Tertiary education

Experience

Professional associations

Professional appointments

Writing workshops attended

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Curriculum vitae –

Jenni Metcalfe

Tertiary education

1978-81 Bachelor of Education (Science), Newcastle University, NSW

1984-86 Master of Science (Environmental Science), Griffith University, QLD

1984-89 Bachelor of Business (Communication), Queensland University of Technology, QLD

Experience

November 1995-current: Consultant and Director of Econnect Communication Pty Ltd

September 1989-November 1995: Communication Manager, CSIRO Tropical Crops and Pastures

January 1989-September 1989: Researcher for ‘CountryWide’, ABC TV, and freelance journalist

January 1984-December 1988: Senior Biology and Multi-strand Science Teacher, Pine Rivers High School, Queensland

January 1983-December 1984: Senior Biology Teacher, Lilydale High School, Victoria go to top of page

Professional associations

Foundation Member, Australian Science Communicators (1994-current)

Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance member (1989-current)

Member, Queensland University of Technology alumni

Member, Griffith University alumni

Member, Queensland Writers Centre go to top of page

Professional appointments

Immediate past president, Australian Science Communicators (2006)

Secretary, Australian Science Communicators (2002)

Member, Australian Science Communicators National Committee (1995, 1996)

Member, International Scientific Committee for the Public Communication of Science and Technology (1996-present)

Visiting scholar on CSIRO Overseas Study Award (May-October, 1993)go to top of page

Writing workshops attended

April-July 1995: Scriptwriting, with Hilary Beaton

8 April 2000: Drawn From Life: Features and Non-fiction, with Kris Olssen

24 February 2001: Making the Pitch: Writing and Selling Feature Articles, with Rhonda Whitton

14 September 2002: A Sense of Place, with Larry Buttrose

24 October 2002: Targeting Publishers with a Book Proposal, with Rhonda Whitton

1 February 2003: Creating Characters, with Nick Earls

14 June 2003: The Thrill of Writing, with Kay Donovango to top of page

Publications and writings

Jenni Metcalfe is author of about 80 unpublished client reports, and more than 40 publications, conference papers and other writings. Some of these are listed below.go to top of page

Publications and writings

Popular publications

Metcalfe, Jenni (April 2008), Forecasting tools meet farmers’ needs, Australian Farm Journal

Metcalfe, Jenni & O’Callaghan, Mary (March–June 2008), 'Communities make a stand on shared care for the land', Partners, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra

Metcalfe, Jenni (April 27 2003), Hardy otters of the deep fjords, Sunday Telegraph

Metcalfe, Jenni (June – August 2002), Hunting for Fauna Treasures on Hinchinbrook Island, GEOgo to top of page

Technical publications

Donghong, Cheng, Claessens, Michel, Gascoigne, Toss, Metcalfe, Jenni, Schiele, Bernard, Shi, Shunke (eds) (2008) Communicating science in social contexts, new models, new practices, Springer

Donghong, Cheng, Metcalfe, Jenni, Schiele, Bernard (eds) (2006) At the Human Scale, International Practices in Science Communication, Science Press, Beijing

Metcalfe, Jenni, Riedlinger, Michelle, Pisarski, Anne, and Gardner, John (Nov 2006). Collaborating across sectors, The relationships between the humanities, arts and social sciences (HASS) and science, technology, engineering and medicine (STEM) sectors

Occasional Paper 3: published by Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences,

(see www.chass.org.au)

 

Gascoigne, Toss and Metcalfe, Jenni (May 2005). Commercialisation of research activities in the humanities, arts and social sciences.

Occasional Paper: published by Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences,

(see www.chass.org.au/policy/docs/com300505.pdf) HASS Commercialisation Report

 

Metcalfe, Jenni (ed). (2004) Landcare in the Philippines – A story of people and places. Published by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research,

(see www.aciar.gov.au/web.nsf/doc/ACIA-66CW4P) ACIAR Books Online

Gascoigne, Toss and Metcalfe, Jenni (2003). Report: TV talent – the good, the bad and the truly dreadful. Australian Zoologist, Vol 32, No 2go to top of page

Gascoigne, Toss and Metcalfe, Jenni (2001). Report: The Evaluation of Programs of Science Awareness. Science Communication

Toss Gascoigne and Jenni Metcalfe (April 1999). Report: Scientists Commercialising their Research. Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) Occasional Paper Series.

