Re: Project PM/Science Journalism Improvement Program
Subject: Re: Project PM/Science Journalism Improvement Program
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 4/10/11, 17:12
To: Wendee Holtcamp <bohemian@wendeeholtcamp.com>, Seb Gillen <sebgillen@gmail.com>

Hi, Wendee-

Thanks for getting touch. Flock of Dodos is unrelated to the documentary; my publisher named it that for some reason. We'd love to have you involved in the capacity of assisting a freelancer on science pieces; I'm forwarding this to Seb Gillen, who's now running that operation. You should also download an IRC client and join us at irc.freenode.net #projectpm, where we collaborate on various tasks alongside a number of experts hailing from a range of fields.

Seb, would you mind pairing Wendee with a writer from the list? You might just introduce them via e-mail and let them work out if they'd like to be partners going forward. Or, you might e-mail several of them with a description of Wendee's background and see who jumps at it.

Thanks again.


On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Wendee Holtcamp <bohemian@wendeeholtcamp.com> wrote:

Hi Barrett - I just read your article in Skeptical Inquirer that mentioned the Science Journalism Improvement Program (http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/a_modern_solution_to_an_age_old_problem), and wanted to touch base and see if you are still doing it, and what has happened since that article. I’m interested in participating possibly but I don’t feel I need to necessarily benefit from it since I have a science not a journalism background and have been advocating better science journalism and critical thinking for many years. I think I could be of help, possible. I have a M.S. and was a PhD candidate and NSF Grad Research Fellow, and have also been writing for 15 years.


Anyway is there a website for the program? Can you tell me more?

PS Re Flock of Dodos - I haven’t read the book but I saw the documentary. Were you involved with the documentary also? Loved it! I’ll have to check out your book. I have been an advocate of making peace between Christianity and evolution, and opposed to ID obviously, for many years. Though I’m not an atheist anymore, I fully support science, evolution, etc etc and try to educate fellow Christians about it. Uphill battle… I was writing a book for Beacon Press but they cancelled the contract on me. Sigh. 

Wendee

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