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to the next adventure there is a lot about wisconsin that i m going to miss dearly but i m ready to meet whatever comes next so goodbye and thank you posted by unknown at 11 00 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday may 17 2012 lessons from neil degrasse tyson on the day i attended the last college class of my higher education experience i also attended a talk given by astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson for me it was my commencement i ve made the decision not to walk at graduation for a number of reasons chief among them that none of my colleagues are walking and it didn t make sense to me to do it alone so i won t be getting the cap gown prominent speaker send off typical for most people who complete a master s degree still the university of wisconsin madison gave me a great parting gift the opportunity to sit at my favorite place on campus surrounded by other students on a gorgeous day and listen to a person whom i have admired for years talk about the future is the best goodbye i could have asked for neil degrasse tyson is an astrophysicist please don t ask me to explain astrophysics further than saying it is physics in space at the american museum of natural history but he is also an author speaker host and even a meme you might have seen him on the colbert report or the daily show throwing down some truth and clarity he is eloquent funny and honestly one of the people i admire most in the field of science communication he pulls no punches while still being extremely passionate about space and all the other stem science technology engineering and mathematics fields the talk which took place 5 10 12 on the terrace here at uw madison started with tyson talking about the role science plays or lack thereof in our culture he used the example of money by asking us which scientists appear on u s currency the answer is none you can make the argument that benjamin franklin was a scientist but his experiments are not what is highlighted on the 100 bill he is there for his political achievements this is just an example of the way as a culture we have not placed a strong emphasis on science tyson then went into talking about the history of the u s interest in space exploration he said that historically there are three reasons why people invest a lot of money in a risky exploration fear of death promise of economic return and praise for royalty and deities if you look at the u s push to get to the moon we were acting under 1 fear of death our investment in nasa and the space program had everything to do with the russians and the cold war when the communist threat was gone the space program started to decline i think tyson really drove home this point when he said that if the chinese decided to declare that they were building military bases on mars the u s would get ourselves on mars within 10 months we could if we wanted to we just don t invest in the necessary programs we need to feel threatened before we actually do anything how very american of us after going through the history of the space program tyson started talking about the economy and why investment in space and science overall can help people in general seem to have this impression that nasa gets a big chunk of the federal budget but tyson pointed out that if nasa actually got what people think it gets nasa would be rolling in it the perception of the budget is pretty skewed what i love most about tyson is that he says things that just make sense when talking about innovation he said that the way you keep jobs in the u s is by making things that no one else can well duh but then where is the big push to invest in innovation we aren t doing ourselves any favors by not trying to invent perhaps my favorite line from his talk which was full of quotable one liners was if the dinosaurs had had a space program you can bet they would have used it basically about how to save us from ourselves seeing a speaker like neil degrasse tyson meant a lot to me he lived up to the hype i was impressed with the caliber of his ideas in addition to his stage presence and the great dynamic he developed with the audience all of us sitting there the sea of students strewn on the concrete in front of the stage get to walk away from this year at uw madison having heard from a man who is without a doubt one of the biggest bad asses in science communication i mean he paused at one point to tweet his own talk neiltyson that takes some cojones and an awesome sense of humor it was a great experience and i can t wait to read tyson s new book also you should watch this because well it is astounding posted by unknown at 11 51 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday may 14 2012 the sa incubator helping hatch science writers since july 2011 i am a baby chicken not literally of course but figuratively speaking i am a little chick of a science writer fledgling if you will continuing with this analogy i recently left my incubator in the journalism school at the university of wisconsin madison and am now out in the world looking for work as a journalist it is tough out here for a baby chicken and any clips and exposure you can get have tremendous value this is why i think it is downright wonderful that scientific american has a blog in their network dedicated to new and young science writers borrowing from the blog s about description the sa incubator is a place where we explore and highlight the work of new and young science writers and journalists especially those who are current or recent students in specialized science health and environmental reporting programs in schools of journalism usagov usda ars via wikimedia commons on the sa incubator you can find profiles of new and young science writers links to interesting work from these science writers and others chosen by the blog s editors profiles of student run science publications and other assorted posts on topics of interest to writers who are just getting started i think you would be hard pressed to find a science writer who doesn t aspire to see their name in scientific american speaking from personal experience having a profile dedicated to you and your work on a scientific american blog is a thrill it was an experience that i enjoyed so much that i wanted to learn more about why a publication like scientific american would set aside such a great space on their network for someone like me what is in it for them to answer that question i turned to the blogfather himself bora zivkovic the sa incubator is written by zivkovic who is the blogs editor at scientific american and khalil cassimally community manager of nature education s scitable blog network how big can it be according to zivkovic there are a lot of reasons why the scientific american network includes a blog about new and young science writers one reason is the network s size when it launched in the summer of 2011 i remember being struck by the sheer volume of awesome that is included in scientific american s blog network while it is a large network there are still limits on how many blogs can be included the cost time and effort it takes to manage the network are obvious reasons why there would be a limit but zivkovic also pointed out that some of the value of having a network in the first place comes from it being of a limited size one of the coolest things about the scientific american network is the diversity of writers and