Fri 24 Oct 2008

As a journalist, I’ve always liked reading other people’s work because it has helped me understand the various angles for a story. Unlike most hard news, the science beat involves finding new areas to scope out, new discoveries to show audiences … and for me a fresh view on a community with vast opportunities and [...]

Sat 25 Oct 2008

Can you imagine? Tagging, Twittering, Digging, and Stumbling are now tools of future information gathering!? As the media unfold across cyberspace, blogging and social networking sites are becoming “must-have” accessories to get information out there. Merry Bruns, the content strategist and web writing trainer of ScienceSites Communications, who has been training and editing online content [...]

Sat 25 Oct 2008

 Mitch Waldrop is not shy about his passion for the sciences. He is the co-editor of editorials and senior editor for news and features for Nature magazine in Washington DC. But before that, he earned a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. When the demand for scientists became scarce, Waldrop took [...]

Sat 13 Dec 2008

Theresa Bradtke is an IU senior, majoring in journalism. Born and raised in Frankfort, Illinois, she went to high school at Culver Academies. Theresa has written for the Indiana Daily Student, and is the intern for the local arts and culture magazine,  The Ryder. With a passion for broadcast media, she also is a reporter [...]

Thu 18 Dec 2008

  “Science is not a rigid body of facts. It is a dynamic process of discovery. It is as alive as life itself.” — Neil Shubin Where there is a science writing, Natalie Angier is at the forefront. In her book, The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science, she not only [...]

Sat 20 Dec 2008

Thursday November 21: 9:00-10:30 am I have to admit I was not too fond of sitting in a lab for 10 hours. The assignment was intimidating, and as much as I tried to get into different labs, there were many obstacles. Everyone in the class had an interesting lab, they were working with neuroscience, or [...]