Tag Archives: Creative Commons
A Q&A about philosophy in journalism
Earlier this year, Varun Bhatta, assistant professor of philosophy at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, reached out to ask me some questions for something he was writing about the representation of philosophical ideas in journalism. He … Continue reading
Posted in Op-eds, Scicomm
Tagged business model, Creative Commons, editorial independence, journalism, philosophy, public interest, science communication, science journalism, The Conversation, The Hindu, The Wire, Varun Bhatta
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A meeting with the PSA’s office
The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) organised a meeting with science communicators from around India on January 27, in New Delhi. Some of my notes from the meeting are displayed below, published with three caveats. First, my notes … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm, Science
Tagged Chatham House Rules, Creative Commons, CSIR, Gaganyaan, Government of India, IndiaBioscience, ISRO, NISCAIR, Principal Scientific Adviser, science communication, science journalism
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The press office
A press-officer friend recently asked me for pointers on how he could help journalists cover the research institute he now works at better. My response follows: Avoid the traditional press release format and use something like Axios’s. answer the key … Continue reading
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Tagged Axios, Creative Commons, Flickr, open knowledge, press office, press release, public outreach, science communication
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On that Poynter debate about stock images and ethical visual journalism
Response to Mark Johnson, Article about free images ‘contradicts everything I hold true about journalism’, Poynter, February 9, 2018. ∞ Let’s get the caveats out of the way: The article to which Johnson is responding did get some of its messaging wrong. … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes, Op-eds, Tech
Tagged CC-BY license, copyright, Creative Commons, digital commons, journalism, Mark Johnson, multimedia, Open Access, podcast, Poynter, Public domain, royalty, video journalism, visual journalism
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OA shouldn’t stop at access
Joseph Esposito argues in the scholarly kitchen why it’s okay for OA articles (which come with a CC-BY license) to be repackaged and then sold for a price by other merchants once they’re out in a paper. The economic incentive to … Continue reading
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Tagged CC-BY license, Creative Commons, Joseph Esposito, Open Access, the scholarly kitchen
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