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Kruse","camera":"NIKON D50","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1170460429","copyright":"Andrew Kruse","focal_length":"35","iso":"1600","shutter_speed":"0.0055555555555556","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Waving" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Waving goodbye. 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Click for more information.</p> " data-medium-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg?w=640" /></a> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/goodbye-hello/" rel="bookmark">Goodbye, Old Blog – Hello, New Blog</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">On <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/goodbye-hello/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-07-05T17:54:21+00:00">July 5, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-07-05T18:04:56+00:00">July 5, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/author/shiplives/">Matt Shipman</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/goodbye-hello/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_3113" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3113" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/krusea/380698645/in/photolist-zDbrK-4YCT5h-e9z7E1-a2Rkmu-9xt4Eh-4rdshm-jMTYX-c7kdJC-6sZwu2-5vyTrb-a7E3uL-dmBpM2-4an8Bc-9FvWGa-5G3r8S-5kH7s9-7m8GZU-nFgdTL-zjhxsJ-ps5JiE-aJDQr-nFge9W-nFsZ4a-noYj9T-noYzDb-8Lpq73-nFaZLx-doxiN-noYfG2-6N2ubX-ekXbVc-c5ZiHL-5U6KM9-rnKha6-nFrRT9-noYoBE-2BvCnK-fBWcRg-noYG4T-6qqwvs-2snMwh-nDqskd-nFb1Y2-gGoKrm-nHftWx-dVP13D-noYjET-ekXW7r-5nz4Zm-brkMRR"><img data-attachment-id="3113" data-permalink="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/goodbye-hello/waving/" data-orig-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg" data-orig-size="800,331" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4.2","credit":"Andrew Kruse","camera":"NIKON D50","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1170460429","copyright":"Andrew Kruse","focal_length":"35","iso":"1600","shutter_speed":"0.0055555555555556","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Waving" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Waving goodbye. Waving hello. Photo credit: Andrew Kruse. Shared under a Creative Commons license. Click for more information.</p> " data-medium-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg?w=640" class="size-full wp-image-3113" src="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg?w=640&h=265" alt="Waving goodbye. Waving hello. Photo credit: Andrew Kruse. Shared under a Creative Commons license. Click for more information." width="640" height="265" srcset="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg?w=640&h=265 640w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg?w=150&h=62 150w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg?w=300&h=124 300w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg?w=768&h=318 768w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/waving.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3113" class="wp-caption-text">Waving goodbye. Waving hello. Photo credit: Andrew Kruse. Shared under a Creative Commons license. Click for more information.</figcaption></figure> <p>The original version of this blog was launched on a blog network called SciLogs, which announced earlier this month that <a href="http://www.scilogs.com/from_the_lab_bench/farewell-scilogs-com/" target="_blank">it will be shutting down in September</a>. This marks the end of <em>Communication Breakdown</em>, but the beginning of my new blog, <em><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Science Communication Breakdown</a></em> – the blog that you are, in fact, reading <em>right now</em>. <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/goodbye-hello/#more-3112" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“Goodbye, Old Blog – Hello, New Blog”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <div id="atatags-26942-674cc8d30d6b0"></div> <script> __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initDynamicSlot({ id: 'atatags-26942-674cc8d30d6b0', location: 120, formFactor: '001', label: { text: 'Advertisements', }, creative: { reportAd: { text: 'Report this ad', }, privacySettings: { text: 'Privacy', } } }); }); </script> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-3082" class="post-3082 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized tag-blogs tag-outreach tag-writing"> <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/game-of-thrones-carnival-2016/" title="One Reason Scientists and Science Writers Want to Talk About Game of Thrones"><img width="900" height="312" src="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-1280.jpg?w=900" class="attachment-lovecraft-post-image size-lovecraft-post-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-1280.jpg?w=900 900w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-1280.jpg?w=150 150w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-1280.jpg?w=300 300w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-1280.jpg?w=768 768w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-1280.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-1280.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" data-attachment-id="3083" data-permalink="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/game-of-thrones-carnival-2016/dragon-head-1280/" data-orig-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-1280.jpg" data-orig-size="1280,444" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Dragon head 1280" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo credit: TaylorHerring. Shared under a Creative Commons license. Click for more information.</p> " data-medium-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-1280.