Re: Science writing
Subject: Re: Science writing
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 10/17/10, 00:28
To: Erik Kain <erik.kain@gmail.com>

I shared a Google Doc with you; if you'd like, fill in your areas of interest under the relevant columns, and feel free to pick any scientist from the list.

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay, we're adding the scientists and their areas into that today, will share with you when it's complete.


On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Erik Kain <erik.kain@gmail.com> wrote:
Cool. Maybe share the Google Doc and I'll see who happens to be available, what they do, etc. Brainstorm from there.

Cheers

Erik


On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Erik-

If there's a particular branch of science in which you're interested, let me know and I'll introduce you to a scientist of that background. At that point, the two of you can discuss what particular story to do; he or she will most likely have suggestions based on their knowledge of what's going on in the field. Afterwards, you can decide for yourself who to sell the piece to, or we can help you to place it if you'd like.


On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Erik Kain <erik.kain@gmail.com> wrote:
Barrett,

I'm definitely interested. Are we thinking in terms of specific ideas we'd like to pursue, or that the scientists in question might have, or are we just supposed to come up with something we're interested in...? 

Erik


On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, Erik-

The project I mentioned to you a few weeks back was launched yesterday, and since then we've recruited about two dozen scientists, some of whom have extraordinary backgrounds. We only have five or six good writers at this point (although that will probably change when we post on craigslist's "writing gigs" section, which I don't look forward to), so if you'd still be interested in writing science pieces for sale to mainstream publications, let me know and I can either assign you one of the better scientists or I can share our Google doc listing all of them and their areas of expertise and you can pick one yourself.

Here's a link to the announcement which includes more details on how this works and why we've decided to do it; get back to me if you'd like to proceed.
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Regards,

Barrett Brown
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Regards,

Barrett Brown
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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302



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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302