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Marcus Reamer

@marcusreamer.bsky.social
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Environmental communication scholar/practitioner. Currently studying environmental media and its role in right whale conservation at the University of Miami. Learn more: marcusreamer.com

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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Letters to a Pre-Scientist is recruiting #STEM role models for their annual #penpal program. Share your story and inspire the next generation of STEM leaders. This will be my 4th year and I highly recommend. 🔗 Learn more and register: prescientist.org/volunteers
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If you work in #STEM (incl. social sciences!), please consider volunteering for Letters to a Pre-Scientist as a STEM pen pal this school year. This will be my 4th year and I can't recommend it enough. Minimal commitment, big impact. Learn more & register by July 31: prescientist.org/volunteers/
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I've joined the Editorial Board of People and Nature as an Associate Editor. It's one of my favorite journals and I'm excited to work with the journal team and authors to put out innovative work that advances science and practice. Learn more: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2575...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Last year, I wrote about how Donald Trump'ssecond term agenda would be devastating for endangered species of ocean animals. Today, his Interior Secretary is convening the so-called God Squad to discuss how to remove protections from Rice's Whales. therevelator.org/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals • The Revelator
The waters around the U.S. are home to threatened species who need conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I was a guest on The Fisheries Podcast this week. We talked about the role of communication & media in conservation conflicts, with my research on whale conservation as a backdrop. Take a listen on the podcast website (also available on Apple & Spotify): fisheriespodcast.podbean.com/e/354-dr-mar...
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354 - Media's role in conservation conflicts: American lobster fisheries and North Atlantic right whales with Dr. Marcus Reamer | The Fisheries Podcast
This week, Elise (IG: @elisemobranchii) sits down with Dr. Marcus Reamer, a Lecturer at the University of Miami, to discuss his research on communication and media as an invisible and influential forc...
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Over the next few weeks you may see headlines about the Rice's whale. It's a population of ~50 in the Gulf of Mexico that you have likely never heard of before. My latest #openaccess #research with @emilyyeager9.bsky.social explains why that is and what you can do about it 🧵 🔗 bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
All at sea: #Whales caught in middle of conflicting Canadian, U.S. regulations www.squamishchief.com/highlights/a... via @squamishchief.bsky.social
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All at sea: Whales caught in middle of conflicting Canadian, U.S. regulations
Canada and the U.S. are playing by different rules when it comes to protecting threatened whales, experts warn.
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Dr. Catherine Macdonald @drcatmac.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Catch amazing PhD candidate Emily Yeager @emilyyeager9.bsky.social on public radio talking about her recent publication!
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The secret lives of Florida's elusive, giant manta rays
According to a new study and hundreds of videos shot mostly in waters near Palm Beach County, manta rays can act as a mobile home, providing food, shelter, even honeymoon suites for fish in sometimes ...
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Check out this new open access article just published in Marine Policy. It cites my critical analysis of two right whale documentaries, "Entangled" and "Last of the Right Whales". 💙🐋 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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North Atlantic right whale Unusual Mortality Event prompts increased legislation and partisan variation at state and federal levels
North Atlantic right whales are a critically endangered species of baleen whale facing threats from vessel strikes, fishing gear entanglement, and ant…
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Our latest research on Rice's whale media coverage is included in this 2025 wrap up by @therevelator.org: therevelator.org/this-year-in...
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This Year in Conservation Science: Whales, Birds, and Killer Roads • The Revelator
We asked conservation researchers around the world to send us their favorite papers of 2025. They address the planet’s most pressing problems — and important solutions.
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Issue-attention cycles are the foundation of my recent research on the role of communication & media in whale conservation. But what are they? Five stages that help us follow the rise and fall of public attention to social & environmental topics. Read more: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Don't forget to check out our new research. We analyzed four years of news media about Rice's whales & compare the results to the media cycle about North Atlantic right whales. Worth reading even if you don't work in whale science & conservation. Available Open Access: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews
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Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
#Journalists are important actors in environmental #conservation. @marcusreamer.bsky.social & @emilyyeager9.bsky.social analyzed #newspaper texts re endangered Rice’s whale & found limited media attention, highlighting the importance of strategic communication re conservation doi.org/10.1007/s132...
