Want to be a #ScienceEditor or #MedicalEditor but think your early #training and #jobs you've worked in won't get you there? Read this open-access piece in the Council of Science Editors' #journal Science Editor: https://bit.ly/3lDLxh1. My friend @tinkagw and others describe their #career paths.
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Origin Stories: Greetings from the Career Path - Science Editor
It’s clear that there is no one path to a career or role in scientific editing and publishing. Origin Stories was created to capture the circuitous routes of these careers and the interesting stories of the twists and turns along the way. The editors encourage readers to email your origin story to [email protected]. A combination of detours and a big coincidence led to my career as a medical editor. I have always been drawn to both language and science. As a kid, I wanted to be a writer or an astronomer. I had a fantastic English teacher who taught sentence diagramming long after it had fallen out of fashion, and I won the science fair 2 years in a row. However, as a teenager, I took a dramatic detour and ended up majoring in theater in college. I won a scholarship for writing an essay about the synthesis of creativity and science to solve problems, but I graduated with no idea how to turn my interests into a career. My mom convinced me to apply for a writing position at American Greetings (AG), the greeting card company. I thought it was a long shot, but I wrote a cover letter in rhymed, metered verse and was hired. During my first week I was invited to a plush toy‒naming brainstorm and thought “I’m getting paid to name teddy bears!” I worked for AG for more than a decade, first on staff and later as a contractor when I moved out of state. Although I wrote […]
Updated #introduction.
I'm a #ScienceEditor in #chemistry & #astronomy education (was #FirstGenCollege myself).
I do #writing and #photography on #travel, #builtenvironment, global #workingclass #food, & #transportation. I #bike everywhere & have a strong interest in #urbanplanning. I'm from #NYC.
I'll travel for interesting eats & often smoke #BBQ. I play #guitar but less than I used to.
I hope Mastodon can be my one place to post lots of #photos and musings about all of the above.
"A session at CSE’s 2022 Annual Meeting highlighted some ways that journal editors can launch and sustain a successful social media campaign."
Gunn E. Social media 101 for journals: how to create and sustain an effective campaign. Sci Ed. 2022;45:141-142.
https://doi.org/10.36591/SE-D-4504-10
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Social Media 101 for Journals: How to Create and Sustain an Effective Campaign - Science Editor
MODERATOR: Kelly Hadsell Federation of State Medical Boards @kellyhadsell SPEAKERS: Alexandra Kahler KnowledgeWorks Global @KWF_Info_Mgmt Betsy Donahue Digital Science Philadelphia, Pennsylvania @BetsyDonohue Glenn Landis American Society of Hematology Washington, DC REPORTER: Emilie Gunn American Society of Clinical Oncology Alexandria, Virginia @emiliemgunn More and more journals are using social media these days for many different purposes. Regardless of your organization’s goals in social media, it is important to be strategic about it, and a session at CSE’s 2022 Annual Meeting highlighted some ways that journal editors can launch and sustain a successful social media campaign. Being active on social media is not a “plug and play” type of project. It requires planning before you get started, care and feeding during a campaign, and reflection and analysis once a campaign is complete. All three speakers in the session addressed the various considerations of setting up social media and successfully using it to promote a journal. Getting Started on Social Media Before you get started with a social media channel, make sure you have specific goals for the use of social media. In his presentation, Glenn Landis, Senior Director of Publications at the American Society of Hematology, advised attendees to determine what purpose they want social media to serve for their journals. Some journals use social media to increase engagement between authors and the journal, some want to improve discoverability of their journal content and in turn increase citations, and others use social media to strengthen their brand. Each journal, even if […]
Hi! I'm from #NYC where I'm a #FirstGenCollege #ScienceEditor in #chemistry & #astronomy. I'm also a #writer & #photographer interested in #travel, #landscape, global #workingclass #food, & #transportation including #aviation #trains #trucks & #tugboats. I'm into #cooking and often smoke #BBQ. I sometimes play #guitar in different styles of #americanmusic. I #bike everywhere & have a strong interest in #urbanplanning.
I hope Mastodon can be my one place to post lots of #photos !
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