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-1280.jpg?w=640" /></a> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/game-of-thrones-carnival-2016/" rel="bookmark">One Reason Scientists and Science Writers Want to Talk About Game of Thrones</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">On <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/game-of-thrones-carnival-2016/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-06-23T15:00:17+00:00">June 23, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-06-24T17:42:07+00:00">June 24, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/author/shiplives/">Matt Shipman</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/game-of-thrones-carnival-2016/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_3084" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3084" style="width: 800px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorherringpr/9307004934/in/photolist-fbqQjj-abn4Wn-fbqPX5-x82b2d-ehdKTR-oHguY4-mR4a2m-dM7QN8-moriit-oKPFr8-s9ZvLJ-aCdnrB-e4X6G2-e4X5RM-e3VkJA-e53JEC-e4X6SX-e4X5Yx-e4X66c-e53L5o-e53Kgm-aCg2nh-e53M1j-qkYCx3-e4X75V-e4X7eP-e4X5wM-e4X5qi-ia84xG-mZRQWn-e53LGs-fbqB2J-bz9DUJ-fbqQ65-e4X55B-fbqPZw-fbqQeq-e53KDS-mVBnsM-hW2vFW-9Vir2x-fbbyNM-edYFvN-aCg2ru-pV8KG1-fbbyWV-nm9kxV-e4X6pD-4t9kvF-e4X6ur"><img data-attachment-id="3084" data-permalink="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/game-of-thrones-carnival-2016/dragon-head-800/" data-orig-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-800.jpg" data-orig-size="800,378" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Dragon head 800" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo credit: TaylorHerring. Shared under a Creative Commons license. Click for more information.</p> " data-medium-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-800.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-800.jpg?w=640" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3084 size-full" src="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-800.jpg?w=640" alt="Photo credit: TaylorHerring. Shared under a Creative Commons license. Click for more information." srcset="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-800.jpg 800w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-800.jpg?w=150&h=71 150w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-800.jpg?w=300&h=142 300w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dragon-head-800.jpg?w=768&h=363 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3084" class="wp-caption-text">Photo credit: TaylorHerring. Shared under a Creative Commons license. Click for more information.</figcaption></figure> <p>From dragons and dire wolves to the arid Red Waste and the frozen lands beyond the Wall, Game of Thrones is teeming with exotic creatures and habitats. It’s also teeming with violence, disease and cultural practices that often swing from pseudo-historical to utterly bizarre.</p> <p>And, in an impressive collection of blog posts, there are scientists and science writers who want to talk about Game of Thrones and the world in which it takes place. <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/game-of-thrones-carnival-2016/#more-3082" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“One Reason Scientists and Science Writers Want to Talk About Game of Thrones”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <div id="atatags-370373-674cc8d30eee3"> <script type="text/javascript"> __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initVideoSlot('atatags-370373-674cc8d30eee3', { sectionId: '370373', format: 'inread' }); }); </script> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-2831" class="post-2831 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-blogs tag-interview tag-outreach"> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/jamie-broadnax-q-and-a/" rel="bookmark">Black Girl Nerds: an Interview with Jamie Broadnax</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">On <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/jamie-broadnax-q-and-a/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-05-11T11:16:04+00:00">May 11, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-05-20T18:55:17+00:00">May 20, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/author/shiplives/">Matt Shipman</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/jamie-broadnax-q-and-a/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="http://blackgirlnerds.com/"><img data-attachment-id="2832" data-permalink="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/jamie-broadnax-q-and-a/bgn_logo/" data-orig-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bgn_logo.jpg" data-orig-size="615,98" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="bgn_logo" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bgn_logo.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bgn_logo.jpg?w=615" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2832 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.scilogs.com/communication_breakdown/wp-content/blogs.dir/111/files/bgn_logo.jpg" alt="bgn_logo" width="615" height="98" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/JamieBroadnax" target="_blank">Jamie Broadnax</a> is the founder of <a href="http://blackgirlnerds.com/" target="_blank">Black Girl Nerds</a> (BGN), a blog and podcast that covers a lot of topics, many of which are related to entertainment and pop culture. But BGN also covers issues related to tech and STEM in general.</p> <p>I recently had the opportunity to ask Broadnax about things like the creation of BGN, how she decides what issues to cover, how she balances pop culture and sci/tech, and the importance of diversity for STEM. <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/jamie-broadnax-q-and-a/#more-2831" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“Black Girl Nerds: an Interview with Jamie Broadnax”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-2842" class="post-2842 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-blogs tag-interview tag-journalism tag-pios tag-social-media"> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/ploscast-2016/" rel="bookmark">A (Podcast) Conversation About Science Communication and Outreach</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">On <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/ploscast-2016/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-03-22T18:05:54+00:00">March 22, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-05-23T09:42:33+00:00">May 23, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/author/shiplives/">Matt