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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSelected profiles of me, my research, and my outreach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Vancouver Sun:\nSFU researcher attacks Shark Week for lack of conservation message<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lab Manager\nMagazine: Embracing social media for collaboration and outreach\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Miami New Times:\nDiscovery Channel Shark Week\u2019s Biggest Critic is a University of Miami Shark\nScientist\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Grist: Leave the\nshark wrangling to the pros<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jewish Chronicle\nof Pittsburgh: Former Pittsburgher sinks his teeth into Discovery\u2019s Shark Week\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scuttlefish:\u00a0David\nand Goliath \u2013 One Man\u2019s Quest to End Myth Mongering at the Discovery Channel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n College of\nCharleston Magazine:\u00a0The Man, the Myth, the Shark<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Duke Today: David Shiffman is on a\nmission to change your mind about sharks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Duke Magazine:\nAlum David Shiffman swims with the Sharks\u00a0<\/a>(Video here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n College of\nCharleston magazine: College shark researcher recommends SharkNado over Shark\nWeek<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tampa Bay Times:\nShark Week\u2019s biggest critic is sharpening his twitter harpoon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pacific\nStandard: A shark scientist bites back\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n io9:\u00a08 antidotes to\nShark Week\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n WIRED: How to explore the ocean\u2019s depths without leaving your desk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Selected interviews in the popular press<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CBC Radio Quirks\nand Quarks: Scientists want a \u2018fin-ale\u2019 to Shark Week shows that hurt sharks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Outside: What\nshark experts really think about Shark Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Palm Beach Post:\nShould Florida ban beach-based fishing?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Speak Up For\nBlue Podcast: Florida Land-Based Shark Fishing Policy Changes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n NPR: Shark fin\ntrade faces troubled waters as global pressure mounts\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n New Scientist:\nBanning shark fin soup in the US is bad for shark conservation.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Associated\nPress: Shark fin bans might not help sharks, scientists say\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Touch\nNews: A US ban on shark fins is a bad idea, researchers say\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Saving Seafood:\nShark fin ban is misguided, would undermine sustainable fisheries, researchers\nsay.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n NRDC OnEarth: It\ncan\u2019t be legal to drag or shoot a shark, can it?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nature: Angler\u2019s\nonline boasts reveal illegal shark hunting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Miami Herald:\nShark-dragging video reflects the rise of Florida\u2019s \u201cjackass\u201d anglers.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n National\nGeographic: Shark-Fishing Forum Reveals Destructive Practices Despite Good\nIntentions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Revelator:\u00a0Florida\nAnglers are Targeting Endangered Sharks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hakai Magazine:\nFor sharks, even catch and release can kill<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scientific\nAmerican: Harvesting sharks could be the key to saving them<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Conservation\nmagazine: does banning all shark fishing do more harm than good?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n TakePart: Shark\nscientists agree: shark fishing is ok (sometimes).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hakai magazine:\nnine out of ten shark scientists agree: sustainable shark fishing is fine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Discover\nMagazine: scientists exonerate cownose rays after nine years<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nature Jobs:\nNetworking-Hello, Stranger\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post:\nCurbing the shark fin trade is laudable, but it\u2019s not enough to save the\nspecies\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post:\nScientists commiserate over the worst animal names\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mother Nature\nNetwork: 21 of the best #StupidCommonNames for wildlife<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Daily\nDot:\u00a0Biologists join hilarious Twitter rant about nonsensical common\nanimal names<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n CNET:\u00a0Twitter\nhashtag of the week: Biologists snort at stupid animal names<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nature:\u00a0If\nat first you don\u2019t succeed, tweet it.\u00a0Tales of scientific blunders and\nsome unusual species names dominated social media this week.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The New Tropic: University of Miami\nscientist dispels myths about sharks\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n National Public\nRadio\u2019s All Things Considered:\u00a0After Sketchy Science, Shark Week Promises\nTo Turn Over A New Fin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post:\nWill Discovery Channel\u2019s Shark Week continue to swim in strange waters?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Esquire\nMagazine: Eli Roth wants to change the way you see sharks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washingtonian:\nThe reasons why scientists get angry at Shark Week\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Newsweek: You\u2019re\n100% wrong about Shark Week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n On Earth\nMagazine: There are other sharks in the sea<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washingtonian:\u00a0The\nRidiculous, Bloody, Scientifically Questionable History of Shark Week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Boston Magazine:\nIt\u2019s time for Shark Week to redeem itself<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Naples Daily\nNews: Shark Week returns to give new perspectives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Discovery News:\nWhat are experts saying about North Carolina shark bites?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Touch:\nEndangered Hammerhead with 34 pups caught in Florida\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Motherboard: A\ntown wants to kill sharks after shark attacks. Here\u2019s why it won\u2019t work.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n CBS News: How to\nsurvive if you encounter a shark\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post:\nNorth Carolina monitors the beachfront after a surprising jump in shark attacks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Miami Herald:\nMiami Underwater Festival at Frost Museum of Science makes a splash\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Discover\nMagazine: Hey everyone: stop responding to shark bites by killing sharks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Philadelphia\nMagazine: Dolphin, half eaten by shark: why you shouldn\u2019t be concerned<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Discovery News:\nIs it fair to call them \u201cshark attacks?