Communicating Science and Innovation Policy through Narrative: Workshops on Fostering Narrative Nonfiction Partnerships between Science Communicators

To Think, To Write, To Publish, Part II is a conference project that will forge a working bond between next generation science communicators and the next generation of science and innovation policy (SIP) scholars. This project, which comprises a two-part, multi-day conference and workshops, will bring together 12 emerging communicators and 12 early-career scholarsas well as creative writing professors and graduate students, museum professionals, and editors of mainstream publications such as National Geographic and The New York Timesto discuss the value and advantages of communicating SIP to general audiences with creative nonfiction writing that uses narrative, scene and storytelling to engage and inform readers.