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"The program serves undergraduate and graduate students and professional reporters with specialized training. Students learn from environmental experts and journalists and report for professional award-winning publications and broadcast outlets. "Under the guidance of expert faculty they experiment with new ways of explaining complex environmental issues while maintaining traditional values of fairness and accuracy."

Based at Stony Brook University, the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science offers professional development programs, a master's program in science communication, and resources to help scientists and those in science-related fields develop communication skills for a wide variety of audiences.

"George Mason University’s Science Communication Program is a hub of cutting-edge research and graduate education centered on science communication theory and practice. We examine how effective communication shapes interest, attitudes, discourse, and engagement toward a host of contentious science issues and among a variety of stakeholders."

This UC Berkeley center offers workshops and custom training programs for working journalists and science communicators.

"The OpEd Project’s Public Voices Fellowship is a national initiative first piloted at Yale, Stanford, and Princeton Universities, and now rolling out in partnership with top universities and foundations across the nation." The fellowship is a one-year program designed to increase the public impact of top academics. It is customized for women and underrepresented thought …

The Voices for Science program provides scientists interested in science communications and outreach with specialized training to hone their skills. Throughout the 12-month program, participants work directly with AGU staff to conduct regular outreach activities with a variety of audiences in their local communities. The program also includes participation at AGU's fall meeting, with expenses …

"This 15 credit Applied Science Communication: Online and Media Writing module will introduce you to science writing techniques that are suitable for non-academic audiences. It will explore key writing structures and key principles behind non-academic writing with an emphasis on online writing. "A student-centred approach will be taken throughout this online module, and while the …

"This course explains why science communication is important and what it looks like in practice. It also teaches you the basic concepts and fundamental skills you need to master science communication yourself. The course explores research-based, practical ideas and inspiring stories from the field based on conversations with over fifty expert interviewees worldwide, including best-selling …

Training/credential program for STEM Ph.D. students at this university. "Students who participate in the Science Communication Credential program will have the opportunity to develop, workshop, and publish communications products including articles, podcasts, and videos for a lay audience. They will improve their communication skills, receive feedback from skilled professionals, and gain understanding of the public-facing …

"This graduate certificate program combines graduate-level training and an off-campus internship in science writing and rhetoric to provide graduate students with a solid foundation and skills for taking often-complex scientific results and communicating them to both specialist and non-scientific audiences, including the public and policymakers."