Getting Real: Science Writing in AR and VR

Getting Real: Science Writing in AR and VR

Virtual reality is erupting from the startup world into the wider world, from gaming to movies and mainstream journalism. Science journalists are starting to take advantage of the unique opportunities of virtual reality (VR), so it is time to gather some pioneers to learn from early examples of VR and discuss how best the rest of us might integrate it into our work. A piece of cardboard can turn a mobile device into an ersatz headset, and early work has shown that affordable cameras and software can produce successful immersive experiences. Prices and complexity should drop, so science journalists around the world should add immersive formats from VR to 360-degree video to augmented reality to their arsenal of media.

Cost: $20

Time:
Friday, October 12th, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
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Location:
Marvin Center, Room 307
Speaker(s):
Jenna Pirog
  Senior Director, Immersive Experiences, National Geographic
Organizer(s):
Rebecca Boyle
  Science journalist, freelance, St. Louis, Mo.
Katharine Gammon
  Freelance

Meeting schedule

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Friday, Oct. 12
Saturday, Oct. 13
Sunday, Oct. 14
Monday, Oct. 15
Tuesday, Oct. 16

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Friday, Oct. 12

12:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Check-in
Marvin Center, Great Hall (street level)

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

$ Getting Real: Science Writing in AR and VR
Marvin Center, Room 307
W SciWriUnited: A regional SciWri groups congress
Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

$ Interactive workshop: How to submit a successful pitch
Marvin Center, Room 405

3:30 pm to 4:15 pm

F Butterfly CRISPR workshop at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH lobby infodesk at 3:15.
F Tour of the Harlan Greenhouse at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH infodesk at 3:15.

4:30 pm to 5:15 pm

F Butterfly CRISPR workshop at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH lobby infodesk at 4:15.
F Tour of the Harlan Greenhouse at the GW Department of Biological Sciences
Science and Engineering Hall, 8th floor; check in at the SEH lobby infodesk at 4:15.

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

F Welcome reception
Science and Engineering Hall

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Diversity mixer
Stoney’s on L, 2101 L St. NW #103
Saturday, Oct. 13

7:30 am to 8:15 am

NASW membership meeting + light breakfast
Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom

8:00 am to 6:00 pm

Check-in
Marvin Center, Great Hall (street level)

8:30 am to 9:45 am

W Plenary: In the Trump era, whose job is it to build public trust in science?
Lisner Auditorium

10:15 am to 11:45 am

W Apocalypse how? The challenge of writing freshly about huge intractable problems
Lisner Auditorium
W Communicating ciencia II: Engaging the changing faces and voices of mass media
Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom
W Congratulations, you're a manager! Now what?
Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom
W How to get paid: Dealing with delinquent clients
Marvin Center, Room 309
W Optimizing Twitter for science communication
Jack Morton Auditorium

11:45 am to 2:00 pm

W Lunch break
Visit your choice of multiple local establishments for good eats + good company

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

$ Lunch Roundtable: Balancing Parenting and Freelancing
Marvin Center, 402-404

12:45 pm to 1:45 pm

W #SciWriMentoring
Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom
W Coping strategies for the stressed-out science writer
Marvin Center, Room 309

2:00 pm to 3:15 pm

W Preprints: Best practices for science journalists and communicators
Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom
W Raising your voice: Using essay techniques in science writing
Lisner Auditorium
W Show, not tell: The art of writing science videos
Jack Morton Auditorium
W Talking with young people about science in the age of #fakenews
Marvin Center, Room 309
W We've got the beat: How to create an area of expertise as a science writer
Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom

3:15 pm to 3:45 pm

W Afternoon Break
Marvin Center: Grand and Continental Ballrooms

3:45 pm to 5:00 pm

W Live interviewing: Science up close and personal
Jack Morton Auditorium
W Oh now I get it: Training scientists to communicate clearly
Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom
W Pitch Slam 2018: Get feedback from editors in real time
Lisner Auditorium
W So you think you want to edit?
Marvin Center, Continental Ballroom

5:15 pm to 6:30 pm

W Science writer for hire: A freelancer-editor-PIO meet-and-greet
Marvin Center, Room 309

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

F ScienceWriters Annual Awards Night
Washington Marriott Georgetown
Sunday, Oct. 14

