Fwd: Project PM

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From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: Project PM
To: Hayley Dunning <hdunningua@gmail.com>

Hi, Hayley-

Thanks for writing. It sounds like you could indeed be of assistance to Project PM in the context of our science journalism program and perhaps other efforts as well. For the science project, I can put you down as a science-oriented participant with expertise in earth science and perhaps as a writer as well; send me along the text of one of the pieces you've written when you get a moment. At some point in the near future we'll introduce you to one of our freelancer participants and the two of you can decide what subject matter would work as an article, and then you'll help the writer find good sources for quotes and ensure that the finished product is accurate and otherwise helpful to layman readers. If we decide to have you serve as a writer as well, we'll hook you up with a scientist specializing in some random field, as your combined background of writer and science grad student should make you a pretty versatile science writer.

I'll have my associate Clark Robinson send you some additional information about Project PM and our fundamental goals, which involve the development and promotion of improved methods of collaboration and information flow. We have a number of documents you might find interesting, and our more active participants tend to congregate in our new IRC channel which itself may be accessed at irc.freenode.net, #projectpm (I recommend Xchat if you're new to IRC, but Clark will send along a short guide including other methods of getting on).

Let me know if you have any questions, and thanks again for participating in this program.

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Hayley Dunning <hdunningua@gmail.com> wrote:

Greetings,

I just read about your new project and am very interested in participating on some level. I'm not quite sure where I fit in, but I'm currently an Earth Science grad student hoping to become a journalism grad student in a year's time so that I can pursue a career in science journalism. I'm very excited by the amount of interest science journalism is receiving at the moment and would love more than anything to be a part of its improvement. Although I have written science pieces for the student newspaper and our Alumni Association newsletter, I'm not sure if I qualify as a 'freelance writer', however I would love to be involved.

I would love to hear your thoughts.

Best regards,
Hayley Dunning

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Regards,

Barrett Brown
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