Civic Science Media Lab

The Civic Science Media Lab (CS Media Lab) is a Boston-centered civic science news collective with national and global analysis/coverage on TV, digital print, and radio. The guiding goal: to support civic science journalists in mapping the civic nature of science which pertains to the interactions between the scientific enterprise and local communities in solving real-world problems and fostering informed decision-making. Why? Well, navigating the rapidly changing civic nature of science is incredibly difficult. Through the practice of civic science journalism, the journalists and analysts we support are making new knowledge, lived experiences, activities, behaviors, roles, motivations, and responsibilities across the landscape of civic science more accessible, informative, and actionable for interested parties such as scientists across different career stages, science engagement practitioners (science communicators, science journalists, science educators, funders, entrepreneurs), and local community leaders.