tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post1526444350130167020..comments2023-10-30T12:26:15.822+01:00Comments on Research as a Second Language: Less Than Full Disclosure in the Tim Hunt ScandalThomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-15365300974217861922016-05-10T17:52:36.823+02:002016-05-10T17:52:36.823+02:00(I moved the update to the bottom.)
(I moved the update to the bottom.)<br />Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-81426929421531437112015-11-10T10:49:33.358+01:002015-11-10T10:49:33.358+01:00Thanks, Anonymous. I've responded in an update...Thanks, Anonymous. I've responded in an update at the top of the post.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-77299309150446423362015-11-10T00:05:49.532+01:002015-11-10T00:05:49.532+01:00Nope, sorry:
https://medium.com/@danwaddell/savin...Nope, sorry:<br /><br />https://medium.com/@danwaddell/saving-tim-hunt-97db23c6ee93Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-51082677655392122072015-07-26T22:03:12.921+02:002015-07-26T22:03:12.921+02:00"It seems that Ivan Oransky and Deborah Blum ..."It seems that Ivan Oransky and Deborah Blum were on the program committee for the World Conference of Science Journalists, where the infamous luncheon was held. "<br /><br />Not only were IO and DB on the Conference committee, there was prior evidence of TH's character and approach to talking about his scientific career available to them and to UCL.<br /><br />TH adresses some Danes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgScAdoZ9w4" rel="nofollow">How to win a Nobel Prize</a>. ( Available on Youtube since April 2015.)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiBuXTUelfg" rel="nofollow">Nobel Prize winner Sir Tim Hunt - London Research Institute, UK</a> ( Available on Youtube since May 2013.)<br /><br />A BBC documentary: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1I-UIyu0jU" rel="nofollow">Beautiful Minds: Tim Hunt</a> ( Available on Youtube since 2012.)<br /><br />If you were inviting a featured speaker to a conference, mightn't you just have had a look at several hours of video of him, er, speaking to conferences and talking about his attitude to doing science?<br /><br /> Are we really to believe that UCL, and the RS, took decisions on the basis of the tweeting of 37 words? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-41279477347635528282015-07-23T09:47:56.413+02:002015-07-23T09:47:56.413+02:00I make that case here. The relevant sense of privi...I make that case <a href="http://secondlanguage.blogspot.dk/2015/07/agency-part-3.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The relevant sense of privileged is "Western" (a set of privileges that is now available to all genders and races), which appears to cause her to condescend (mildly) to "different cultures" like those found in Korea. But I suppose you could add to that her privileged status within the science writing profession.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-64375734113831258492015-07-22T23:11:20.934+02:002015-07-22T23:11:20.934+02:00I will be treading in dangerous waters her, but Co...I will be treading in dangerous waters her, but Conie St Louis is both a woman and black. all the same she might want to "check her privalage".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907900546197416535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-37034958970726626352015-07-21T09:48:20.957+02:002015-07-21T09:48:20.957+02:00Yes, I'm inclined to think they had a hammer a...Yes, I'm inclined to think they had a hammer and saw nails sticking out everywhere.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-81791155600463418082015-07-21T00:50:37.472+02:002015-07-21T00:50:37.472+02:00And Debhorah Blum chaired a workshop on sexism in ...And Debhorah Blum chaired a workshop on sexism in science at the conference, and Connie St Louise was one of the speakers at this workshop according to the draft program. I think the workshop was on the 11th. Are there minutes of this workshop, and waht was discussed?<br />Were the duo "primed" to find sexism, and if they did, was this confirmation bias?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907900546197416535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-26259181700876612652015-07-16T16:53:07.245+02:002015-07-16T16:53:07.245+02:00And CSL personal statement is archived at https://...And CSL personal statement is archived at https://archive.is/2NZtg .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-72747828218783766982015-07-16T16:49:38.394+02:002015-07-16T16:49:38.394+02:00The CV is at https://web.archive.org/web/201506250...The CV is at https://web.archive.org/web/20150625062840/http://www.wfsj.org/files/Election%202015/Connie%20St%20Louis/CV%20%20CONNIE%20ST%20LOUIS%2023032015.pdf .<br /><br />A sample (to give a flavour of CSL's prose):<br />"I was invited to give a lecture to 300 law students at Columbia Law School on Law, Media and Genetics and ran a subsequent workshop with 50 of them (Jan 2010). This was on the representation of genetics in the media the lecture was extremely well received and feedback from the students in the workshop was excellent.