SHAWNOTTO.COM

sciencecom.se

Science Debates:Journalism or PR? – Hanns-J. Neubert

http://www.sciencecom.se/science-debates-journalism-or-pr-20131123

Science Journalist, Author. When proposing science debates as tools, opportunities and even tasks for science journalists, a colleague came up and said scoffingly: »It’s still only PR.«. He was not wrong – considering the currently fashionable science debates. But that is the point: we need new formats, we need debates with a journalistic approach, we need to fill the science democracy gap. Motives of top-down debates. But while citizens gained new knowledge they also became more critical against innovat...

ikonokast.com

Why Science? | Ikonokast

http://ikonokast.com/2015/12/14/why-science

December 14, 2015. This is the initial podcast of IkonoKast. Our first guest is a writer who has done a great deal of work to support and encourage the advocacy of science for public policy. Shawn Lawrence Otto is a screenwriter and novelist His book. Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America. Details the manner in which politicians have been attempting to ignore or diminish the role that science should play in the public discourse on policy. He is a co-founder of ScienceDebate. 20 though...

rebeccaotto.org

State Auditor Rebecca Otto | Providing Leadership

http://www.rebeccaotto.org/leadership

Rebecca Otto. A national leader, in Minnesota. In 2014, the Institute of Internal Auditors'. American Center for Government Auditing named. This kind of principled, evidence-based stand has come to exemplify the courage, integrity and leadership Rebecca uses as Minnesota's top elected financial officer. An approachable leader who listens to people. Rebecca is the first female democrat to be elected Minnesota State Auditor, and the first democrat to be re-elected. Rebecca mentors many young women and men,...

rebeccaotto.com

State Auditor Rebecca Otto | Facts and county audits

http://www.rebeccaotto.com/facts-and-county-audits.html

Facts and county audits. Later, when Rep. Anderson was asked about evidence that the new law would save money, she cited Swift County, which currently uses a private firm for its annual audit. "The policy allows Swift County in west central Minnesota to pay half the rate of surrounding counties," she told the Pioneer Press. "That's a pretty compelling argument for taxpayers.". The writer is Minnesota State Auditor. Reprinted from the Pioneer Press. Web site by SLO.

rebeccaotto.com

State Auditor Rebecca Otto | Rebecca's Story

http://www.rebeccaotto.com/bio

Rebecca Otto is Minnesota's 18th State Auditor. She was first elected in 2006 after receiving the endorsement of three previous State Auditors from both major political parties. She is the first woman Democrat to be elected State Auditor, and the first Democrat to be re-elected State Auditor. She was elected by her peers to be president of the National State Auditors Association in 2013. She received the National Excellence in Accountability Award in 2009. She was an Honoree of the National Women's Histo...

rebeccaotto.org

State Auditor Rebecca Otto | Facts and county audits

http://www.rebeccaotto.org/facts-and-county-audits.html

Facts and county audits. Later, when Rep. Anderson was asked about evidence that the new law would save money, she cited Swift County, which currently uses a private firm for its annual audit. "The policy allows Swift County in west central Minnesota to pay half the rate of surrounding counties," she told the Pioneer Press. "That's a pretty compelling argument for taxpayers.". The writer is Minnesota State Auditor. Reprinted from the Pioneer Press. Web site by SLO.

rebeccaotto.com

State Auditor Rebecca Otto | Providing Leadership

http://www.rebeccaotto.com/leadership

Rebecca Otto. A national leader, in Minnesota. In 2014, the Institute of Internal Auditors'. American Center for Government Auditing named. This kind of principled, evidence-based stand has come to exemplify the courage, integrity and leadership Rebecca uses as Minnesota's top elected financial officer. An approachable leader who listens to people. Rebecca is the first female democrat to be elected Minnesota State Auditor, and the first democrat to be re-elected. Rebecca mentors many young women and men,...

sciencedebate.org

ScienceDebate.org | Top Scientists & Academic Leaders

http://www.sciencedebate.org/academy

Top Scientists and Academic Leaders. Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry, CalTech. Professor Of Astronomy and of Physics, University of California, Berkeley. Executive Director, International Diabetes Center; Vice President, American Diabetes Association. Vice President for Research, University of Maryland. President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Provost and Dean of Faculty, Barnard College. Endless Forms Most Beautiful. Dean, Nicholas...