7:45 am to 8:45 am

F Continental breakfast
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

7:45 am to 7:00 pm

F Exhibit Hall open
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

8:00 am to 11:00 am

F Check-in
Marvin Center Third Floor

8:45 am to 10:00 am

F Preventing violence against women and girls: What is the role of science?
Lisner Auditorium

10:05 am to 11:05 am

F Science + Science Writing: The Wild West of stem cell therapy
Lisner Auditorium
F Wounds, plants, and poisons: Zooming in on cellular processes to solve problems on the farm and battlefield
Jack Morton Auditorium

11:05 am to 11:30 am

F Coffee break
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

11:30 am to 12:30 pm

F Kilauea: High-tech observation gives scientists a look inside a restless planet
Lisner Auditorium
F Science + Science Writing: Weird science: Case studies in communicating quantum physics
Jack Morton Auditorium

12:30 pm to 2:30 pm

F Lunch with a Scientist
Various

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm

F Patrusky Lecture: Systemic flaws in the biomedical research enterprise
Lisner Auditorium

3:30 pm to 4:00 pm

F Coffee break
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

F Discovery, retraction, and crisis: How and why press reporting on science matters
Jack Morton Auditorium
F Troubled intersections: Police violence, gentrification, and HIV/AIDS prevention
Lisner Auditorium

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

F ScienceWriters reception
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom
Monday, Oct. 15

7:45 am to 8:30 am

F Continental breakfast
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

7:45 am to 5:00 pm

F Exhibit Hall open
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

8:30 am to 9:30 am

F A detailed X-ray map of the galactic plane
Jack Morton Auditorium
F Differential privacy: Science provides researchers and census-takers a better way to protect personal data
Lisner Auditorium

9:00 am to 10:40 am

F Tour of GW Nanofabrication and Imaging Center with emphasis on biomedical microscopy
Science and Engineering Hall, check in at lobby infodesk

9:35 am to 10:35 am

F Dams in Amazonia: A developing climate threat
Jack Morton Auditorium
F From no return: The Slave Wrecks Project and the 221-year journey of the slave ship São José
Lisner Auditorium

10:35 am to 10:50 am

F Coffee break
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

10:50 am to 11:50 am

F Apollo plus 50: The past, present, and future of the space program
Lisner Auditorium

11:50 am to 1:00 pm

Lunch break
Visit your choice of multiple local establishments for good eats + good company

12:00 pm to 12:45 pm

F Lunchtime yoga
GW Milken Institute School of Public Health

12:15 pm to 2:00 pm

F Tour of GW Nanofabrication and Imaging Center with emphasis on nanofabrication techniques
Science and Engineering Hall, check in at lobby infodesk

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

F Autism research: New questions about the developing brain
Lisner Auditorium

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

F Science + Science Writing: The Amazon in crisis
Lisner Auditorium

3:00 pm to 3:15 pm

F Coffee break
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and Continental Ballroom

3:00 pm to 4:45 pm

F Tour of GW Nanofabrication and Imaging Center with emphasis on biomedical microscopy
Science and Engineering Hall, check in at lobby infodesk

3:15 pm to 4:05 pm

F Climate science on trial
Lisner Auditorium

4:05 pm to 4:55 pm

F Chemical exposures and consumer health: The case of uterine fibroids
Lisner Auditorium
Tuesday, Oct. 16

8:00 am to 12:30 pm

F USP field trip: The science of quality standards
Rockville, MD. Van will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott GeorgetownD

8:00 am to 5:00 pm

$ National Association of Science Writers Information Access Summit
Marvin Center (800 21st Street NW) Room 309

8:30 am to 12:30 pm

F MedImmune field trip: Beyond biotech
Gaithersburg, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.

9:00 am to 12:00 pm

F Georgetown University Medical Center field trip: Just because we can, should we?
Washington, DC. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F University of Maryland: Next-generation engineering
College Park, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F University of Maryland: Quantum computing
College Park, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
F University of Maryland: Virtual and augmented reality
College Park, Md. Bus will depart/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.

9:00 am to 4:00 pm

F National Institute of Standards and Technology field trip: Not your standard tour
Gaithersburg, MD. Bus will depart from/return to the Washington Marriott Georgetown.
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