topics if the network got any bigger it would be difficult for the average person to read all of the posts if the number of posts becomes daunting the reader s habits will change from browsing to more targeted reading instead of at least occasionally checking out all of the bloggers they only focus on their favorites some readers always will but at least some don t thus the network effect for bloggers is diminished said zivkovic what does that mean for the sa incubator there simply isn t space for everyone to have their own blog on the network therefore creating a blog that includes a lot of work by a lot of people is a way to increase the number of voices in the network without it becoming completely overwhelming it also gives scientific american a chance to bring new members into the family of bloggers without diluting the existing community too much according to zivkovic this helps maintain a balance between keeping the network fresh and diverse while still keeping it coherent and friendly for the new and young science writers it is difficult to compete with more seasoned bloggers for a space in the regular network the sa incubator gives new and young writers a space where they can participate and be seen and heard without taxing the network for new and young science writers the sa incubator is also a way to have a presence in the network without having to take on the full responsibility of having your own blog zivkovic explained the juggling act new and young writers perform many of the youngest writers are still in school too busy with class assignments or are in internships or are too busy breaking into freelancing to be able to blog with regular frequency the sa incubator gives these writers the opportunity to get noticed without adding to the stress and demands of finding your way as a journalist getting over the wall and getting a job another reason to include a blog for new and young science writers is because the job we do is so important but so competitive and difficult to break into there is a big difference between a general reporter and a science writer the more skilled science writers we have out there the better when i think of science writers i admire and the good work that they do good to me meaning factual nuanced interesting and true i m inspired and intimidated inspired because i really believe science writers can make a huge difference in helping people understand and appreciate science and intimidated because the bar has been set very high the more people we have out there combating the bad science coverage by debunking clarifying and explaining the better when journalists talk about this we tend to refer to it as the push vs pull strategy essentially it is the idea that if the general public isn t drawn to science stories on their own pull perhaps we can bring the science stories to them wherever they are push to be able to be able to pull people into places where they can access science content and also push out science content everywhere we can we need a large well trained work force increasing the profile of new and young science writers and helping them get the opportunity to do this job is the value of the sa incubator according to zivkovic helping get new and young science writers hired is part of the joy of running a blog like the sa incubator if you are looking to hire a science writer you can find them at scientific american on the blogs homepage in the weekly linkfests in the scienceonline interviews on the guest blog and on the incubator as zivkovic said hire away let the good young writers infiltrate the media giants and transform them from within for zivkovic giving new and young science writers a hand really is about community to understand why he recommended reading and watching robert krulwich s commencement speech to the berkeley journalism school s class of 2011 which i too recommend krulwich talks about how to get over the wall that new writers face the wall is what separates you from the journalists who actually get to do what you want to do zivkovic isn t a trained writer but he started blogging about science back in 2004 anyway he was invited to a blogging network in 2006 his job as blogs editor at scientific american yeah safe to say his blogging had something to do with that this success story is something he attributes to the science blogging community blogging is what got zivkovic over the wall and now he is running the sa incubator to help people like me figure out a way to pull themselves up over that same wall these people became my community my second family it is that community that helped me every step of the way they cheered me on they hit my paypal button when i was jobless they pushed for me to get hired they keep coming to scienceonline they hug me at tweetups they submit posts to open laboratory they say yes when i invite them to join the sciam blog network they were there for me all along and helped me climb over the wall it s payback time it is now my turn to help others climb that wall too that is why he gets to be the blogfather we re in this together as if that isn t enough zivkovic mentioned one other reason why he thinks the sa incubator has value for the scientific american blogs network the concept of horizontal loyalty horizontal loyalty is a phrase borrowed from the krulwich talk i mentioned earlier seriously go read it after you finish this it is making something of yourself alongside people who are also trying to make something of themselves do it together make something be something for zivkovic this is very much a part of why the sa incubator exists it is not so much about helping new writers get jobs in old media companies though that helps pay bills for a little while it is about helping them find each other build relationships build friendships build start ups build a whole new science writing ecosystem that will automatically do both push and pull and reach everyone and displace bad science reporting from the most visible areas of the media while providing them with a living says zivkovic this requires a lot of them but they need to know each other and work together toward that goal so there you have it the sa incubator helping hatch science writers since july 2011 creating a community for those of us who so badly want to be out there working alongside the more established writers to tell what i think are some of the most important stories there are i was truly humbled to be counted among so many great science writers and be given a space on the sa incubator i wrote this post because i m grateful for the chance to be included but also because i really believe having a space for new and young science writers to connect and promote themselves is important baby chickens and baby science writers too all have to start somewhere now if you are a fellow fledgling science writer i know what you are thinking you are thinking how can i get in on this you can start by following subscribing etc on twitter facebook or google you can start commenting on the blogs in the scientific american network zivkovic reads all the comments you can also go the direct route and just introduce yourself send an email pitch to the guest blog or send zivkovic a link to some of your work a direct message on twitter would work too you can find him boraz posted by unknown at 7 51 am 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday may 10 2012 social media tips from 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