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BigShot: A little camera with a Big potential — inspired by a film!
Moving Images, Moving People! —
Authority: 123
“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” This remark is attributed to one of my favourite essayists and philosophers, Ralph Waldo Emerson.That was probably true for the 19th century in which he lived and died, but it takes a bit more than a mousetrap to generate a buzz [...]6 days ago -
‘NPR’ doesn’t quote Palestinians because their view is ‘predictable’
Mondoweiss —
Authority: 138
National Public Radio’s uncritical depiction of the Israeli Jewish mobs harassing Jewish women who date Palestinian men provoked debate here , and at NPR’s website . Ombudsman Alicia Shepard has now found some fault with Sheera Frenkel’s tale of the vigilantes. Though actually, Frenkel’s report just ...1 week ago -
No full-stops (periods) in good journalism, only commas…
Moving Images, Moving People! —
Authority: 123
n any meeting, we can count on Indian journalist A S Panneerselvan to liven up the discussion. He didn’t let us down when a two dozen South Asians came together last weekend in New Delhi at a Symposium on Science, Environment and Media: Discussing Experiences in South Asia.“There are no full-stops in good ...1 week ago -
Lessons from Ben Goldacre & Jon Stewart
Doctor of Journalism —
Authority: 110
Yesterday Ben Goldacre spoke at the Reuters Institite seminar. For those of you who don’t know, Goldacre is a medical doctor (i.e. a real doctor, not just a doctor of journalism like me) who runs the widely-read Bad Science blog (and who has written a book of the same name) - a blog largely dedicated [...]2 weeks ago -
Good News for Science News
Universe Today —
Authority: 667
Heres some refreshing news! In an era when mainstream media is cutting back on their science departments and science reporting, the Discovery Channel has just made an investment to step-up their science news with the re-launch of their new and improved news website, Discovery News. In the middle of it all is our ...2 weeks ago -
Earth Journalism Awards: Vote online for your favourite climate story!
Moving Images, Moving People! —
Authority: 123
Who speaks for the Earth?Thirty years ago, public astronomer Carl Sagan posed this question in his trail-blazing television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. And this is how he answered it:“Our loyalties are to the species and to the planet. We speak for earth. Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not just ...2 weeks ago -
A Conference about Water and Ecology
EcoTone —
Authority: 119
Nancy Grimm welcomes attendees to the first ESA Millennium Conference. ESA’s first Millennium Conference kicked off today in Athens, GA. The meeting is bringing together ecologists and social scientists to engage in conversations about one of the most dramatic emerging challenges in ecology: that of clean water and ...2 weeks ago -
On the media (or press)
Eruptions —
Authority: 513
It seems like Ive been stepping on a lot of peoples toes lately, so in an effort to foster more camaraderie and less belligerence between the "old media" (this is not derogatory, but rather refers to anything pre-internet news source or classic journalistic source) and "new media" (this includes internet-era news ...2 weeks ago -
Xu Qiliang: A Blue Sky full of Peace and Hope
Justrecently's Weblog —
Authority: 127
If General Xu Qiliang (许其亮), formerly Air Force Chief of Staff and now the PLA’s Deputy Chief of Staff, member of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and member of the 17th CPC Central Committee, had intended to impress the outside world, he may count some of his recent remarks*) as a success. Xu had called ...2 weeks ago -
Amy Wallace On The Anti-Vaccination Movement: Superb, Engaging Science Journalism
Better Health —
Authority: 576
One of the most engaging and clearly-written pieces of science journalism over the last year or so was published in Wired magazine last week. Amy Wallace’s, “An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All,” is part interview with rotavirus vaccine developer, pediatric infectious ...3 weeks ago -
Linking ‘weather’ to ‘climate’: Journalists’ big challenge then…and now!
Moving Images, Moving People! —
Authority: 123
I used to describe my job as one where I try to make sense of our topsy-turvy world. But I’d happily settle for the simpler description ‘connecting the dots’. This is what we as journalists covering development issues must do everyday in our work:• link the macro with the micro; and• find inter-relationships ...3 weeks ago -
Technocalypse Now? Whats Your Take?
Bryce Zabel's FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH —
Authority: 116
The End of Showbiz As We Know It... Ive been thinking a lot about the end of the world lately. Not the end in a "2012" kind of way, but the end of the world in an "end of the world as we know it" kind of way. Lets start with a few definitions... Technology . The application of science and ...4 weeks ago -
Science Says: Marry An Older, Less-Educated Man [Put A Ring On It]
Jezebel —
Authority: 817
Today in prescriptive studies about how to conduct your love life: for a lasting marriage, women should pick men who are at least five years older , and have less education. The study was published in the European Journal of Operational Research , which makes marriage sound like a matter of bolts and widgets. ...4 weeks ago -
Shanzhai Shandong Cars? CCTV hurts Feelings, Provincial Newspaper Heals the Wounds
Justrecently's Weblog —
Authority: 127
Shandong Province has become a base for the production for shanzhai or knockoff cars (山寨汽车), Lu Zhong Morning News (鲁中晨报, published online by Xinhua) quotes a CCTV report, and the outside’s world’s focus is now on Shandong’s electric car industry. The reactions aren’t always friendly, writes ...4 weeks ago -
Small Islands, Big Impact: Film from the frontlines of climate change
Moving Images, Moving People! —
Authority: 123
Some films, like certain books, are in the making for years or decades. My latest film, Small Islands, Big Impact, just released online by TVE Asia Pacific, is quite short: slightly under 6 minutes long. But it has been forming in my mind for the past 20 years.As a science journalist, I have been covering [...]4 weeks ago -
Imelda Abano: Asia’s Development Journalist of the Year 2009
Moving Images, Moving People! —
Authority: 123
I was delighted to hear the news that Filipino science and environmental journalist Imelda Abano has just won the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA) for 2009.“We are all winners,” said Imelda at the Awards ceremony organized by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club ...4 weeks ago
