tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477143485019152669.post2452304884912801585..comments2023-05-16T21:47:12.279-07:00Comments on T. taxus: Genome of DNA Discoverer NOT DecipheredJonathan Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04921990886076027719noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477143485019152669.post-24997963203709609242007-06-05T06:28:00.000-07:002007-06-05T06:28:00.000-07:00The first lesson of headline writing ---- bring pe...The first lesson of headline writing ---- bring people in. Correct the story later. Doesn't anybody here watch Fox News or read USA oday?Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477143485019152669.post-1611288566869615392007-06-01T13:39:00.000-07:002007-06-01T13:39:00.000-07:00Larry -- knowing the correct terminology and other...Larry -- knowing the correct terminology and other background material is a separate skill from knowing how to communicate these facts to a general audience. While I certainly wish that Nicholas Wade (and other science journalists) would learn more science, this doesn't mean that journalists have nothing to teach scientists in return. The point isn't to convert scientists into journalists (or vice versa), it is to create people with the skills of both.Jonathan Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921990886076027719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477143485019152669.post-61787267058355342862007-06-01T13:06:00.000-07:002007-06-01T13:06:00.000-07:00Sad, but not surprising: a science headline and st...Sad, but not surprising: a science headline and story being mangled to all Hell.john vargahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13515502335139986825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477143485019152669.post-38774443000443315132007-06-01T12:39:00.000-07:002007-06-01T12:39:00.000-07:00Let's see if I get this. We have press releases fr...Let's see if I get this. We have press releases from science writers who don't know what it means to say "discoverer of DNA" and don't know the difference between sequencing a genome and deciphering a genome. Yet scientists are supposed to be taking lessons from these people on how to communicate science to the general public. <BR/><BR/>Isn't that strange?Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477143485019152669.post-3875594581948225672007-06-01T11:26:00.000-07:002007-06-01T11:26:00.000-07:00Well put. I tried to clarify this in my post The ...Well put. I tried to clarify this in my post <A HREF="http://genomicron.blogspot.com/2007/04/discovery-of-dna.html" REL="nofollow">The discovery of DNA</A>, but alas the New York Times seems not to visit my blog. :-)T Ryan Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028390880937952573noreply@blogger.com