand is real.  I would then go on to make the
case that the case studies in our special issue represent several real
advances in our ability to talk about the future.  We have new tools such
as scenarios and models and more importantly, we have long term data that
allows us to make informed projections about the future.

There are just my initial thoughts, and I am keen to see what Michael, who
has had a lot more experience with "The Conversation" thinks about this.
And I am not sure just what stories we would highlight.

I am hoping that we can share our ideas with this group as they develop and
get some feedback.

Thanks!

Peter

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Peter M. Groffman
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On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 2:37 PM Hart, Clarisse <hart3 at fas.harvard.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Peter!
>
> Thank you for the update, and for all your effort (and Julie’s, too!) in
> making this special issue idea a reality.
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> On our call today, we discussed the following, which includes some
> questions for you highlighted in bold:
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>    - ESA will be releasing the official press release (draft attached)
>    when the special issue is published, which we assume may be in the next few
>    weeks? *Please keep us posted when the proofs go in!*
>    - Like the press release, we assume The Conversation piece (it’s
>    fantastic that you’re doing this!) will speak to the entire special issue
>    from an LTER-wide perspective, but *if there will be a particular
>    focus on specific stories or sites, could you let us know?* This will
>    help our committee better support story-pitching at the site level, and
>    will also help us better amplify the Conversation piece when it comes out!
>    - We suspect that the stories that will get the most traction in the
>    news media are those that link to timely current events in Sept/Oct – like
>    wildfire, possibly hurricanes if the season heats up, and seasonal
>    (especially unseasaonable) change. If possible, we’d like to organize one
>    or two site/story-specific pitches that connect to the manuscripts,
>    focusing on Science Friday and a few other high-impact outlets (especially
>    radio). This would require our getting some buy-in from the PI(s) whose
>    research is represented. * Are there particular stories from the
>    special issue that stick out to you and/or Julie as potential candidates
>    for a current-events focus?*
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> Thank you!
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> Clarisse & the committee
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> *From:* commcom <commcom-bounces at lists.lternet.edu> * On Behalf Of *Peter
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> *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2020 8:50 AM
> *To:* Marty Downs <downs at nceas.ucsb.edu>
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> *Subject:* Re: [LTER-commcom] Tomorrow's meeting
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> Unfortunately, I will not be able to make the meeting today.  Here are a
> couple of updates:
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> 1. All of the Ecosphere papers are accepted and I will be uploading the
> final figures for the final paper tomorrow. We will then be waiting for
> proofs.  The journal is going to publish all the papers at once; and I
> think that Marty has made a great start on a press release.
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> 2. I am going to work with Michael Nelson on a piece for "The
> Conversation."  I've got some ideas for what I would like to say and I
> think this will be fun.
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> Sorry to miss the meeting!
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> Peter
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> On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 7:32 PM Marty Downs <downs at nceas.ucsb.edu> wrote:
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> Hello Communications Committee--
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> In preparation for our discussion tomorrow, Kristen has worked up a few
> stats and ideas for newsletter and social media planning. If you get a
> chance to look it over before tomorrow, it will be a better meeting.
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RdZvCbREYmyhR9rbcXDTKIbzo34e7nVUBWvXzg1aUmw/edit
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> Meeting is September 10 at 11 am PT, 2 pm ET
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