Popular Publications Posts – July

Welcome to the first monthly roundup of popular publication highlights! The Propagations Blog is delighted to share articles that generated interest on our Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn pages. In case you missed them, here are two captivating publications that piqued the curiosity of our followers.

One of our most clicked posts on Facebook was about Signal Processing. The featured article proposes a solution for the challenging task of separating overlapping calls and environmental noise in passive acoustic monitoring of complex soundscapes. If you’re intrigued by this topic, give the article a read. You can access it directly at https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0013505.

For the original post, visit the ASA official Facebook page at https://ow.ly/4PyP50PkYaK.

Our Instagram followers liked this article published in POMA. The research introduces a Bayes Factor inference processor designed for high-frequency broadband active monostatic sonar in shallow water environments with a vertical aperture.

Dive into the details by reading the complete article at https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001734.

Check out the original post on the ASA official Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/p/CuQLykZLzo6/.

Last, but not least, a post about a JASA-EL Editor’s pick engaged LinkedIn users.

The paper develops an approach to estimate both water-column and seabed properties by the inversion of ocean acoustic data. Read the entire open access letter at https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019706 or review the original post on the ASA official LinkedIn profile at https://ow.ly/FkN850PlRZs.

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Effective Media Interactions Training Workshop – Supplemental Materials

Effective Media Interactions Training Workshop

Supplemental Materials

Speaking to the Media

Check out the ASA Meeting Press Conference
Click here to download the workshop notes for best practices
Develop a 1-minute-pitch
Review this checklist before talking to media:
- Loop in your organization’s press officer or media team
- Vet the journalist and read some of their work
- Acknowledge their request promptly
- Find out their deadline, outlet, and audience
- Confirm the interview format
- Determine your key talking points
- Choose your language based on the audience
- Practice describing your work in plain language
- Prepare examples and helpful analogies
- Share your passion for the research
- Prepare multimedia: high-resolution images, sound files, video clips
- Follow up after the interview

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Writing for the Media

Download the writing handout as a fillable word document or PDF
Click here to view the ASA Lay Language Paper Checklist.
Use the Nature summary paragraph to write your summary: https://www.nature.com/documents/nature-summary-paragraph.pdf
Use the De-Jargonizer at http://scienceandpublic.com or Up-goer-five text editor: https://splasho.com/upgoer5/ to remove jargon.
L. K. Jones, Reaching Reporters, Teachers, and Bosses — Lay Language Papers

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Using Social Media

Check out the ASA publications’ social media guide for posting templates
Use social media management tools like Hootsuite or Later to schedule or cross post content.
When making a post, be sure it
- is short and to the point (or the first sentence is a good hook).
- avoids jargon where possible.
- includes an image or figure that can be understood with little context.
- tags the relevant users on the platform.
- includes relevant hashtags.