The look, and the social nature of knowledge
When I was growing up I was bad with context. Super bad. My young logic-oriented self…
Music, music history, and generational waves of white supremacy
The more generations that pass by, the more obscured women’s lives are, by waves of patriarchal…
Headlines, cognitive processing, and problematic information
Headlines matter. Publishers know it. Good headlines help with the understanding, reach, and impact of a…
Hyperlinking in Canadian journalism (Case study, IPBES report)
If news orgs are serious about being good partners in mitigating misinformation, they need to link…
Cognition trick: the Google Effect
We’ve developed a habit of forgetting, or declining to remember, the information that is readily available…
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…
Happy Halloween
Halloween in Vicwest is quiet but nice. Some great costumes on the street last night and…
I seen it
She was kind. But she was also ruthlessly attentive to my Northern Alberta dialect. Sometimes she…