A broadcaster doing a Moon package for BBC5′s Pods and Blogs interviewed me about the ApolloPlus40 Twitter feed I’ve been working on for Nature. New experience to be on the receiving end of an interview. The full package is available for 1 week on BBC5′s website: [html] and the segment containing my interview is available [...]

Just read Apollo 13. Forget being a fireman. I want to be an astronaut! About 13 years ago Imagine if wide-eyed kids and journalists had Twitter during the space race and in the decades after. I might have written the line above to broadcast to my friends and followers (as Twitter calls subscribers) when I [...]

I completed my reporting internship with Nature near the end of June. My final work on staff there included recording a news chat for the weekly podcast about the ApolloPlus40 Twitter project I mentioned in my last post. I also discussed an ancient bone flute found in Germany. You can download the newschat here [mp3, [...]

I’ve been surprisingly absorbed by the task of writing 140-character Tweets recapping the Apollo XI lunar landing. The project, roughly timed to mimic the mission on a 40-year delay, has had a very encouraging response so far! I also got roped into writing a landing page and timeline for Nature’s online special commemorating the 40th [...]