Nicky Phillips
Asia-Pacific Bureau Chief , Nature News
Nicky joined Nature in mid-2017, after two years editing the Nature Index. Before that, Nicky was a science reporter, then editor, at the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia. She also worked as a radio reporter and producer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She has degrees in science (physiology) and journalism.
Sessions
Finding the Story: Perspectives on the Journalism/Public Relations Divide
Journalists and public relations officers often want the same thing: to find interesting stories and tell them to a wide audience. But the way that journalists and PR officers approach the challenge of finding a good story is very different. In this session, we speak to a mass-media science journalist, a niche science journalist, and an ex-journalist turned public information officer to discover how they go about finding the right story for their audience.