Curtis Brainard, the science-news critic at the Columbia Journalism Review, is among several editors laid off or being threatened with layoffs following the departure of the magazine's editor, according to a report at...
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Curtis Brainard, the science-news critic at the Columbia Journalism Review, is among several editors laid off or being threatened with layoffs following the departure of the magazine's editor, according to a report at capitalnewyork.com. Brainard directs and writes for CJR's The Observatory, which describes itself as "a lens on the science press."
AOL's Chris Grosso announced last Thursday in a blog post that Cyndi Stivers, CJR's editor, would become editor-in-chief of AOL.com. Joe Pompeo of...
Today's Science Times in The New York Times carries a new column of briefs, a recap of some of the past week's science news. The Week, as it's called, is...
Today's Science Times in The New York Times carries a new column of briefs, a recap of some of the past week's science news. The Week, as it's called, is written by Jennifer A. Kingson, whose Twitter account identifies her as a science editor at the Times.
In a brief intro, Kingson hints that she will skip the major stories of the week in favor of the "developments, from the quirky to the abstruse, [that] often make their way into the daily news cycle, depending on the strength of the research behind them. (Well, that’s how we judge them, anyway.)"
She quotes an anonymous colleague (why anonymous?) who said, "In a way, science is antithetical to everything that has to do with a newspaper...
Earlier this month, Janet Raloff, a reporter at Science News, took a National Science Foundation-sponsored trip to Antarctica, a rite of passage for American science writers. It's not a cheap trip. NSF covers the costs in Antarctica, but reporters have to get a...
Earlier this month, Janet Raloff, a reporter at Science News, took a National Science Foundation-sponsored trip to Antarctica, a rite of passage for American science writers. It's not a cheap trip. NSF covers the costs in Antarctica, but reporters have to get a medical checkup before they leave, and they have to get to New Zealand to pick up the NSF plane. For many writers, these costs have been covered by their employers.
The idea that a source--in this case NSF--would pay for part of a reporter's trip is normally anathema, but the logistics of this are complicated, and so many reporters have now taken the trip, over so many decades, that questions about the NSF involvement are moot.
But while Raloff followed in the footsteps of many other reporters, something was different about her trip. To cover the costs of the trip, and the costs of editing, photography, and hiring replacements while she was traveling,...
Noteworthy moves:
--Phil Plait is moving his Bad Astronomy blog from Discover to Slate on Nov. 12. "I’ve been writing at Discover Magazine for over four years, and...
Noteworthy moves:
--Phil Plait is moving his Bad Astronomy blog from Discover to Slate on Nov. 12. "I’ve been writing at Discover Magazine for over four years, and it’s been a great ride," he writes. Laura Helmuth, Slate's science and health editor, says, "We're thrilled to get him." The Bad Astronomer calculates that he has posted some 4,600 items at Discover. He leaves with great praise for Discover and its blog network, but can't resist adding, "I also hope y’all will follow me to Slate as well."
--Science News announces two promotions to fill top spots....
10Aug 2012
Last week, Charlie Petit posted on the sudden and slightly mysterious departure of Tom Siegfried as the editor of Science News.
The non-profit outfit that publishes Science News...
Last week, Charlie Petit posted on the sudden and slightly mysterious departure of Tom Siegfried as the editor of Science News.
The non-profit outfit that publishes Science News has since announced the hiring of Mike Mills, who has been editorial director at CQ Roll Call since 2009. He has also been editor of the Washington Business Journal and a reporter at The Washington Post and CQ Weekly.
Mills will not replace Siegfried as editor, but instead will assume the title of chief content officer, from which post he "will lead the implementation of an innovative digital strategy," according to the publisher's announcement. Nothing in the announcement suggests Mills has any experience...
Rumblings of discontent and of an inside review at an essential magazine for lay science fans, Science News, are out in the open. Details of reasons are not clear, not to me anyway, but its respected editor (and a pal of mine) Tom Siegfried recently gave...
Rumblings of discontent and of an inside review at an essential magazine for lay science fans, Science News, are out in the open. Details of reasons are not clear, not to me anyway, but its respected editor (and a pal of mine) Tom Siegfried recently gave notice. Tomorrow is his last day. Word is that longtime editor Eva Emerson is in charge until a permanent replacement is found.
Siegfried, editor in chief of the bi-weekly since 2007, is among the most decorated science journalists in the business. On his wall or perhaps stuffed in a drawer somewhere are the awards in science journalism from the AAAS, Nat'l Association of Science Writers, American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, and a bunch more. His short bio is still up at Science News, as is...
Those of us who live in New York and read the papers can easily be overwhelmed by the science and medical...
Those of us who live in New York and read the papers can easily be overwhelmed by the science and medical coverage of the New York Times. But the Times not only floods us with copy, it limits what we see, too. It rarely publishes medical or science reporting done by anyone else. So New Yorkers--who are, as any of us will readily tell you, the most sophisticated consumers of news in the world--are missing news that's read by the other 300 million or so Americans who don't happen to live on this island.
Among the pleasures enjoyed by Americans, and rarely by New Yorkers, are the stories published by The Associated Press (my former employer, I should add). And some of the best medical reporting at the AP is done by Marilynn Marchione. So it's a delight to...
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