This week we had the great pleasure of speaking with Brian Lin in Washington DC. Brian oversees EurekAlert!, a non-profit news release distribution platform operated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has more than two decades of experience as a science communicator, having interned at a national daily technology TV show in Canada before serving as a press officer for 13 years at the University of British Columbia, where he helped communicate scientific and medical research while developing and delivering media training for faculty and students. Since joining AAAS in 2014, he has more than tripled web traffic at EurekAlert! and led the development of a new platform that launched in 2021. His current focus is expanding access to EurekAlert! in low and middle-income countries and fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in and through science communication.

You can follow Brian and learn more about his work here: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianlinworks/

https://x.com/brianlinworks

https://blog.eurekalert.org/ - The EurekAlert! Science Communication blog

https://www.eurekalert.org/newsportal/eurekalert_resources - The Eurekalert! Resources center for journalists and Press officers

https://www.wired.com/2016/05/internet-hub-science-news-shaping-world-20-years/ - A Wired.com story about EurekAlert! at their 20th anniversary

Transcript: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/ayy8