Steak-umm makes a lot of salient points about science communication here, but we have to recognize that access to communications resources is often tightly restricted, especially on contentious issues. https://twitter.com/steak_umm/status/1248275141085270019">https://twitter.com/steak_umm...

For instance, anti-censorship policies at federal agencies can prevent political appointees from blocking media access to experts.

Similarly, you may be a great climate communicator, but an ideological media outlet opposed to climate policy will never interview you.

A lot of people will say we need better media coverage, better public education, better science agency processes.

That& #39;s all true! But getting those things takes time, energy, money, resources and - yes - political power.

There& #39;s a tendency among science and tech folks to think we can just "solve" these problems with better communication and more expertise.

But you can& #39;t make progress on these issues until you recognize that they& #39;re fundamentally about power.