I'm nominating this article for the Rosen Prize in explanatory writing. Rules for awarding the prize combine three factors: clarity in explanation, yes, but also underlying complexity of the thing being explained, AND urgency of the subject to the public.https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k-overlooked-variable-driving-pandemic/616548/ …
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It's definitely different than being a domain expert in one of the individual fields, and I don't claim to be one. Not sure if it has a name, but I will absolutely claim a form of expertise and skill that's not "science communication." Dunno. Doing it because it needs doing.
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In an ideal world, we would just call this very good "journalism"…
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Correct. The Atlantic piece is original contribution: its key claim (it’s the ‘k’) is novel (not published in that form previously), interesting (people thought it’s the ‘R’) and well substantiated (based on logic & reviewing relevant available evidence). Well done!
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