Communicating Your Research Through Storytelling with Journalism Professor Amy Simons (3MT® Training Workshop – Open to All Graduate Students)

How do you make someone care about your research—even if they know nothing about your field? Learn how to turn complex ideas into a story that captures attention, connects with a broad audience, and makes the significance of your work clear.

Led by Amy Simons, an award-winning educator and professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, this interactive workshop draws on techniques used by journalists and storytellers to help you identify what matters most in your research, find common ground with your audience, cut through jargon, and communicate complex ideas in clear, conversational language. You’ll practice strategies for capturing attention, explaining your work in ways people can understand, and answering the all-important question: Why does it matter? Storytelling Research

Simons brings extensive professional storytelling experience to the session, including previous roles as a digital news editor at the Chicago Tribune and executive producer at CLTV News in Chicago.

Open to all graduate students. Whether you’re preparing for a conference, talking about your research with people outside your field, interviewing for a job, or participating in Mizzou 3MT®, you’ll leave with practical strategies for telling the story of your research more effectively.