Today’s installment of Ask TON kicks off a series of posts, each of which in its own way addresses ethical issues that can arise when writers shadow scientists long enough to cross the line from journalist to buddy. To get things started, here’s today’s Ask TON: I will be embedded with a scientist whom I [...]
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Ask TON: Embedded with scientists
Posted by Jeanne Erdmann and Siri Carpenter on November 9th, 2011
Posted in Ask TON 
Tags: Ask TON, Ethics, Field Reporting, Harmon, Henig, Nijhuis, Rogers, Vastag 
3 Comments »Adam Rogers shadows a fungus detective
Posted by Ed Yong on October 19th, 2011
For the residents of Lakeshore, Ontario, the black fungus caking their homes was a problem, and they blamed the local distillery. For James Scott, the Sherlock Holmes of fungi, the identity of the unsightly mold was a mystery waiting to be solved. And for Adam Rogers, senior editor at Wired, Scott’s quest was a story that [...]
Posted in Behind-the-Story Interviews Tags: Biology, Drafts, Guest Contributor, Kavli Awards, Pitches, Rogers, Wired, Writer Interview, Yong 7 Comments »