Edited volumes, or anthologies, are very popular in research and academia. Several experts each contribute a chapter on their topic to form one book on a particular subject. An editor, or editors, oversees and manages the process. From January 2016 to May 2018, I went through the process of co-editing (with my colleague Ken Foster) How to Feed the World, which united 17 researchers’ contributions in one book. This was the first book I edited, and I learnt a lot from this process
Category: communication
Be Media Savvy: How to Check Your News Sources
We all want to be smart about our news. The catch is that no one is teaching you how to do that. Avoiding fake news (news that IS NOT true and exists solely to trick you into believing something that is wrong), clickbait (media that is outrageous just so you'll click on it and they'll get add revenues) and understanding biased sources is incredibly important. I made this video to show you how to become media savvy and check your news sources when scrolling through social media or looking something up online.
Demystifying “big data” part 4: Machine learning
This piece is the final of four I will publish this spring in which I describe particular techniques used to make sense of or mine large data sets. This post covers machine learning.
Demystifying “big data” part 1: Network analysis
This piece is the first of four I will publish this spring in which I describe particular techniques used to make sense of or mine large data sets. This post covers network analysis.
Your personal news: Agenda setting in the 21st century
Where we historically saw mostly the same news stories, we do no longer. And where historically journalists set the agenda on what we saw, they no longer exclusively do. Does this matter? Is this good? Is it bad?
On biases, GMOs and embracing the boring
Food security is not the most exciting nor alluring of issues, but it is one of the most important. And technology will play a crucial role in how we feed the world. The decisions we make about technology today will carry major ramifications down the line.
Wikipedia and the wizards behind the curtain
Perhaps it behooves us to know more about the source of so much of our knowledge. As informal as we may consider our Wikipedia searches, it doesn't change the fact that most of us lean on it regularly.
Should you make yourself a website? Probably
While a website isn't right for everyone, in most cases I tend to encourage people to create a site for themselves. The ways in which we share about ourselves is evolving, and it's more and more common that we Google people and topics online.
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