Alice Fleerackers

Simon Fraser University

Description

Alice Fleerackers (she/her) is a doctoral candidate at Simon Fraser University's Scholarly Communications Lab, where she studies how, why, and when journalists cover preprint research. She is an award-winning researcher and a former freelance writer whose bylines include the Globe and Mail, National Post, and Nautilus Magazine. Alongside her research, Alice supports a number of science communication nonprofits, including the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada, Science Borealis, and the Public Communication of Science and Technology Network.

Sessions

Perplexing Preprints: Insights, common fears, and real strategies
October 22, 2022
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Renasant Convention Center, Room 102-104
In PersonNASW Professional Development Session
Speakers
Alice Fleerackers
Simon Fraser University
Laura Helmuth
Editor in Chief, Scientific American
Organizer and Moderator
Dawn Levy
Science Writer and Public Information Officer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Organizer and Speaker
Tom Ulrich
Associate Director, Science Communications, Office of Communications , Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard