Research in the news

Serroul/Marcotte/Carter

1. Goals2. Demo3. Benefits

Goals

Goals

• Connect media with research

Goals

• Connect media with research

• Connect the public to research

Goals

• Connect media with research

• Connect the public to research

• Connect researchers

How?

“According to a new study released Tuesday…”

How?

SuckRSS/Atom

How?

Suck

Hook Up

RSS/Atom

How?

Suck

Hook Up

Expose

RSS/Atom

For humans

For machines

Demo time!

ssh://132.246.83.230 -> crawlfeeds.sh

http://132.246.83.230:8080/innomatch/main

http://132.246.83.230:8080/ritn/ctrl

Benefits • Reach more Canadians nationally– Secondary & post-secondary students– General public

• We add value: adding knowledge to facilitate research

• Build science community

• Raise CISTI’s visibility

Next steps • Partnership opportunities(CBC, Google)

• Reach Canadians where they are(Facebook, Twitter)

In summary • Bridge the gap between popular media reporting in science, technology and medicine and what peer-reviewed research provides