A veteran reporter’s perspective on science.

Abstract

As MSNBC.com’s science editor, Alan Boyle runs a virtual curiosity shop of the physical sciences and space exploration, plus paleontology, archaeology, and other ologies that strike his fancy. During his 34 years of daily journalism in Cincinnati, Spokane and Seattle, he survived a hurricane, a volcanic eruption, a total solar eclipse, and an earthquake. Join Boyle for an insider’s take on the mind of the reporter—how journalists approach complex scientific topics and complex scientists, and what information they are looking for.