Listen to the sound of citizen science!
Editor's Note: This guest post by former SciStarter editor Lily Bui originally appeared on the SciStarter blog
Listen. Let’s get one thing straight: I am an unabashed public radio nerd. So, when citizen science and public radio come together, I am nothing short of ecstatic. But it’s not just my public radio nerdiness for its own sake. Rather, this convergence speaks to a larger narrative (for me, at least) — that of citizen science being a form of public participation in science and public radio playing the role of representing public discourse. In conjunction with SciStarter’s current audio/radio citizen science theme, I've put together a "playlist" of some examples of how public radio can engage citizen scientists and vice versa. WHYY the Pulse Producer Kimberly Haas features various citizen science projects, in partnership with SciStarter, on The Pulse on WHYY. She has covered ...
