Video and audio of journalist-blogging event

Posted on March 14, 2011 by newenglandsciencewriters

Courtesy gazzaPax/Creative Commons License.

About 50 people joined us at the Harvard Faculty Club 19 January 2011 for our health and science journalism blogging panel.

The video and audio of the event are now available at MIT Tech TV, thanks to the generous support of the National Association of Science Writers. The video was produced by Dianne Finch and filmed by Finch and Arezu Sarvestani. Finch is the multimedia manager at the Knight Science Journalism program. Continue reading →

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Blog about it: NESW event 19 Jan 2011

Posted on January 14, 2011 by newenglandsciencewriters

New England Science Writers is kicking off the new year with a dazzling panel on blogging about health & science on Wed. 19 Jan. It’s on track to be a sell-out event. Twitter hashtag: #nesciblog11

The panel features:

* Daniel Carlat (http://carlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com)
* Ivan Oransky (http://embargowatch.wordpress.com, http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com)
* Gary Schwitzer (http://www.healthnewsreview.org/blog/)
* Rachel Zimmerman (http://commonhealth.wbur.org/)
Moderated by Alison Bass (http://alison-bass.blogspot.com/)

Panelists will talk about why they blog and how it’s helped them gain an audience and better establish themselves as credible experts in their fields. They will provide tips on how to blog and build up  readership and discuss how blogs fit into the larger universe of health and science journalism. We’re planning lots of time for discussion. Continue reading →

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