Title, authors’ names, and abstract from a paper that analyzed attention cycles in media coverage about the critically endangered Rice’s whale
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
What did newspapers cover after the discovery of Rice's whales? Disagreements about policy proposals. It's a human story featuring whales, not a whale tale. Our new study shows that this approach serves news orgs well but can work against conservation and management. Read it: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
From our new #research: Of the 35 newspaper texts we analyzed (2021-2024), 60% focused entirely on Rice's whales. The remaining 40% often included the whales as an example, but in the context of some other topic. Read to find out what this means & why it matters: doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02265-y
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
#ICYMI: 🐋 📰 My latest #research with @emilyyeager9.bsky.social on the role of news media in marine conservation, this time about Rice's #whales. Worth reading even if you're not in whale science and conservation. Available #OpenAccess at bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews. 🐋 📰
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Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society @ambio-journal.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
New Publication: Discovering the world’s most endangered great whale species did not advance an issue-attention cycle in news media: Implications for Rice’s whale conservation and management Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Discovering the world’s most endangered great whale species did not advance an issue-attention cycle in news media: Implications for Rice’s whale conservation and management - Ambio
Issue-attention cycles (IACs) follow the predictable rise and fall of media and public attention to topics through five defined stages. Using content analysis and critical discourse analysis, we analy...
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David N. Thomas @dnthomas01.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
There are only around 50 Rice's whales (confined to the Gulf of Mexico) - this new publication describes how difficult it is to raise issues about the conservation and management of one of the rarest species of whale on the planet
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
New #research: discovering the world's most endangered whale species in 2021 didn't inspire much media/public attention. We found and analyzed only 35 articles published over 4 years. More than 1/2 were from 2023 during debates about oil and gas leases in the Gulf. Read it: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
🐋📰 New #OpenAccess #Research 📰🐋 In 2021 scientists id'd a new species of endangered whale in the Gulf of Mexico: the Rice’s whale. @emilyyeager9.bsky.social & I wanted to know if that discovery started a news cycle. Tl;dr - it didn't. Read it in Ambio by @springernature.com: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I got to chat with Andrew Lewin on the "How to Protect the Ocean" #podcast about my latest #research on #environmentalmedia and #rightwhale conservation, and the episode is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Check it out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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Less than 400 Left: How Media Coverage Shapes the Fate of North Atlantic Right Whales
Podcast Episode · How To Protect The Ocean · 08/22/2025 · 1h 8m
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Don't forget to check out my latest #research letter, available #OpenAccess in Environmental Research Communications by IOP Publishing: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🐋📰 New #OpenAccess #Research 📰🐋 We continued studying the issue-attention cycle about North Atlantic #rightwhale #science, #conservation, and #policy in six U.S. newspapers for the years 2023 and 2024. 🧵 below for key findings and read here: bit.ly/RWnews2.
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Thanks @oceana.bsky.social for hosting me today to share some of my #environmentalcommunication #research with team members from across the organization! We discussed the findings of my studies on #rightwhale media and how to use communication and media to understand & support #marineconservation.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Here’s a starter pack of conservation scientists on Bluesky- you can follow them all or pick and choose. Conservation science
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
There are important and inherent challenges to communicating about marine and coastal topics. In my #openaccess article, I argue that a #humanhealth framing may help communicators and advocates reach new audiences and create conditions for change. Read it here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
A laminated sign attached to a simple wood post on a beach that states ocean water may be contaminated and is not safe for swimming.
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
1/3 #rightwhales are in the news this week, and not for good reason. NOAA Fisheries announced this week that a female right whale found dead near Martha's Vineyard earlier this year was due to chronic entanglement from rope traced to the Maine lobster fishery: www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech...
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NOAA: Right whale died of chronic entanglement in rope from Maine
The whale was found dead near Martha's Vineyard earlier this year.
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Marcus Reamer @marcusreamer.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
For my inaugural Blue Sky post, I'm sharing my latest #openaccess research about #environmentaljournalism about #rightwhales: dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcom... As part of my dissertation, I analyzed nearly 13 years of U.S. news coverage about right whales using the issue-attention cycle framework.
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Frontiers | A “war” over lobster and whales: The issue-attention cycle, media discourse, and political ecology of right whale science and conservation in six US newspapers
News organizations and journalists are important and influential actors in environmental politics. Their reporting on social and environmental issues often f...
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