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In-house media producer at the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory. Filming, editing, and producing meetings, talks, and interviews.
Talks & Lectures
Boston Action Club
Movement neuroscience forum at Northeastern. Videography with IASL support.
A master class video series (and separate podcast) with James Ryerson. Each episode compares an original draft to its published form in the New York Times, surfacing tacit knowledge about micro, meso, and macro-scale edits.
David Kaiser
Discussing: "Is Quantum Entanglement Real?" (Gray Matter, Nov 2014)
- Don't hunt for your peg; the value of the explainer piece
- Examples: one can be better than many
- Explain the complex idea before giving it a "handle"
Priyamvada Natarajan
Discussing: "At Long Last, a Glimpse of a Black Hole" (April 2019)
- Don't bury the lede; history can work, but start with action
- Generally, don't open up new questions at the close
- Take information out to keep people in
Agnes Callard
Discussing: "Can We Learn to Believe in God?" (The Stone, Jan 2018)
- Each piece is drawn from a population of pieces
- Generally, leave epigraphs at home; know your venue
- Though you don't choose headlines, write engaging ones
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Discussing: "What Does It Mean to 'Look Like Me'?" (Sept 2019)
- Even "perfect drafts" have changes; editorial discretion
- Lead with your own voice; use quotations to drive home
- Explain everything except for the household names
S. Matthew Liao
Discussing: "Do You Have a Moral Duty to Leave Facebook?" (Nov 2018)
- Get to the point quick; no need to clear your throat
- The second paragraph self-introduction & clarification
- Bringing some rhetorical drama into a conclusion
- Strengthening a conclusion
David DeSteno
Discussing: "What Science Can Learn From Religion" (Feb 2019)
- Start with the action, not with what you won't talk about
- An op-ed is at most one idea, start where the action is!
- When it's relevant, state your vantage point up front
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Discussing: "What Emotions Are (and Aren't)" (Gray Matter, Aug 2015)
- Use paragraph breaks to set up a three-beat structure
- Go big or go home: signal the magnitude of your claims
- Don't forget your readers: concede intuitive points
Pitching
Advice and suggestions for academics looking to pitch op-eds to popular outlets
On camera.
Conference videography and production.
Sound Education (2018)
Executive Director. A conference for educational podcasters at Harvard, hosted by Ministry of Ideas.