Media Working Group

Chair: Euan Martin-Ritchie

Working group members:

• Lesley Hughes
• Sarah Bekessy
• Jenny Martin
• Ayesha Tulloch
• Rebecca Rogers
• Dejan Stojanovic
• Douglas Gimesy
• Grace Heathcote (ESA Science Communications Coordinator)
• Gail Spina (ESA Executive Officer)

Purpose:

The overall Media Working Group objectives are:

• To implement our media strategy in order to boost the media profile of the ESA, and more broadly, promote ecological knowledge and awareness in Australia
• Promote key ESA initiatives and publications (i.e. Austral Ecology, Ecological Management & Restoration, ESA Hot Topics and The ESA Bulletin), which will include working closely with other relevant working groups and the science communication research chapter
• Demonstrate the relevance of research by ESA members for helping to inform environmental management and policy
• Provide online and in-person training opportunities for ESA members to enhance their science communication and media skills

Detailed terms of reference