It's been an interesting experience.

by Michael Tobis     Department: Science & Society

I'd like to echo Clifford's comments. I value the friendships I've made through this effort.

Yes, WIRED Science is shutting down. It's been a valuable experience for me in many ways.

I've learned that communicating to a broad audience is not easy, and that doing it five times a month is pretty darned demanding. On the whole I've tried hard to have something worth saying every time. It sounded easier than it was, and in the end there's too much material for me to go back and improve the language and correct the typos! Well, as they threatened me in high school, this will go on my permanent record.

It seems to me that for scientists to speak effectively to the public needs a concerted effort. Whether the WIRED Science enterprise could have moved far enough in that direction was an open question until recently, when we found that the contract would not be continued.

I'm very interested in some sort of alliance between media and science and teaching of a sort that hasn't really been seen lately. If you have any ideas or prospects, don't hesitate to call on me. It's a shame we didn't get more of a chance to try to pull this together under Wired Science. I'd like to congratulate the KCET team for what they achieved on short notice and share my regrets that they didn't get a chance to really spread their wings on this project.

As for me, I'll be continuing to rant online at my own blog, so feel free to get in touch if you'd like to discuss climate science, environmental policy, or science education.

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