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Expanding the Reach of Your Research: Best Practices for Communicating with Policymakers and the Media

Have you ever wondered how to get your research into the hands of policymakers, or wished your findings were known by a wider audience? CPIPR organized a workshop at the 2018 Southern Demographic Association Meeting to highlight ways to expand the reach of your research by distilling your findings into messages tailored for policymakers and the media.

The workshop provided an overview of tools for communicating demographic research; best practices in social media for social science; tips for working with journalists; and best practices in communicating with policymakers at the federal and state level. An expert panel also shared their experiences communicating research to policymakers and the media, and led an informal discussion with workshop participants.

Meeting Agenda and Presentations

  • Agenda and Speaker Biographies (PDF)

Welcome and Workshop Overview

Linda Jacobsen, Vice President, U.S. Programs, PRB

Tips and Tools for Communicating Demographic Research (SLIDES: PDF)
Mark Mather, Associate Vice President, U.S. Programs, PRB

Social Media for Social Science (SLIDES: PDF)
Beth Jarosz, Senior Research Associate, U.S. Programs, PRB

Best Practices in Communicating with Policymakers (SLIDES: PDF)
Suzanne Stokes Vieth, Deputy Director of Government Affairs, Population Association of America/Association of Population Centers

Working with Journalists (SLIDES: PDF)
Ryan M. Thornburg, Reese Felts Distinguished Term Associate Professor, School of Media & Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 


Expert Panel
Informal Discussion with Workshop Participants on Communicating with Media and Policymakers

  • Rebecca M. Tippett, Director of Carolina Demography, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Suzanne Stokes Vieth, Deputy Director of Government Affairs, Population Association of America/Association of Population Centers
  • Ryan M. Thornburg, Reese Felts Distinguished Term Associate Professor, School of Media & Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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This website was prepared by the Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR) at the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) for the Population Dynamics Research Centers. This website is made possible by the generous support of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).