\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gizmodo: Top\npredators may be the most important animals on Earth\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Popular Science: Do sharks make good\ndancers?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post:\nThe rock star female scientist who put shark research on the map\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n ScienceInsider:\nScientists want end to traditional trophy fishing for threatened species<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fish Sense\nmagazine: Record keeping for trophy fish is bad for threatened species<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fusion: The\ncomplicated relationship between shark conservationists and Shark Week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Vox: Shark Week\ndebunked<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n National Public\nRadio\u2019s \u201cOn the Media\u201d: Tweeting Shark Week\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n International\nDigital Times: Discovery Channel redeems itself with awesome, factual alien\nsharks documentary\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Discover\nMagazine: Expert amateurs: local dive guides report sharks for citizen\nscience.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Business\nInsider: A rare megamouth shark captured off Japan is only the 58th ever\nseen.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Miami Herald:Hammerhead shark\ncaught from pier raises debate over ethical catches<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n South Florida\nSun-Sentinel:\u00a0Videos of shark catches popular, but is act legal?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Miami New\nTimes:\u00a0Record-Breaking Hammerhead Catches Deadly, Possibly Illegal, Says\nMarine Biologist<\/a> BBC (radio): Rare pink goblin shark\ncaught by fisherman\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Houston\nChronicle: Scientists amazed by accidental Gulf catch of second-ever goblin\nshark International\nBusiness Times: Goblin shark facts as second ever specimen found in Gulf of\nMexico\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Independent:\nGruesome giant goblin shark caught off coast of Florida\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nature: Social\nmedia for science outreach\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yahoo News:\nSharks do get cancer: tumor found in great white.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n PBS NOVA: Why\nyou won\u2019t be attacked by a shark<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n National\nGeographic News: The real megalodon: prehistoric shark behind doc uproar\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Live Science:\nWeird facts you didn\u2019t know about sharks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Smithsonian SmartNews:\nHow to survive the shark attack that is never going to happen to you\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wired: It\u2019s time\nfor Shark Week to get bigger- and less bloodthirsty\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Boston Magazine:\nShark researchers take a bite out of Discovery Channel\u2019s fake Shark Week\ndocumentary\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Time: Discovery\nChannel provokes outrage with fake Shark Week documentary\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n International\nDigital Times: Shark Week 2013 fake megalodon documentary breeds confusion,\nanger<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n CNN: Scientist\nslams Discovery\u2019s Shark Week fake documentary\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Christian\nScience Monitor: More species of sharks, rays to get protection\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n BBC (video):\nScientists tag Florida sharks to monitor behaviour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n BBC Mundo (Spanish):\nEn el Caribe, los tiburones nadan con GPS (in the Caribbean, sharks swim with\nGPS).\u00a0Text<\/a>.\u00a0Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scientific\nAmerican: Online Chat on Shark Biodiversity and Conservation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n NBC 6 Miami: U\nof Miami students search for sharks!\u00a0<\/a>(Video)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Huffington Post:\nVenezuela shark finning ban announced as country established sanctuary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n io9: Sharks\nevolved to save the world (video interview)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Kiki\u2019s Science Hour: Shark Bites\n(video interview)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n National Public\nRadio\u2019s \u201cThe Pat Morrison Show\u201d: Do we care too much about flipper? (radio\ninterview)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Charleston Post\nand Courier: Apparent shark bite, jellyfish stings mar Isle of Palms, Folly\nBeach outings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Charlotte Observer: He\u2019s all grown up and he still likes sharks.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Selected writings for the public in the popular press<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post:\nShark scientists explain what\u2019s right and what\u2019s wrong with Shark Week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n IndieWire:\nReview of the Meg.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Revelator News\n(Op-ed): Florida\u2019s chance to protect threatened sharks\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earther: The\nDemocrat Who Flipped a Republican Stronghold by Running on Climate Change<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alert Diver\nmagazine: Fishing for a solution: sustainable shark fishing and ocean\noptimism\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post:\n298 Bears killed in Florida hunt that \u2018ignored science\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington Post:\nFreshwater sharks rediscovered in Papua New Guinea\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hakai Magazine:\nHow Shark Week can save its image<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Vox: Shark Week\nis upon us. Here\u2019s why I love and hate it<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scientific\nAmerican: New Shark Week film shows the rarely seen sharks of Cuba<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gizmodo: 40\nyears of bad science: how Jaws got everything wrong about sharks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hakai Magazine:\nThe scientific afterlife of sharks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Daily Beast:\nShark Week is lying to you<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Touch\nNews: Shark Week\u2019s \u2018zombie sharks\u2019 harasses animals\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n IO9: Shark week\nlied to scientists to get them to appear in documentaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n New Scientist:\nShark Week, ditch Hitler and fiction posing as fact<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mental Floss: 11\namazing sharks you should get to know better<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Slate: What you\nreally see in a wildlife documentary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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