Expanding Universe Today e6 — Alan Boyle

We continue to introduce the team behind Universe Today. In this episode meet Alan Boyle. Fraser and Alan talked about the evolution of space journalism in the past 25 years, writing books about space and gave some really important advice to those who want to choose the same career path.

• 00:00 - Intro

• 01:24 - Space journalism. Now and 25 years ago

• 04:54 - Witnessing the development of space industry

• 07:28 - Covering ‘the closing chapters’

• 09:54 - Funny story about Pluto and Alan Stern

• 12:48 - Writing books about space

• 17:19 - Budgets and dinosaurs that evolved

• 19:35 - How to approach a story as a journalist

• 24:02 - Advice for people who want to become writers