I try to write a science communication piece for each paper I lead. These exercises in science communication have greatly improved my scientific writing and presentations by teaching me to remove unnecessary nuance and jargon, to not introduce too many ideas, to not make assumptions about what the audience already knows, and to not bury the lead.

2024. The Conversation. “Sharks, turtles, and other sea creatures face greater risk from industrial fishing than previously thought – we estimated added pressure from ‘dark’ fishing vessels” [link]

2023. LA Times. “Opinion: Oceans are heating up. Who will protect the turtles, whales and fish crossing boarders into cooler waters?” [link]

2022. The Conversation. “When fishing boats go dark at sea, they’re often committing crimes – we mapped where it happens” [link]

2019. LA Times. “Op-Ed: A new strategy is saving endangered California sea turtles from deadly fishing nets” [link]

2019. MPA News. “Perspective: Building environmental change into spatial closures to reduce sea turtle bycatch” [link]

2019. The Skimmer. “New tools for dynamic ocean management: EcoCast vs. Marxan and more” [link]

2018. Eco Magazine. “Protecting changing oceans: ecological forecasts to improve fisheries sustainability” [link]

2018. The Conversation. “Fishing forecasts can predict marine creature movements” [link]

2018. The Conversation. “To conserve ocean life, marine reserves need to protect species that move around” [link]

2016. PLoS Blogs. “Conserving ocean life: three ways to improve U.S. marine protected areas” [link]