NPR’s Joe Palca Talks Science Communication

The College of Sciences will host “Talk to Joe,” a science communication conversation with NPR science correspondent Joe Palca, 1:30–3:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, in 450 Riddick Hall.

Before he became a science journalist, Palca earned a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Then he worked in TV and print journalism for 10 years before joining NPR in 1992, where he has covered a wide range of science topics. Palca’s latest project, “Joe’s Big Idea,” is a series of NPR stories exploring how ideas become innovations and inventions.

Palca has won many awards for science journalism, including the National Academies Communications Award, the Science-in-Society Award of the National Association of Science Writers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Journalism Prize.

At NC State, Palca will discuss his transition from science to journalism, the science news cycle and the role of storytelling in communicating about science.