Jellani: Nat'l Geo has so much invested in photojournalism; W/o a photoeditor, ask researcher to think visually #dcswa18 #scicomm
3:02pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Jehan Jellani (Nat'l Geo visual photoeditor) #dcswa18 #scicomm Image research, visual thinking. Hummingbird: no head!
3:01pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Crespi: Resources: https://t.co/nEVpaOgcm3 https://t.co/oKOKCo2C38 flickr too. Avoid CC-SA for video. CC-BY okay #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:59pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Crespi: Sources were hard to get ahold of; only 90s instead of 20min; they worked w/what they had #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:57pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Crespi: From 20' of locked-down anglerfish mating video: worked back from there. Print, script, online #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:56pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Crespi: Everything should do work - words, images, video. As producer: researches, sources, scripting, assembly, audio #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:55pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Crespi: Helpful descriptive formats: storyboard/comic strip; two-column video/script; look for diagrams #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:54pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Crespi: Putting numbers on the screen: often corrected and easy to do if it's just text. #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:52pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Crespi: Snags: too long or descriptive; not letting visuals do the work; need for animation or illustration #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:51pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Analytics for video show how (relatively) few people make it to the end. #dcswa18 #scicomm https://t.co/6UUjJmxvhG
2:50pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Crespi: Could the video be a silent film? Scenes to break it up? Simplicity in scripts, write for voice and read-aloud #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:49pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Sarah Crespi (Science Mag): working with writers on video, sources for audio, video, photos. Scriptwriting: examples #dcswa18 #scicomm
RT @DCSWA: Getting ready to learn how to tell visual stories! #DCSWA18 #scicomm #letsgetvisual https://t.co/SkaMbwq3xJ
2:46pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Borchelt: "It is not about the science, the controversy is around regulation, indiv. agency mandates" #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:15pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Borchelt: "5% of the live wires are funding or management, where interaction with the politicos is req'd" #dcswa18 #scicomm
Q: Satisfied w/nat'l org NASW referendum result? Borchelt: Now a separate PIO writing award, not much else #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:08pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Borchelt: Quotes Hume (1888), 'all of them... enter into a scheme of actions, calculated for common benefit' #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:06pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Borchelt: What to use instead? Use what you actually do, what's on your business card. Called 'collective trust' #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:05pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Borchelt: "I believe that the role of the federal PIO... no longer exists." The landscape has radically changed. #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:04pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Borchelt: The nadir of the PIO: during AIDS, no access to scientists. #dcswa18 #scicomm
2:03pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Borchelt: PIOs can suborn the less-ethical directives of our agencies "only by putting our careers in jeopardy" #dcswa18 #scicomm
1:59pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Borchelt: PIOs are rarely at the table for impt comm decisions; 'often seen as tactical assets' #dcswa18 #scicomm
1:58pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Borchelt: '94 "The public relations practitioner is often referred to as the in-house journalist" -Grunig #dcswa18 #scicomm
1:51pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Borchelt: Wants to get rid of the term 'PIO'. 1930's: little distinction between science journalists, and journalists #dcswa18 #scicomm
1:25pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
RT @AcademiaObscura: My kind of parking sign. https://t.co/UTsvtWn8kQ
1:20pm April 7th 2018 via Hootsuite
Borchelt: Asks for a show of hands in the audience - plenty of PIO's and journalist. Not many bus card titles... #dcswa18 #scicomm
1:19pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Rick Borchelt (DOE) Guide, pride or hide: the evolving role of federal PIOs #dcswa18 #scicomm
1:16pm April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
The 2018 Midas List Shows Off The Growing Power Of Chinese Startups | Forbes Tech https://t.co/DEc40Io6Qj
12:20pm April 7th 2018 via Hootsuite
Q: Sponsored journalism and negotiations? Dell'Amore: "I don't do PR"; we're not here for PetSmart... #dcswa18 #scicomm
11:44am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Dell'Amore: A parrot discovery story; but the lead scientist had a felony conviction for illegal parrot smuggling. #dcswa18 #scicomm
11:38am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Reed: One recent source for female scientists is https://t.co/qvs9DLC6HI where you can check sources etc #dcswa18 #scicomm
11:28am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: Any subtle flags for CoI? Dell'Amore: one writer has only a narrow group of sources, resistant to add'l perspectives #dcswa18 #scicomm
11:21am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: Have you discounted a source? Dell'Amore: Yes some org's are extreme, and will take it accordingly #dcswa18 #scicomm
11:18am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Defining conflict of interest (CoI) Reed: can be in all kinds of fields. There are people who are 'stretchers'. It… https://t.co/BgSneU18rA
RT @Tom_Monie: Another fabulous insight to #reproducibility #replication stats in biology @PLOSBiology @MarcusMunafo https://t.co/ddWOUlHJlI
11:15am April 7th 2018 via Hootsuite
Gibbs: Not a clear-cut world, everyone has relationships, often advocacy groups are 'outgunned'. #dcswa18 #scicomm
10:58am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Conflict of Interest panel: C. Dell'Amore Nat'l Geo; G. Reed Union of Concerned Scientists; S. Gibb Bloomberg; M. D… https://t.co/zb0oeb58si
10:54am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
A3 Arcand: Color coding was by elements - Fe, experiencing a supernova in a different way. Has done VR Cardboard too! #dcswa18 #scicomm
10:22am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
A2 Arcand: Just to hold it: you understand it differently. Brown Univ project: a VR experience #dcswa18 #scicomm
10:21am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: What about VR that's 'special'? Arcand: To leap to 'holding' a 3D model, an improved sense of the object. Photos=flat #dcswa18 #scicomm
10:20am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
A3 Arcand: Be upfront - we have our biases, and put the information out, and prefer a bit of skepticism #dcswa18 #scicomm
10:18am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
A2: Arcand: So much is built on trust; Photoshop is a dirty word now, but how important a tool it is (layers) #dcswa18 #scicomm
Q: What about 'fake news' around science? Arcand: Impt topic: the photograph as objective truth? Nope. #dcswa18 #scicomm
10:16am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Arcand: #dcswa18 #scicomm Here's the cool YT video (that took waay too long for me to find BTW) regarding scale. Ni… https://t.co/xx6WkMrPWu
10:14am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: Time-scale of images? Arcand: Very few x-ray photons and observation times can be many days, weeks, months. #dcswa18 #scicomm
10:08am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
RT @DCSWA: #dcswa18 @kimberlykowal talks about the importance of scale literacy. Knowing the frame of reference when you have such differen…
10:06am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Arcand: Hard to communicate scale; highlights portion of her book. #dcswa18 #scicomm
Arcand: Shows the books she's published, 'the questions I constantly get'. Highlights new book on scale, neat video #dcswa18 #scicomm
9:57am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Arcand: Painting: of a woman from 1835, then gives backstory of her earlier life as a lover of Napoleon. #dcswa18 #scicomm
9:54am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Arcand: Modern art: ave 20s. Science image: about the same amt of time. Ref. to scale: +50%. Caption: +200% #dcswa18 #scicomm
9:51am April 7th 2018 via Twitter Web Client