Shipman</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/ploscast-2016/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2786" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2786" style="width: 615px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/102892015@N05/24262457312/in/photolist-CXZrgw-92djEE-GNPin-qD6hXq-qYchJ-4UW8wq-a6Cxkb-8QWSXP-4MSAaZ-5UsgiC-qwsfA-7bj9rf-4ZzAV-2Uwmtv-7VWcvn-5rTR49-7BNsCC-2RpcHr-65T5RR-4wBgRq-5JZHvP-6TW1HU-bGi1F-9X8Qe-EtQags-ciqSA-Lwd2P-3KRyK4-A7diF-6zD96W-47kStp-5ksw6z-9qCcjX-4xX9wW-oz58Lf-9M8hkv-gqxab-pUDYvt-5bgWm9-pACZCX-6WwoT4-brUj-mHkwPp-4gY4SQ-ojAX5s-qa8JrB-qBbUEB-qPv94k-qSsYAX-n9Ugsj"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2786 size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.scilogs.com/communication_breakdown/wp-content/blogs.dir/111/files/Radio.jpg" alt="Photo credit: Chris Heidenreich. Retrieved via Flickr, shared under a Creative Commons license. Click for more information." width="615" height="387" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2786" class="wp-caption-text">Photo credit: Chris Heidenreich. Retrieved via Flickr, shared under a Creative Commons license. Click for more information.</figcaption></figure> <p>Want to hear me talk about some of the nuts and bolts of science communication? Now’s your chance. <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/ploscast-2016/#more-2842" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“A (Podcast) Conversation About Science Communication and Outreach”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-2752" class="post-2752 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-blogs tag-books"> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/science-blogging-book/" rel="bookmark">The Book for Science Bloggers (or Anyone Thinking About Starting a Blog)</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">On <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/science-blogging-book/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-03-02T14:00:22+00:00">March 2, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-05-23T09:44:45+00:00">May 23, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/author/shiplives/">Matt Shipman</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/science-blogging-book/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>A new book hit shelves on March 1. The book, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Science-Blogging-The-Essential-Guide/dp/0300197551/" target="_blank">Science Blogging: The Essential Guide</a></em>, is specifically aimed at helping two groups of people: those who have already launched science blogs, and those who are thinking about launching science blogs. That said, the book would be useful for anyone interested in blogging – regardless of what the blog is about. <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/science-blogging-book/#more-2752" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“The Book for Science Bloggers (or Anyone Thinking About Starting a Blog)”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-2581" class="post-2581 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-blogs tag-journalism"> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/changes-at-wired/" rel="bookmark">Changes At WIRED (And Questions)</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">On <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/changes-at-wired/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-03-16T15:34:38+00:00">March 16, 2015</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-05-23T10:04:39+00:00">May 23, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/author/shiplives/">Matt Shipman</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/changes-at-wired/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Earlier this month, WIRED unveiled a new design for its <a href="http://www.wired.com/category/science/science-blogs/" target="_blank">Science Blogs</a> platform. But the re-design is only the most visible change to WIRED’s science coverage. There are plenty of other recent changes as well. <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/changes-at-wired/#more-2581" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“Changes At WIRED (And Questions)”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-2512" class="post-2512 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-blogs tag-journalism"> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/big-changes-at-sciam-blogs/" rel="bookmark">Big Changes at the Scientific American Blog Network</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">On <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/big-changes-at-sciam-blogs/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2014-12-15T17:32:53+00:00">December 15, 2014</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-05-23T10:08:07+00:00">May 23, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/author/shiplives/">Matt Shipman</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/big-changes-at-sciam-blogs/#comments">8 Comments</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><img data-attachment-id="407" data-permalink="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/news-brief/" data-orig-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/news-brief.jpg" data-orig-size="600,96" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="News Brief" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/news-brief.