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Jenni Metcalfe

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Name:
Jenni Metcalfe
Age:
47
Location:
West End, Brisbane
Current job title:
Director, Econnect Communication

Qualifications

Past experience

I have worked as a researcher, high school science teacher, journalist, but have been a science communicator for 18 years.

How did you get started?

Accidentally. by combining my work with science and journalism with a career at CSIRO as a communication manager.

Greatest professional achievement

Helping to produce and edit a book about Landcare in the Philippines.

Challenges the job presents

Managing a small team of five according to project priorities and budgets.

What you like most about your job

How every day is different - I especially like finding out how science has impacted on people's every day lives through stories.

Typical day at work

There is no typical day, one day I might be training a group of scientists in how to use the media. another day I might be organising a media event with TV cameras and the works, another day I might be interviewing a group of farmers as part of a social or communication research project. and on another I might be out on Moreton Bay helping to write stories about the natural environment.

Advice for other women

You only live one life as we know it - make the most of it, and do a job you really love doing.

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Last updated: 8 April 2008