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13 Sep 2012 | 06:46 EST

Science Journalism Tracker: A virtual water cooler for sciwriters

Posted by Tinker Ready | Categories: Boston science

Knight Science Journalism Program director Phillip J. Hilts

In addition to training writers from across the globe, the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT keeps an eye on what we all produce. The KS Journalism Tracker web site notes that, for the past six years, its writers have “commented on the effectiveness and balance of thousands of news stories.” The program recently lauched a redesiged web site, but the Tracker’s mission remains the same. Today it counts 30,000 hits a month, including many from Spanish-speaking readers interested in posts on Latin Amerian science journalism. The site hopes to offer the same service to Chinese-speaking science writers.  Read more

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27 Jul 2012 | 09:57 EST

Starting out in science: Boston researchers share lessons from their first jobs

Posted by Tinker Ready | Categories: Boston biotech, Boston Research, Boston science

Video: Beginning a Science Career

Thursday 26th July saw the launch of SciLogs.com, a new English language science blog network. SciLogs.com, the brand-new home for Nature Network bloggers, forms part of the SciLogs international collection of blogs which already exist in German, Spanish and Dutch. To celebrate this addition to the NPG science blogging family, some of the NPG blogs are publishing posts focusing on “Beginnings”.  Read more

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25 Jan 2012 | 03:10 EST

For Media Lab applicants, “evidence of extreme creativity” trumps PhD

Posted by Tinker Ready | Categories: Uncategorized

For Media Lab applicants, "evidence of extreme creativity"  trumps PhD

They say MIT puts a high values on credentials, but not at the Media Lab. Director Joi Ito, never graduated from college. His tech and Internet chops got him the job. (Ito is board chair of Creative Commons, an early investor in both Twitter and Flickr,  and according  Time Magazine, a member of the “cyber-elite.” )  … Read more

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29 Dec 2011 | 14:52 EST

Listing the top science stories of 2011

Posted by Tinker Ready | Categories: News

MIT’s Science Journalism Tracker does it for you. Here’s a sample.  Read more

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