Barriers between physicists and science journalists also arise when scientists are incapable of explaining their work. When a physicist writes for the general public about a research topic one assumes that he or she would also be able to explain the topic to journalists. About one-half of the physicists had written for popular science magazines, although the reaction of colleagues was not always positive since some did not appreciate the popularization of science by fellow scientists. Nearly all those who had popularized physics admitted that writing in a popular style was difficult - more difficult than writing a scientific publication. None of the respondents had followed a course on the popularization of science.
Biologists are the best in science communication.
Perhaps this is because of the character of biology. Results of a 1995 Dutch Survey of 30 physicists and 20 science journalists 1.