Genevive Bjorn

Won Media Fellowship

admin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:50:44 +0000

This week I’m participating in the Knight Digital Media Center’s Indepedent Journalist Workshop at UC Berkeley. This class is only the second ever. The days are packed with all sorts of training, tools and strategies to move my work from print to the digital age. Specifically, I am learning how to develop my blog about the sense of smell into an engaging online news community. It’s an amazing group of people form whom to learn so much. Thanks, KDMC

Awarded career grant!

admin — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:51:33 +0000

Three times in the charm! I’ve applied for a career grant from the National Association of Science Writers three times and was successful in the last round. That means that I can now invest in a suit of digital media tools that I need to grow in my career as a journalist. Thanks, NASW!

Two rivers that refuse to meet

admin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:51:33 +0000

A turbulent confluence of the Amazon River and a major tributary, the Rio Negro, in northern Brazil creates a phenomenon visible from space where these two rivers meet but refuse to mix…[More in ChemMatters].

What is the future of freelance journalism?

admin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:05:27 +0000

Seismic shifts in the publishing industry mean big changes for writers. In June 2010, 125 freelance writers and 50 editors gathered together on the Stanford campus to hash it out…[More at ScienceWriters].

The night my liver started running my life

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:04:05 +0000

I first met my liver the night it tried to kill me.

I was at home in Hawaii, alone, relaxing after a dinner of leftovers from a party I hosted the night before: macaroni and cheese with manchego and chorizo, tossed greens, a glass of Rioja and…[More in The New York Times].

Tips for traveling stress-free with a pet

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:54:38 +0000

Travel with a pet can be stressful for both of you, but a high-fiber diet starting a few days in advance can help smooth the ride…[More in Dog Fancy].

Straight talk with Joan Scott

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:47:16 +0000

As advances in genetics continue to flow from the laboratory into the clinic—and, increasingly, into courts—it’s crucial to parse the influence of gene-based technologies…more in Nature Medicine.

Inside imaging the eyes

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:44:10 +0000

Photographers take an intimate look at the eye, again and again and again…more at Eye On NEI.

Kona coffee goes to Washington

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:34:17 +0000

Barack Obama isn’t the only Hawaii creation that goes to the White House…more at Hana Hou! magazine.

Spying inside the eye

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:32:14 +0000

How a clinical opthalmologist became NEI’s go-to doc for images of the living eye…more at Eye on NEI.