Metcalfe, Jenni and Martin, Lin (1998) Assessing the causes, impacts, costs and management of dryland salinity. LWRRDC Occasional Paper, No 20/98, (see: www.lwa.gov.au/downloads/publications_pdf/PR980295.pdf) National Dryland Salinity Program

Gascoigne, Toss and Metcalfe, Jenni (March 1977). Report: Incentives and Impediments to Scientists Communicating through the Media Science Communication, Vol. 18 No.3

Metcalfe, Jenni and Gascoigne, Toss (1995) Science Journalism in Australia. Public Understanding of Science and Technology, Vol. 4 pages 411-428

Metcalfe, Jenni (1994) A Natural Resources Communication Workbook, LWRRDC Occasional Paper No. 14/94, CSIRO go to top of page

Conference proceedings and presentations

Metcalfe, Jenni and Riedlinger, Michelle (2008) Identifying and testing engagement and public literacy indicators for river health, paper presented to workshop in Delhi (April 08) and to be published in the journal of Science, Technology  and Society, India 

Metcalfe, Jenni (2006). Journalists’ attitudes to scientists. Paper presented to 9th International Public Communication of Science & Technology (PCST) conference, Seoul Korea

 

Metcalfe, Jenni and Gascoigne, Toss (2005). Media Skills Workshops: Breaking down the barriers between scientists and journalists. Paper presented to International Public Communication of Science & Technology (PCST) Beijing Symposium on Best Practices in Science Communication

Metcalfe, Jenni; Boy, Gerado; Laotoco, Aurora; Ruiz, Eldon (June & September 2004) Changing Lives and Landscapes in the Philippines. Paper presented at PCST 2004 Conference, “Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Diversity” Barcelona and at Australian Science Communicators’ Conference

Metcalfe, Jenni and Gascoigne, Toss (June & September 2004) The Science Communication Professional in Australia. Paper presented at PCST 2004 Conference, “Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Diversity” Barcelona and at Australian Science Communicators’ Conference

Metcalfe, Jenni and Gascoigne, Toss. Survey on how Australian journalists use the Internet. Presentation to 3rd Asia-Pacific Symposium on Press and Scientific and Social Progress (APSP2001), Beijing Chinago to top of page

Metcalfe, Jenni and Perry, David (2001) The evaluation of science-based organisations’ communication programs. Presentation to Australian Science Communicators conference, Sydney

Gascoigne, Toss and Metcalfe, Jenni (February 2001) Why do governments spend money on national programs of science awareness? Proceedings of “Trends in Science Communication today: bridging the gap between Theory and Practice” - International Conference on the Public Communication of Science and Technology, Geneva.

Kirk, Lawrie and Metcalfe, Jenni (2000) Relationships – the building block to successful communication. Presentation to an Irrigation Conference, Melbourne, Australia

Gascoigne, Toss and Metcalfe, Jenni (1999) Training scientists to understand and love the media. Presentation to World Science Conference, Budapest

Gascoigne, Toss and Metcalfe, Jenni (1998) Developing a new national forum for science - the Australian experience. Proceedings of "Science without Frontiers" Conference, PCST Network, Berlin

Metcalfe, Jenni and Gascoigne, Toss (1998) Media Skills Workshops: Breaking down the barriers between scientist and journalists. Proceedings of "Science without Frontiers” International Conference on the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST), Berlin

Gascoigne, Toss and Metcalfe, Jenni (April 1994) Public communication of science and technology in Australia. Proceedings of "When Science becomes Culture" Conference, PCST Network, Montrealgo to top of page

Contact Jenni

Email jenni@econnect.com.au or mobile 0408 551 866

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