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“Electric Shock”: Inspiring new Matter story; reason for hope in the future

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: December 18, 2012

Category: e-reading, Journalism, science writing | Tagged Anil Ananthaswamy, Atavist, Bobbie Johnson, Byliner, Cynthia Graber, David Dobbs, Deborah Blum, Download the Universe, Graduate Program in Science Writing, Harper's, Jessica Benko, Jim Giles, Kathi Bahr, Kickstarter, Matt Power, Matter, Michael Levin, MIT, New Scientist, Oxford American, Roger Hodge, Tufts | 2 Comments

Meandering Mississippi: An early journalism iBook is all wet

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: May 14, 2012

Category: Book review, e-reading | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Bird's Point-New Madrid floodway, Carl Zimmer, David Dobbs, Download the Universe, iBooks, iBooks Author, Mississippi River, Robert Krulwich, St. Louis Beacon | 2 Comments

SciWriteLabs 7.3: Long-form narratives, crappy first drafts, and the importance of wasting time

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: February 20, 2012

Category: Autism, Journalism, SciWriteLabs, The New York Times | Tagged Amy Harmon, David Dobbs, Dean Baquet, Deborah Blum, Gay Talese, Jack Hart, Jack Robison, John Elder Robison, John McPhee, Jonah Lehrer, Kirsten Lindsmith, The New Yorker | Leave a comment

SciWriteLabs 7.3: Long-form narratives, crappy first drafts, and the importance of wasting time

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: January 1, 2012

Category: Autism, Journalism, SciWriteLabs, The New York Times | Tagged Amherst, Anne Lamott, Anne Leigh, Barbara Graustark, Chris Jones, David Dobbs, Dean Baquet, Deborah Blum, Eve Online, Fred Conrad, Gay Talese, Glenn Kramon, Graduate Program in Science Writing, Jack Hart, Jack Robison, John Elder Robison, John McPhee, Jonah Lehrer, Josh Williams, Kanye Rogers, Kassie Bracken, Kirsten Lindsmith, Kurt Andersen, MIT, Nieman Storyboard, Philadelphia, The Huffington Post, The New Yorker, The Oregonian, The Panic Virus, The Paris Review, Wendy Mnookin | 2 Comments

The New York Times’s incredible piece on the lives and loves of two adults with Aspergers

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: December 28, 2011

Category: Autism, Media, The New York Times | Tagged Amy Harmon, Andre Dubus, Breaking Bad, cats, cauliflower, David Dobbs, Jack Robison, Kirsten Lindsmith, My Little Pony, Raymond Carver, Reddit, The Open Notebook | 11 Comments