David Wescott

I am a North Carolina-based public affairs professional working for a Washington DC firm. I have a wife, a son, and a dog. I love baseball. I was born just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. My blog, It's Not a Lecture, is at http://itsnotalecture.blogspot.com and I'm @dwescott1 on Twitter.

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USA: Science Bloggers Explain Fukushima

  15 March 2011

The horror of Friday 11 March's earthquake and resulting tsunami near the east coast of Honshu, Japan soon gave way to widespread panic as explosions rocked the Fukushima nuclear power plant. However, one community in the blogosphere seemed to be more measured in response to Fukushima - science bloggers.

USA: “Science Blogging” Goes Global, Gains Respect

  14 September 2010

A global online community of scientists have recently emerged as an influential and important contributor to worldwide journalism about science. They have grown more sophisticated in their communications, now catching the attention of journalists who were previously dismissive of citizen media about science.