I agree completely... I dream of getting some 'proper' science into the tabloids, FHM and so on....
Christina
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> I have often thought that the biggest professional challenge in our
> sector would be to be science editor of the Sun (if such a post
> existed), or maybe a similar position for Radio 1. If we believe we are
> doing something important here, then we can never be too mainstream -
> which means a different approach to the broadsheet/BBC2/Radio 4
> audience. An interesting study (for someone more academic than I) would
> be to see if it's possible to establish how much science communication
> activity serves the same small audience. I have my suspicions. What do
> others think?
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
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> Subject: Re: Quality Newspapers and Popular Newspapers
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> Despite page 3, we must resist the prejudice that Popularity and Quality
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> always have to be 'opposites'. I think this is important.
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