Issue-attention cycles are the foundation of my recent research on the role of communication & media in whale conservation. But what are they? Five stages that help us follow the rise and fall of public attention to social & environmental topics. Read more: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

Don't forget to check out our new research. We analyzed four years of news media about Rice's whales & compare the results to the media cycle about North Atlantic right whales. Worth reading even if you don't work in whale science & conservation. Available Open Access: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

#Journalists are important actors in environmental #conservation. @marcusreamer.bsky.social & @emilyyeager9.bsky.social analyzed #newspaper texts re endangered Rice’s whale & found limited media attention, highlighting the importance of strategic communication re conservation doi.org/10.1007/s132...

What did newspapers cover after the discovery of Rice's whales? Disagreements about policy proposals. It's a human story featuring whales, not a whale tale. Our new study shows that this approach serves news orgs well but can work against conservation and management. Read it: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

From our new #research: Of the 35 newspaper texts we analyzed (2021-2024), 60% focused entirely on Rice's whales. The remaining 40% often included the whales as an example, but in the context of some other topic. Read to find out what this means & why it matters: doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02265-y

#ICYMI: 🐋 📰 My latest #research with @emilyyeager9.bsky.social on the role of news media in marine conservation, this time about Rice's #whales. Worth reading even if you're not in whale science and conservation. Available #OpenAccess at bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews. 🐋 📰

New Publication: Discovering the world’s most endangered great whale species did not advance an issue-attention cycle in news media: Implications for Rice’s whale conservation and management Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

There are only around 50 Rice's whales (confined to the Gulf of Mexico) - this new publication describes how difficult it is to raise issues about the conservation and management of one of the rarest species of whale on the planet

New #research: discovering the world's most endangered whale species in 2021 didn't inspire much media/public attention. We found and analyzed only 35 articles published over 4 years. More than 1/2 were from 2023 during debates about oil and gas leases in the Gulf. Read it: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

🐋📰 New #OpenAccess #Research 📰🐋 In 2021 scientists id'd a new species of endangered whale in the Gulf of Mexico: the Rice’s whale. @emilyyeager9.bsky.social & I wanted to know if that discovery started a news cycle. Tl;dr - it didn't. Read it in Ambio by @springernature.com: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

I got to chat with Andrew Lewin on the "How to Protect the Ocean" #podcast about my latest #research on #environmentalmedia and #rightwhale conservation, and the episode is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Check it out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Don't forget to check out my latest #research letter, available #OpenAccess in Environmental Research Communications by IOP Publishing: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

🐋📰 New #OpenAccess #Research 📰🐋 We continued studying the issue-attention cycle about North Atlantic #rightwhale #science, #conservation, and #policy in six U.S. newspapers for the years 2023 and 2024. 🧵 below for key findings and read here: bit.ly/RWnews2.

Thanks @oceana.bsky.social for hosting me today to share some of my #environmentalcommunication #research with team members from across the organization! We discussed the findings of my studies on #rightwhale media and how to use communication and media to understand & support #marineconservation.

Here’s a starter pack of conservation scientists on Bluesky- you can follow them all or pick and choose. Conservation science

There are important and inherent challenges to communicating about marine and coastal topics. In my #openaccess article, I argue that a #humanhealth framing may help communicators and advocates reach new audiences and create conditions for change. Read it here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...

1/3 #rightwhales are in the news this week, and not for good reason. NOAA Fisheries announced this week that a female right whale found dead near Martha's Vineyard earlier this year was due to chronic entanglement from rope traced to the Maine lobster fishery: www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech...

For my inaugural Blue Sky post, I'm sharing my latest #openaccess research about #environmentaljournalism about #rightwhales: dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcom... As part of my dissertation, I analyzed nearly 13 years of U.S. news coverage about right whales using the issue-attention cycle framework.