tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78828792011-07-05T13:11:58.821-07:00gourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766840772078023579noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882879.post-21184208912977442572008-12-28T00:40:00.000-08:002009-02-25T09:21:59.515-08:00As I am reading <span style="font-style: italic;">Not quite a miracle : brain surgeons and their patients on the frontier of medicine by Jon Franklin</span> it has occurred to me that Franklin has taken the utmost care to make the reader comfortable with the alien world of neurosurgery. It so far has been as if Franklin has been holding my hand and saying "look at this science, this medicine, this achievement to man, it is good". For science journalism in particular, it is important to hold the hand of the reader, and to explain and relate why the particular thing is good, if that is the case. To perhaps even trace the route that the practitioners of the craft took. Much like Franklin placing us in the Brain Anatomy class room, and with the resident doctors. To understand the scientist <span style="font-style: italic;">in the context of their environment and world.</span> When you can frame something in a way that everyone can relate to, then it has a chance of being powerful.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882879-2118420891297744257?l=gourneau.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766840772078023579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882879.post-47693306611939262422007-12-11T05:52:00.000-08:002007-12-11T05:54:02.799-08:00<img src="http://www.ece.utk.edu/%7Ejgournea/blog/complex.gif" /><br /><br />The beautiful intersection of language, technology, and culture.<br /><br />See:<br /><a href="http://xkcd.com/355/">xkcd</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism">Neologism</a><br /><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=facebook+official">facebook offical</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7882879-4769330661193926242?l=gourneau.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>gourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766840772078023579noreply@blogger.com0