The kale in the back yard is taller than me
View from a ferry
Spaceship on the membrane between two, not so blue, oceans. #bcferriesjuxtapose
Journalism is a variety of public relations
Journalists complain about the rise and impact of public relations. It’s the “dark side”. Public relations…
The state of hyperlinking in journalism, a case study
From time to time I like to check in on how news orgs are doing with…
Style guides, notes on “jihad”
https://www.wnyc.org/story/breaking-news-consumers-handbook-islamophobia-edition/ Guardian Reuters
Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops?
I tend to think that comms advice for scientists is also comms advice for everyone. Here’s…
The stickiness of so-called “reverse racism”
When an idea is “intuitive” but also steeped in a culture war we have a heightened…
Archiving and curation
When we stare at paradoxes long enough, they can sometimes lose their mystery. When this happens…
Cognition trick: the Google Effect
We’ve developed a habit of forgetting, or declining to remember, the information that is readily available…