Making a case for impact
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?’
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…
Video footage from the field in Ethiopia…talking volcanoes, site selection and geothermal energy!
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Ground monitoring equipment is deployed on two Ethiopian volcanoes showing signs of unrest
“Deformations such as these are typically attributed to magma accumulating and moving underground…”
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Saying no when you’re self-employed isn’t always easy
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
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
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?
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
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
The best stories don’t come from the comfort of a swivel chair.
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Extreme weather synchronises Arctic populations
“Extreme weather events can put the birth and mortality rates of four different Arctic species – reindeer, rock ptarmigan, sibling vole and arctic fox – in sync with each other, according to new research.”
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Red gurnard and chips please
Our changing oceans…life in the cauldron.