CJ: "You only need a sentence or two for char dev. And another sentence or two to build tension." #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:32pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Story for ecology: the take-home is 'it's complex'. It's not really audio, it's visual, a movie made in your head. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:30pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: At the end "This is what science is all about." Not a lot of themes available for stories. Science solves problems. #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ: Quote "It was a neat finding, and fun to do." And published in PLOS One - many storytelling techniques used. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:29pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Conditions are rare - once in decades. They were lucky to catch it. Interviewed a prof. who 'couldn't believe it'. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:28pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Audio: Rain fell, ice formed, a light breeze. And 'the ice began melt, pop, crackle'. And each sheet pushed rocks. #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ: More audio: wind? ice? GPS trackers + video cameras. "No one said you are nuts?" "Kind of." #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:27pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Death Valley rocks: 'high angle turns, sometimes change course'. "Fleets of slithering boulders." #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:26pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Plays a 3.5 min clip, about CA miners that noticed evidence of rocks moving in the desert floor. 'We've solved it.' #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:25pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: What can you do in 3.5 min? Can you build mystery and tension? A quest, a climax, revelation? A deeper message? "Yes." #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ: Another clip illus. caveats - 'the number is less than what we thought we would understand' (what?!?) #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:23pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: 'How do you know that?' - and the answer nails it, you can hear the passion. "We do more testing..." etc. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:22pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: 'You didn't say that right. I'm at the end of the bar, I'm really drunk, I'm (dumb), I'm going to die at the zoo.' #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:21pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Emotion, passion - you need to get that extra edge. West Nile at the Zoo: another clip (played earlier). #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:20pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Ans: "Liquid He-3 superconductivity diatomic" and CJ gesticulates wildly... 'What are you going to use the $ for?" #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:18pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: During the Nobel Prize - 4am, you only have 3 min. Plays an audio clip: "Explain what you are getting this for." #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:17pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Writing for science - get the scientist to tell the story, and it is hard. 'They don't speak the way we do.' #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:15pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: How many people have a radio in their house? (About 50%.) <30y.o. - no radios anymore. #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ: People like to hear stories; the human voice 'is incredibly powerful'. The gadgets will change. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:14pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:Radio's golden age, not killed by TV. Feature stories, news stories, podcasts; audio 'will always be there'. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:13pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:A pace in Q&A, drive it forward. Signposting: on audio there's no paragraph marking, have to be explicit in transitions #dcswa15 #sci
CJ: On radio - meaning in the tone of the voice, but a writer doesn't capture it. 'My wife talks at breakfast in "print"' #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:12pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:"Storytelling is the oldest profession" - the importance of transmitting information. Capturing attention. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:10pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Starts with his toughest critics - his wife (teaches at Hopkins) and his former boss. He trains scientists on #scicomm #dcswa15
1:09pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
Plenary: Christopher Joyce, @christophjoyce NPR “The past, present, and future of oral journalism”#dcswa15 #scicomm
1:06pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
RT @KashaPatel: Moving talk by @LizSzabo abt writing the article "Doctor accused of selling false hope to families" http://t.co/wdgsnqp9qz …
1:04pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
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12:15pm March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
CJ: Another: 'And then what happened?' You make the scientist tell the story. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:59am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: The best Q: Why? You get interesting character development, motivation. #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ: "All of you: read poetry. It gives you a sense for rhythm, sound." LS: Try reading your stories out loud. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:55am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
LS:Q:In short pieces, how to pack in all up-front? A:You can play with the voice; beware of losing your voice & distance #dcswa15 #scico
11:50am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: 'It can take years to find your voice.' How the personality comes through; goes through list of NPR personalities... #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:46am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
RT @MonicaAmarelo: .@ChristopherJoyce's "bible": Writing for Story - Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction by Jon Franklin #DCSWA15 http://…
11:44am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
Q:What storytelling aspect you want to improve? CJ: More character development in writing; an audio crutch #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:43am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Numbers are cut out. Packing density - a 3.5m story can be kept in the head. But 8m - can't do it. Info spaced out. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:41am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:(Comment from audience - audio is just what is needed for print. What's the image needed?) #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ:Q:With audio, how to get to the key point? A: Create a mark with something 'hot' - and make a note. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:39am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: 'You know so much about Emma in the first paragraph, it say so much.' #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:38am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
LS: Now can cut quickly when she has to; studied Victorian literature and has similar aspirations... #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:37am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
RP:Q: How to apply to everyday shorter pieces? A:You can pack char dev., tension, narrative arc. LS:Has been forced to. #dcswa15 #scicomm
LS: When it's delicate, in-person. Q:Too emotionally involved? A:Why editors are needed, to give input and have distance #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:33am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Tries to get people to stand, get outside, or where they work in the lab. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:32am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Q:When is in-person justified? A:'Every chance you get' - the real world, and for radio much better engagement #dcswa15 #scicomm
"If half are outraged on one side and the other half is outraged on the other side, I've done a good job" @christophjoyce #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:29am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:Be willing to ask and ask. Loosening Lips from Eric Nalder http://t.co/jMdhYi9D3Z #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:25am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Finds lawyer who loves to talk, and found the info. 'Let people talk, they'll hang themselves.' #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:24am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:The document had to be authenticated w/the FDA. Staked out a person's house, wrong person, alerted person won't talk #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:23am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:The shorter story 'shakes the tree'. Families go public, secrecy with HIPAAA normally a problem. An anon report rec'd. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:21am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Accessed SEC documents, got help from bloggers for the 'denominator as well as the numerator'. Wrote a shorter story #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:20am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
LS: These bilk an 'entire community'. The larger Q: why does the FDA allow this? Why in the '90's did they want to fund? #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:18am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
