Posts Tagged ‘blogging’
The Open Laboratory - what, how and why
Monday, September 27, 2010, 1:11 am 1 Comment | Post a CommentThe Open Laboratory is the annual anthology of the best writing on science blogs. Yes, this is an actual, physical book, printed on paper.
The aim of the book is twofold: first, to showcase the quality of science blogging to the audience that does not read blogs and perhaps has a negative opinion of blogs due to the anti-blog propaganda in the mainstream media, and second, to build and strengthen the science blogging community.
The idea for the compilation came from a discussion between Anton Zuiker and a representative of the Raleigh-based online book publisher Lulu.com. They were trying to find a fun and useful way for the company to sponsor the first ScienceOnline conference (then called Triangle Science Blogging Conference). As it was late December 2006 there were only about four weeks left until the conference, so they thought there was not sufficient time to collect and publish such a book and have it ready in time for the meeting.
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Science Journalism/Communication week in review
Saturday, March 13, 2010, 11:03 pm No Comments | Post a CommentThere was quite a lot of interesting stuff online about science journalism and communication this past week, so I decided to put everything in a single post - makes it easier for everyone….
North Carolina science journalism/blogging projects getting noticed
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 11:41 pm No Comments | Post a CommentIf you are interested in the topic of science journalism, how it’s changing, what’s new, and who’s who in it, you are probably already reading Knight Science Journalism Tracker. If not, you should start now.
They have recently been digging around and finding projects with which I am involved in one way or another:
