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    Working with editors: do pitches really just disappear into the abyss of an inbox?

    ByNicola Temple August 5, 2013November 5, 2013

    Even the non-responsive editor will no doubt eventually reply to the most persistent writer, but part of me thinks that if I have to try that hard to get a response, would I really enjoy working with you anyway?

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    Making a case for impact

    ByNicola Temple July 31, 2013July 31, 2013

    An impact case study needs to summarise as much as 15 years of research and define the impact it has had in the past 5 years, including evidence, all within four pages of accessible text – this is where I come in.

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    How much information is needed to answer the question ‘So, what do you do?’

    ByNicola Temple July 17, 2013July 20, 2013

    I tell the journalist story more frequently because everyone can relate to a magazine article…but it’s only part of my story.

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    A first foray into videojournalism…

    ByNicola Temple June 19, 2013June 19, 2013

    Video footage from the field in Ethiopia…talking volcanoes, site selection and geothermal energy!

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    Saying no when you’re self-employed isn’t always easy

    ByNicola Temple June 19, 2013June 19, 2013

    Go ahead and say that little two-letter word…and trust that other opportunities will come.

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    Headed for the volcanoes of Ethiopia

    ByNicola Temple February 26, 2013June 19, 2013

    Alutu, is located between Lake Zway and Lake Langano and it last erupted approximately 2,000 years ago.

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    Contemplating robot love and our relationship to technology

    ByNicola Temple February 16, 2013June 19, 2013

    The snow is falling gently in Boston and on day three of the AAAS meetings I have sore hips from sitting, sore feet from standing and a sore throat from talking (and if I’m honest, a sore head from some nicely fermented grapes that were passed out at the AAAS Kavli Journalism Awards last night)….

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    ‘I’m the annoying drunk at the end of a bar. I’m an idiot’ – A new strategy for interviewing academics?

    ByNicola Temple February 15, 2013June 19, 2013

    Day 1 of the AAAS meetings in Boston and I’ve learned a new interview technique.

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    An occupational hazard of science writing: indiscriminate enthusiasm

    ByNicola Temple February 7, 2013June 19, 2013

    I found myself thinking that there truly is no better thing in the world to be doing than measuring the chemical compounds that come out of the business end of a fish.

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    To go or not to go: the ethics of writers accepting travel expenses

    ByNicola Temple February 1, 2013June 19, 2013

    The best stories don’t come from the comfort of a swivel chair.

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