As I sip my morning ☕ ☕ and get ready for the grade-a-palooza that today needs to be; I'm obsessed with the following request I want to make of journalists:

Please stop using "Scientists" as a generic subject in your reporting. They are "Astronomers" or "Chemists" or "Biologists", etc [ incl. "Linguists" ]...and it matters which b/c their methods and expertise vary.

Thank you.

#academicChatter #journalism #whoAmIThough #ScienceLiteracy