How You Can Deliver the Heliophysics BIG Year to Your Viewers

We will talk about how you can deliver Heliophysics to your viewers and build upon your station scientist creds. The annular solar eclipse on October 14, 2023 and total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 will be visible across highly populated portions of North America. Each will also be among the biggest science stories of the year. We'll talk about how to set expectations effectively and prepare audiences to safely view the eclipses, along with ideas on telling the science story and further cementing your role as station scientist.

In addition, we will provide you with some exciting information to help with your coverage such as content, interviews and air-ready graphics. Building on our live coverage during the 2017 eclipse and experience working with leading experts, StormCenter Communications, Inc is partnering with NASA to deliver the best Heliophysics has to offer and provide the information you need for engaging your viewers both on-air and through social media in English and Spanish. Using our patented GeoCollaborate technology, we’ll provide you and your audience with unique updates accessible whenever needed along with access to B-Roll and soundbites from leading NASA Heliophysics scientists so you can create your own stories. The eclipses will be the headlines, but there’s even more to come. The Sun-Earth connection is generating huge amounts of interest as space weather impacts not only how and where we view auroras but can disrupt our very lives through navigation interruptions and mobile phone disruptions. You may even get some ideas on how you can integrate the sun into your weathercast on a weekly basis as solar max approaches in 2025. Some scientists are predicting a much more active solar cycle which could have impacts on your viewer’s daily lives. Come and participate in this session as we prepare for some awesome events happening during the Heliophysics BIG Year 2023-2024 including some cool information and visuals about the Parker Solar Probe, set to come closest to the sun in 2024.