Aleszu Bajak

@aleszubajak

Science journalist • Teach and manage grad programs • Founder • Fellow • Alum • Peruvian-gringo

Cambridge, MA
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    Aug 30

    I looked at how French scientists, enologists and winemakers are racing the clock to ensure Bordeaux adapts to climate change. Here are some extra thoughts about my latest for

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    10 hours ago

    Ok, science journalists. There's now a specific funded fellowship just for us. I am super excited about this! The Nieman is one of the best things I've ever done for my career and craft. AMA, and apply!

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    14 hours ago

    Calling podcasters and radio folks: is looking for pitches for short (3-5 min) field reports. More details including $$ here:

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  4. 16 hours ago

    Unbelievable

    "The government prefers to invest in some things and not others," said the director of the National Museum, pointing to Rio’s Maracana soccer stadium, which underwent a $540 million renovation before the 2014 World Cup
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    Sep 4

    DO NOT WANT. URLs include useful metadata. I don't want that metadata hidden away.

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  6. Sep 4

    “Sorry, baby,” she said softly, and returned the puffin to its burrow, where it will no doubt retell the story for years to come about its abduction by aliens during the summer of the tags and tape.

    I wrote this story to impress my daughter, who in her college days got a tattoo of a puffin.
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  7. Sep 4

    And it’s not just California... “Massachusetts and other states are gearing up for a fierce legal response to Mr. Trump’s dirty power plan”

    "Along comes California -- yet again -- ..." The NYT editorial board chimes in on California.
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  8. Sep 3

    “It’s hot, it’s humid, it’s slick, it’s bloody”

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    Sep 3
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    but 's assertion that science "bloggers" are "science cheerleaders" is highly insulting.

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    Sep 3
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    so ... is this a "science cheerleader"? i don't think so. there were research papers i refused to pursue--won't say which ones here, but several blew up in public after credulous journalists covered them--because i wondered about the reproducibility of the research.

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    Sep 3
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    i cannot speak for the others who were , but i only wrote about top-flight science & avoided anything that looked dodgy, so my stories rarely were confrontational about the research i was reporting on, altho i did share my experience/opinion when relevant

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    Sep 3
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    when i was "blogging" science , i often dug into the data & shared it with readers (still do). my hope was to make readers more knowledgable about how science is done. the other bloggers there were mostly academic scientists & some (but not all) did similarly.

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    Sep 3
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    I don't know their blogging network, so an abstract response: I admire the motive, but having spent some time in the industry, I wonder if in general bloggers are not more, instead of less, willing to get their hands dirty with data than journalists. Perhaps not their bloggers.

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  14. Sep 3

    The shuts down its science blog network, saying it needs journalists over “science cheerleaders.” I agree but it’s going to shut out a lot of readers, too.

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  15. Sep 3

    On Friday, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejected environmental concerns over Dakota Access pipeline

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    Sep 2

    The Museu Nacional tragedy isn’t just about the institution’s funding and upkeep, but the city’s, too. There wasn’t water in the fire hydrants, so firefighters resorted to pumping water out of the nearby lake and calling in water tank trucks.

    O combate ao incêndio do Museu Nacional foi prejudicado por falta de água nos hidrantes próximos ao edifício. Os bombeiros tiveram que apelar a caminhões-pipa e até para a água do lago na Quinta da Boa Vista, onde fica o museu. A área do museu tem dois hidrantes.
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    Sep 2

    The owners of water: The unequal power struggle behind Peru’s most strategic resource. Investigative platform with reports, a documentary, testimonies, visualizations and a map with half a million data on the companies that control water in

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  18. Sep 2

    Meanwhile, in Champagne, “temperatures have risen 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.16 F) in 30 years, and pickers are scrambling to bring in yet another early harvest”

    Wineries have always been susceptible to unpredictable forces of nature. But climate change poses a new kind of threat. via
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  19. Sep 1

    Devastating look by at how a vulnerable, out-of-date 911 system delayed medical care to stranded Harvey victims

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    Aug 29

    In 2016, and I launched our documentary "Pumped Dry: The Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater." The film, part of a / project, was shown at several film festivals. Now, the full documentary is available to watch:

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    Sep 1

    Temperatures in Bordeaux have risen 2 degrees Celsius since 1950. Scientists are pushing for more heat-hardy grapes, but winemakers are reluctant to put the delicate balance of their "terroir" at risk. reports:

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