LS: That was why she chose to investigate; many parents are so broke (after questionable treatments), can't afford a ride #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:16am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
LS: Shares story about Josiah and Stanlislaw Burzynski's clinic: "no one can do it but I can" for $20K; motivated her #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:15am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
Liz Szabo (USAToday) @lizszabo there 10y before she was able to write investigative pieces. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:12am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Beauty of audio/video: you get the sound, you hear the emotion. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:10am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:They've warmed up - your best take is at the end of the interview. Writing for audio - get rid of adjectives. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:09am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: And you give the scientist a chance to practice. 'What's the headline' at the end. 'Anything left to say?' #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:08am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: You want emotion, passion, humor, verisimilitude. To explain the details - you can do it better & more briefly #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ:"Soundbites are what we live on, and sometimes we need to get aggressive" at times, ask same Q over and over again. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:07am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: The reporter: "Imagine I'm at the end of the bar, and I'm convinced I'm going to die going to the zoo..." #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:05am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:Scientists who can't communicate - plays an out-take clip about West Nile Virus 'you didn't say that right' #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ: In print direction can be changed; not on radio though. Arctic ice story - careful guiding to the listener. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:03am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Stories have to have momentum: like an ongoing argument. Answers raise other questions. Momentum and tension. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:02am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: He uses ambient sound, other voices, to get 'entry into the world that I'm creating'. Stories are v. linear. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:01am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Storytelling is all about sound, but 'radio is a visual medium'. Create a 'movie in somebody's head'. #dcswa15 #scicomm
11:00am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: @christophjoyce also not a scientist; NPR is 'frantically involved in trying to understand the web' #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:59am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
RP: What you learn doesn't equal what you wanted to know; quote from book http://t.co/RZzMIY5cuj triggering investment #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:53am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
RP: 3 iterative Q's: What do you know? What do you want to know? Now what do you want to learn? #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:50am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
Richard Panek @r_panek background in fiction & journalism; use same techniques to form narrative. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:47am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
Breakout "Secrets from Skillful Storytellers" @ChristophJoyce NPR @r_panek Author @LizSzabo USAToday #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:46am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
JA:A: A different world than 15y ago. Some ways more exciting, urgent. No longer a luxury of rounds of edits. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:28am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
JA:A: "The metabolism of the news business is a lot faster than it used to be". Content-producers' value is bid down. #dcswa15 #scicomm
JA:Q:Use of time? A:Little time spent keeping up-to-date. 'My hair is always on fire.' #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:27am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
JA:Q:How do you know what's impt? A:He has his own 'hot topics' in his head about the future. Yet topics come up (Ebola) #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:26am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
JA:A:Have many fewer now covering science; if the goal is get attention (asker from NOAAA), he gets tons of emails... #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:23am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
JA:Q:Future of sci journalism? A: "I think it's a good period of science journalism." i.e. blog networks; just not in WaPo #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:22am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
JA:A:"There are entire fields we need more coverage of" Not only reactive to the latest news. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:21am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
JA:Q:Advice to science editors? A:The best have instinct for what we need to cover. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:20am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
JA:A:So much is on the edge of the unknowable. Hard online to downplay a story (cp. to placement in a paper on p.C14) #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:19am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA:Q:How to handle uncertainty? A:19th cent. papers had a subhead, 'important if true' disclaimer. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:18am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA:Q:Disagreement w/editor regarding audience? A:The editor is in charge, their call. He'll try again. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:17am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA:(Comment: for most stories, not really needed. Some may be market-moving, but other cases why?) #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:16am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA:Q:Embargoes? A:They get lots of them, but they want larger, 'enterprise stories'. A concern of his - too reflexive. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:15am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA:Q:(About too much science in her writing) A:Some stories turn out different than you originally thought. Tell the story #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:14am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA:Q:BICEP2 publicity before the paper? A:Often done now via pre-print servers. Perhaps they should have been more careful #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:10am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA: Reiterates the 'step-back graph': why is this important? Why does this matter? Everyone learns about your credibility. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:09am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA: 'The bigger the idea, the shorter the sentence.' #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:08am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA: Put in there the stuff scientists do not include in their papers - what do you eat on the South Pole? #dcswa15 #scicomm
JA: 'Don't over-rely on adjectives and adverbs.' Don't over-rely on too many sources. Not a stack of facts; the process. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:07am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA: Another method to solve a problem - it needs more thinking, go for a walk, clear your head. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:06am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA: The 'universal solvent' for writer's block: more reporting. #dcswa15 #scicomm
JA: Try to avoid the 'floating quote' - use fewer than more quotes, just say it yourself. #dcswa15 #scicomm
JA: Cut your copy - it'll improve. The end is as important as the beginning. Helps to stay in one time & place. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:05am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA: A few writing tips - got to get it right (and fair). Print it out - you'll find stuff. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:04am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA: A: a money clip, a piece of paper w/notes, and a few credit cards... The 'dumb question' asked. #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:02am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA: At dinner with Pres Clinton; when it was all over, a last Q: "what do you have in your pockets?" #dcswa15 #scicomm
10:01am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA: ...and the chicken from hell tastes like ostrich, which tastes like beef... #dcswa15 #scicomm
9:59am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @ChristinaSzal: @JoelAchenbach's"chicken from hell" article: http://t.co/lTzFxYmttb #DCSWA15
9:58am March 28th 2015 via Hootsuite
JA: It can be clarifying to the scientist - make them explain in ordinary language. #dcswa15 #scicomm
9:56am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
JA: "Incomprehensibility doesn't help anyone." #dcswa15 #scicomm
9:55am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
JA: Without a science background, he may not understand. And he repeats it until he understands. 'I represent the reader' #dcswa15 #scicomm
9:54am March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