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/news-brief.jpg?w=600" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-407" src="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/news-brief.jpg?w=640" alt="News Brief" srcset="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/news-brief.jpg 600w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/news-brief.jpg?w=150&h=24 150w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/news-brief.jpg?w=300&h=48 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p> <p><em>Scientific American</em> posted an announcement Dec. 15, stating that editors will be “reshaping” the Scientific American Blog Network and releasing <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scientific-american-blog-network-guidelines/" target="_blank">new editorial guidelines</a> for the network. What wasn’t entirely clear in the post, titled “<a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/at-scientific-american/2014/12/15/a-new-vision-for-scientific-americans-blog-network/" target="_blank">A New Vision For Scientific American’s Blog Network</a>,” was that a number of blogs on the network have been eliminated. <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/big-changes-at-sciam-blogs/#more-2512" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“Big Changes at the Scientific American Blog Network”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-2495" class="post-2495 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-basics tag-blogs tag-writing"> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/seasonal-science/" rel="bookmark">Seasonal Science Stories: Using the Calendar as Your News Hook</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">On <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/seasonal-science/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2014-12-04T14:19:37+00:00">December 4, 2014</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-05-23T10:13:22+00:00">May 23, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/author/shiplives/">Matt Shipman</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/seasonal-science/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2496" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2496" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians_2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="2496" data-permalink="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/santa_claus_conquers_the_martians_2/" data-orig-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/santa_claus_conquers_the_martians_2.jpg" data-orig-size="600,246" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Detail from poster for “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” (1964). Artist unknown. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons. Click on image to link to full poster.</p> " data-medium-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/santa_claus_conquers_the_martians_2.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/santa_claus_conquers_the_martians_2.jpg?w=600" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2496 size-full" src="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/santa_claus_conquers_the_martians_2.jpg?w=640" alt="Detail from poster for "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" (1964). Artist unknown. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons. Click on image to link to full poster." srcset="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/santa_claus_conquers_the_martians_2.jpg 600w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/santa_claus_conquers_the_martians_2.jpg?w=150&h=62 150w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/santa_claus_conquers_the_martians_2.jpg?w=300&h=123 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2496" class="wp-caption-text">Detail from poster for “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” (1964). Artist unknown. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons. Click on image to link to full poster.</figcaption></figure> <p>Reporters and bloggers write in a variety of styles for a variety of audiences, but one of the things that every blog post or news item needs to do is explain to readers why the writer is telling this story now. What’s the news hook? <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/seasonal-science/#more-2495" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“Seasonal Science Stories: Using the Calendar as Your News Hook”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-2473" class="post-2473 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-blogs tag-journals tag-metrics tag-research"> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/science-blogging-citations-2014/" rel="bookmark">Science Blogging and Citations</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">On <a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/science-blogging-citations-2014/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2014-10-31T13:37:11+00:00">October 31, 2014</time><time class="updated" datetime="2016-05-23T10:32:08+00:00">May 23, 2016</time></a></span><span class="byline"> By <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/author/shiplives/">Matt Shipman</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/science-blogging-citations-2014/#comments">4 Comments</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_2474" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2474" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-attachment-id="2474" data-permalink="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/writing/" data-orig-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/writing.jpg" data-orig-size="600,371" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Writing" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo credit: North Carolina State University</p> " data-medium-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/writing.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/writing.jpg?w=600" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2474" src="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/writing.jpg?w=640" alt="Photo credit: North Carolina State University" srcset="https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/writing.jpg 600w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/writing.jpg?w=150&h=93 150w, https://sciencecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/writing.jpg?w=300&h=186 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2474" class="wp-caption-text">Photo credit: North Carolina State University</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/FromTheLabBench" target="_blank">Paige Brown Jarreau</a>, author of the SciLogs blog <em><a href="http://www.scilogs.com/from_the_lab_bench/" target="_blank">From The Lab Bench</a></em>, recently wrote a lengthy post on <a href="http://www.scilogs.com/from_the_lab_bench/the-science-of-science-blogging-literature/" target="_blank">the science of science blogging</a>. 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