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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

SciWriteLabs 8.3: Adjudicating the Lehrer plagiarism accusations. Plus: Are we ignoring the truly frightening trends in journalism?*

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: July 3, 2012

Category: Ethics, Journalism, Media, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Arianna Huffington, Carl Zimmer, Chicago Tribune, David Quammen, Deborah Blum, Jack Shafer, Jane Jacobs, Jim Romenesko, Jonah Lehrer, Journatic, Lou Dobbs, Malcolm Gladwell, Oprah Winfrey, plagiarism, Salon.com, The New York Times, The New Yorker, This American Life, William Goldman | 10 Comments

SciWriteLabs 8.2: Is it kosher to re-use wording from Facebook updates in your journalism? And: do we need a Son of Sam law for media miscreants?

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: June 29, 2012

Category: Ethics, Journalism, SciWriteLabs | Tagged blogging, Carl Zimmer, David Quammen, Deborah Blum, Facebook, Jack Shafer, Jayson Blair, Jim Romenesko, Jonah Lehrer, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Finkel, Mike Barnicle, Paresh Jha, plagiarism, Salon.com, Son of Sam laws, The New Yorker | 4 Comments

SciWriteLabs 8.1: The Lehrer affair, consequence-free plagiarism, and rules for blogging

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: June 28, 2012

Category: Ethics, Journalism, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Carl Zimmer, David Quammen, Deborah Blum, Jack Shafer, Jayson Blair, Jonah Lehrer, Malcolm Gladwell, plagiarism, Rolling Stone, Salon.com, Stephen Glass, The New York Times, The New Yorker | 15 Comments

Jonah Lehrer and the Blair-O-Meter: My effort to quantify media misdeeds

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: June 28, 2012

Category: Ethics, Journalism, SciWriteLabs | Tagged Carl Zimmer, David Quammen, Deborah Blum, Jack Shafer, Jim Romenesko, Jonah Lehrer, Salon.com | Leave a comment

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

Happy anniversary…

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: September 2, 2011

Category: Housekeeping | Tagged Brian Mossop, Deborah Blum, John Rennie, Martin Fenner, Misha Angrist, PLoS, PLoS Blogs, Scientific American, Steve Silberman | 2 Comments