<br />I organised a research symposium on the Impact of Libel Law in Journalism (with particular reference to science journalism) with the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism in November 2010.It was chaired by Lord Lester QC and involve a target audience of 150 people and the list of invited speaker will range from MP’s, lawyers, campaigners and . A collection of the papers is due to published shortly, in a special edition of the British Journalism Review.<br />"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-15713342640391643872015-07-16T15:26:59.290+02:002015-07-16T15:26:59.290+02:00Wow. This really was journalistic malpractice. Tha...Wow. This really was journalistic malpractice. Thank you for the post! More people need to know about this appalling setup. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-62251963952799118082015-07-16T01:32:59.050+02:002015-07-16T01:32:59.050+02:00I actually agree this is rather quite odd. I actually agree this is rather quite odd. Sam Schwarzkopfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-55120849648425332772015-07-15T17:31:56.905+02:002015-07-15T17:31:56.905+02:00Connie St Louis also applied to become a member of...Connie St Louis also applied to become a member of the WFJW board, apparently there was due to be an election to the Board at the Korea meeting. The following text (and broken links to her CV and two supporting statements) can be found on a google-cached version of this webpage:<br /><br /><a href="http://wfsj.org/elections/page.php?id=324" rel="nofollow">wfsj.org/elections/page.php?id=324</a><br /><br />If you follow that link now, the text has disappeared. There's a version on the webcache, but I was not able to find the CV.<br /><br />"I would like to apply for a position as a member of the WFSJ board because since its inception it has become and continues to be the most important organisation and advocacy for science journalism globally. In this time of economic uncertainty I want to see that work continue and so for me the best strategy is to get involved in supporting its aims. <br /><br />I have been actively involved in WFSJ conferences since 2000 when the conference was held in London. I have proposed panels and chaired them as well as having had the privilege of being invited to close the last Helsinki conference as keynote speaker. An address where I was able to discuss growing concerns about the science journalism. According to latest figures it is been engulfed by the relentless march of the science public relations army fuelled by wealthy science organisations. 2015 US figures, reveal that PRs outnumbers journalists in the US by a ratio of 4.6 to 1and PRs earn 40% more than journalists. <br /><br />The causalities caused by the advance of this PR army and left dead in its wake are integrity, ethics, transparency and good conduct. The Kavli symposiums discussions are key milestones to try to redress the financial stability of journalism outlets. It is essential this conversation continues and various solutions are explored. The future of paid journalism is a challenge for all journalists no matter where in the global they live. The willingness to build global science journalism capacity has been one of the key challenges I have worked towards whilst I was President of the ABSW and one I continue to address by encouraging the UK to be one of the founding members of European Federation of Science Journalists. <br /><br />I have a long, distinguished and award winning career as a BBC science journalist and continue to work for them in a freelance capacity and also to write for a number of other outlets. The skills that I could bring centre on my leadership of the ABSW board plus my skills as a journalist and educator of masters science journalism students. I have volunteered to take part in WFSJ’s important initiative in training in the forthcoming Hepatitis C project.<br />If elected to the board it will be an important priority for me and I will take part in every Skype call that is part of the meeting schedule of the board. <br /><br />As I will be a keynote speaker in Korea I will be available to be at that board meeting. I welcome the opportunity to be part of an effective, hard working, unified and cordial board."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-54077266565703905212015-07-14T18:41:37.629+02:002015-07-14T18:41:37.629+02:00has anybody actually verified that Connie has a de...has anybody actually verified that Connie has a degree in Applied Biology.. <br /><br />maybe she has.. <br />but people ALWAYS put the institution where they obtained their degrees on their CV<br /><br />Maybe she has one, maybe she doesn't, maybe she started it but never completed it.<br />(I had one junior employee list a uni on his cv/degree -it was a bit ambiguous, and he'd actually dropped out after 18 month. <br /> <br />I would 'like to trust her, but maybe somebody should verify..<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10721624.post-81245345508751927672015-07-14T17:38:37.558+02:002015-07-14T17:38:37.558+02:00Possibly not of interest to you but one hypothesis...Possibly not of interest to you but one hypothesis as to why City University hasn't yet updated Connie St. Louis's CV. If you go to Professor Martin Caraher's web page at CUL, and check under his research students, Connie St. Louis is apparently working on a Phd titled "What is a Science Journalist for? I assume this is a Phd by prior publication since Professor Caraher is a professor of food and health policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com