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Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social |
I tell scientists all the time: Look the journalist up. The number of times I interview a scientist about a paper and they end with '....who is this for?' I could have been from the Daily Mail!!! I am Googling you. Google ME. Or ask me for samples of stuff I've done I am always happy to oblige.
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Joe Bak-Coleman
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There's also the related thing.. when a Journo emails you too many questions to answer with a *very* tight deadline... they're on some bullshit to be avoided.
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Artologica
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Wow, that's wild that people don't ask. But then... I'm up to 4 times now that journalists have interviewed me without even a cursory google first 🫤 There is plenty of information about me on the internet!
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Richard Lenski
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I've blogged about a time when I did not think to ask who the journalist was or what they were writing for:
telliamedrevisited.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/e...
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Bethany Brookshire
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Also it's totally ok to ASK about the journalist's process. I know I work with people who don't talk to journalists a lot, and scientists are often TERRIFIED to look like fools. But it's ok to ask! Most people don't know how I do what I do I am glad to tell you!
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Joanna Masel
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To be fair to Daily Mail science coverage, the only time I did an interview with them, they were actually more thorough than some other outlets. But I was very much aware of, and nervous about, who I was speaking to!
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Judith Butlerian Jihad
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To be fair, I know who you are, but I'm not sure who you write for at the moment?
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