Juggling kids, deadlines, and days ‘off’
About three weeks ago, I stared hard at my wall calendar and thought, “How the hell am I gonna do this?” All three of my kids were going to be […] ...Keep Reading »
Conference junkie
My name is Virginia and I think I’m turning into an addict. SCB. ESA. WFF. They sound like the latest street drugs, but they’re scientific meeting acronyms and just as […] ...Keep Reading »
Start Writing ASAP
You pitch a story, get an assignment, sign a contract, and start reporting. When do you start writing? When I was first starting out, I would find sources, read papers, […] ...Keep Reading »
A Twitter-based guide to ScienceWriters 2014
Many of my science writing friends and colleagues are already on their way to Columbus, Ohio, for ScienceWriters 2014. Sadly, after making it to 6 straight meetings, I’m staying […] ...Keep Reading »
Pursuing the perfect pitch: a round-up of our best advice
The pitch sessions at conferences are always among the most popular. Journalists are constantly on the search for tips and ideas for making the pitch-writing process easier and the outcome more […] ...Keep Reading »
When to press print
Call me a tree killer, but screens make me stupider. When I have to make text scroll down the page, I just can’t keep it in my head. I feel […] ...Keep Reading »
Work-life balance: Unplugging after hours
In mid-April, various media breathlessly reported France’s “new labor laws,” which, they said, prohibited hundreds of thousands of unionized employees from checking their email after 6 p.m. It turned out […] ...Keep Reading »
My New Office Commute to Nowhere
How do you commute when there’s nowhere to go? How do you create some physical and psychic separation between home and work – and keep home a sanctuary — when […] ...Keep Reading »
Avoiding a Monstrous Email Fail
It was like telling spooky ghost stories around a virtual campfire. In SciLance, we recently swapped tales of email terror, sans the s’mores. One SciLancer frightened us with a story […] ...Keep Reading »
“Super Source” Shout-Out
By Virginia Gewin on June 10, 2014 | Leave a response
Building relationships with scientists is at the heart of being a science journalist. Finding just the right source to laud or lambaste the latest ‘breakthrough’ can make or break a […] ...Keep Reading »
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