HESS Opinions: Science in today's media landscape – challenges and lessons from hydrologists and journalists

Lutz, Stefanie R.; Popp, Andrea; van Emmerik, Tim; Gleeson, Tom; Kalaugher, Liz; Möbius, Karsten; Mudde, Tonie; Walton, Brett; Hut, Rolf; Savenije, Hubert; Slater, Louise J.; Solcerova, Anna; Stoof, Cathelijne R.; Zink, Matthias

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3589-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 7

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 3589–3599, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3589-2018

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Special issue: HESS Opinions 2018

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 3589–3599, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3589-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 7

Opinion article 04 Jul 2018

Opinion article | 04 Jul 2018

HESS Opinions: Science in today's media landscape – challenges and lessons from hydrologists and journalists

Stefanie R. Lutz et al.

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Final revised paper (published on 04 Jul 2018)
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EC1: 'An important contribution to encouraging us to strenghten the science-media relationship', Hannah Cloke, 16 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Final response', Stefanie Lutz, 15 May 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (05 Jun 2018) by Hannah Cloke

AR by Lorena Grabowski on behalf of the Authors (08 Jun 2018) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (19 Jun 2018) by Hannah Cloke

Short summary

Media play a key role in the communication between scientists and the general public. However, the interaction between scientists and journalists is not always straightforward. In this opinion paper, we present insights from hydrologists and journalists into the benefits, aftermath and potential pitfalls of science–media interaction. We aim to encourage scientists to participate in the diverse and evolving media landscape, and we call on the scientific community to support scientists who do so.