Posts Tagged ‘journalism’
Myth vs. science
Our March workshop took us into the land of myths in two very different ways—first, through medical practices that are not as evidence-based as one might expect, and second, through a discussion on how we might use mythology to create narratives that spur action. What can broken wrists from slipping on Finnish winter ice tell…
Read MoreFear—far and close
It may not be spooky season right now, but that did not stop the NeuWrite Nordic crew from exploring the theme of fear. Big fear, climate change, and the role of science journalism First, we encountered the more abstract, diffuse kind of fear that comes with anxiety about global climate change—when you know something much…
Read MoreScientific genius—or not?
How do we as a society figure out if scientific genius is the real thing? What role should science writers play in celebrating or critiquing apparent scientific brilliance? What happens if we get it wrong? One of the most celebrated polymath geniuses of 20th-century America was the cosmologist/physicist/environmentalist/architect Buckminster Fuller. Yet doubts remain whether Fuller…
Read MoreWhat explains public distrust of science?
A concern frequently voiced by participants in our workshops is the decline of public trust in science. The need to rebuild trust, and strengthen public awareness of the scientific process, are oft-cited goals of science communication, including the kind of science-related creative writing we try to foster in NeuWrite Nordic. Yet how to solve the…
Read MoreGoing deep—getting the writer and reader immersed
What happens when, as we research and write, we take a really deep dive—especially into subject matter that might be outside our expertise, or into a complicated real-world situation, or even into the minds of the people we’re writing about? What ethical problems arise for us as writers? What writing techniques can we use? How…
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