.@derekcasari Yes, @christophjoyce is an NPR host, and many science fans here at #dcswa15
3:30pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client in reply to derekcasari
TA: "Gratifying when a writer an editor has worked with has gotten better." #dcswa15 #scicomm
3:26pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
Q:How to find growth in relationship? A: Editors judged on writers they work with. 'Take an unemployed editor to lunch' #dcswa15 #scicomm
Q: When do you have to be obnoxious? A: TA: Made a suggestion, and it was ignored, reverted back. #dcswa15 #scicomm
3:23pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
Q: What about editing your boss' writing? A: EE:Intimidating, yes. Same rules apply. Healthy to do. #dcswa15 #scicomm
3:22pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: Also lots of encouragement to re-write, if the voice has been lost. #dcswa15 #scicomm
3:21pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
(Comment - 'editing is like parenting') Q:Going from 4pg to 2pg - how? A: EE:If more red than black, a warning to writer #dcswa15 #scicomm
3:19pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
LH: "It's the editor's job to determine what's important for their audience." #dcswa15 #scicomm
3:13pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
TA: Further edits w/the headline 'childhood neglect erodes the brain' - feels much more significant, interesting #dcswa15 #scicomm
3:08pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
TA: Example of unedited writing shared: dull opening, repetitive. Edited version cut out most, and ended w/'Why'. #dcswa15 #scicomm
3:06pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: A "praise sandwich" - love this but lost me here and liked that. #dcswa15 #scicomm
3:00pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: Some stories are 'overly NatGeo', 'and I wish they hadn't'. People trying hard, handle in a clever way. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:59pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
LH: 'Quack' is a safe word; you can't call them a liar, but a 'controversial' is fine. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:48pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
LH: Editing for opinion you need to undo all you were trained to do as a journalist. 'For editing a whole set of ethics' #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:47pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: You know you are doing a good job - when they come back and their writing gets better. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:44pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: Advice for editors: "Act like a decent human being, even if you are not" #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:43pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: A question to ask: "Am I making this better or am I making it mine?" #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:40pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: 'Edit others like you want to be edited' (Golden Rule!) #dcswa15 #scicomm
EE: All invisible to the writer, the writer/editor have to be on the same team as it starts from there. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:39pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: Lots of time going to meetings and discussing story ideas, selling ideas upward, sold to social media team too. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:38pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: First time she felt terrified, 'who am I to evaluate someone else's story?' "I can fix that." "I can tighten this up." #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:37pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: At Science News - 'they didn't know I wasn't an editor' but she did some before, and learned a lot after. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:36pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
EE: How to start as an editor: volunteering in a smaller place, and find out if you like it (or not) #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:35pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
LH: Also knowing that this is the 'writer's baby', respecting their voice. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:32pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
LH: Edit for 'radical clarity'. Find kind ways to say, 'this can be better'. Keeping in mind the reader, who you work for. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:31pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
LH: Trust works both ways - be completely clear w/ the writer. They can easily feel out of control; timeliness impt. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:30pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
TA: The 'best writers always try to maintain control of their text', putting edits in their own voice. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:28pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
TA: Remember how the perfect is the enemy of the good; it'll never be perfect, esp. when it's a matter of taste. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:25pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
TA: Don't waste people's time, know when to let go, answer that email, and as editor you are not the writer. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:24pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
TA: "Don't be obnoxious" - you'll annoy them anyway. Start off on the right foot - no fun being edited. #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:23pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
'Upping your editing game'. Tim Appenzeller, Science; Erika Engelhaupt, National Geo. @goryerika; @LauraHelmuth, Slate #dcswa15 #scicomm
2:22pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Q:Expectations for volume? A: It depends. 1-2 stories/week. And a longer feature on the back burner. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:56pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Q:How did you find the prof. about the rocks who got it wrong? A: ID'd from the scientist who did the work. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:55pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:A: 'We provide a moment of joy' - slithering rocks? In contrast to all the bad news around, sth to break it up. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:54pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Q:For 'All things considered', want more science A: "Called the 'Science Empire'" They say no often. #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ: (Asked about other out-takes on screen.) Gatorgirl - 'just plain scientific curiousity' going from birds to gators #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:50pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: A: "Longer pieces need to breathe." #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:45pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: A:Packing density revisited - longer pieces have lower density of information. #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ: Q:Time-frame for a podcast? A:NPR stories are 1 min to 8.5 min. You can only listen so long, how much data in it... #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:44pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: "You've got to crack that. Scientists are pretty human." #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:43pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Only 30% of the public could name one living scientist. "And Stephen Hawking isn't even American." #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ: "I think scientists need to be humanized. The public thinks scientists are robots." #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:42pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
RT @oceankris: MT @MonicaAmarelo: @christophjoyce shares - An Icy Solution To The Mystery Of The Slithering Stones http://t.co/tzit4CR3KM …
RT @TashianaOsborne: It IS possible to pack effective #science storytelling techniques into 4 min of audio! @christophjoyce @NPR #DCSWA15 …
1:41pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:A: It's like you 'just got back from the gym' (after cutting). "I feel like I write for print much better than before" #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:40pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Q:Visual aspect true, other lessons for print? A:Cut cut cut. Cut some more. Don't worry - listener doesn't know. #dcswa15 #scicomm
CJ:Q: Oppy's for freelancing for NPR? A: Rdio and other podcasting possibilities to become known. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:38pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ: Here's a link to the ReportIt app https://t.co/GGKxSc9CZZ #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:37pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:Q:Good quote but a bad voice? Can you auto-tune it? A: No. #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:34pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
CJ:Q: Audio quality? A:iOS app called 'ReportIt' records themselves while they talk. 'Stellar quality.' #dcswa15 #scicomm
1:33pm March 28th 2015 via Twitter Web Client
