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New Scientist, News, Portfolio, Science, Video, Writing
AUGUST ROUND-UP
Here’s what I did for New Scientist in the month of August: Drilling in a Deep-sea Quake Zone: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17552-research-ship-drills-deep-into-ocean-quake-zone.html (400 words) Robot Operating System: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327206.300-robots-to-get-their-own-operating-system.html (900 words +2 min video, collaboration) This one was well-received online, with link-love from BoingBoing, Crunchgear, Popular Science, and Engadget. The video was a collaboration between me and my friend [...]
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Experiments, Interactive, New Scientist, Portfolio, Video
HEALTHCARE
08.01.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsHere’s a healthcare multimedia/interactive story that I helped put together. It all started when Peter Aldhous and Jim Giles found a bunch of healthcare data from the OECD and Dartmouth. We’ve been drooling over Gapminder lately, so we decided to have a go. Peter and Jim analyzed the data and wrangled them into the charts. [...]
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New Scientist, Portfolio
JULY ROUNDUP
Here’s what I did for New Scientist in July (in chronological order): Seagrass 400 words Greedy Trees 400 words Cellphone Screens 500 words Turtle Evolution 400 words Steadycam Software 500 words Travelators 350 words Healthcare shot and edited the video, helped to get the data visualization to behave, zero words but a whole lot of [...]
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New Scientist, Portfolio, Writing
JUNE ROUNDUP
Here’s what I wrote for New Scientist in June: First article (web, assigned, 500 words): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17271-japanese-probe-set-to-crash-into-moon.html First article of my own initiative (web, 500 words): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17278-junk-food-gives-crow-chicks-a-weight-problem.html First interactive piece(1200 words and some video/HTML editing): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17341-explore-how-climate-change-might-affect-the-us.html First bylined print article (400 words): http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227133.900-health-clues-found-in-big-tobaccos-files.html First story turned around in one day (500 words): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17371-us-grandparents-smarter-than-uk-counterparts.html First physics article [...]
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