Half way through - already!
I'm half way through my stint at Times Higher, which is hard to believe - still struggling to learn how to write as a journalist. It's hard to report what others have said and not slip in my own take on things - 'editorialising' as it's called. I did my first phone interview yesterday with a professor in New York - having had several email exchanges with various people. It certainly gave me fresh material, for an article on self-plagiarism (for those who think that's an oxymoron, read the article!). I also went to my first outside meeting - a briefing on climate modelling with Professor Alan Thorpe, Director General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), at the Wellcome Foundation on Euston Road. Only about 10 people were there, including Susan Watts from the BBC who asked a question about cloud physics.
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| Bikes, bikes - but is there a space to dock mine? |
I'm half way through my stint at Times Higher, which is hard to believe - still struggling to learn how to write as a journalist. It's hard to report what others have said and not slip in my own take on things - 'editorialising' as it's called. I did my first phone interview yesterday with a professor in New York - having had several email exchanges with various people. It certainly gave me fresh material, for an article on self-plagiarism (for those who think that's an oxymoron, read the article!). I also went to my first outside meeting - a briefing on climate modelling with Professor Alan Thorpe, Director General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), at the Wellcome Foundation on Euston Road. Only about 10 people were there, including Susan Watts from the BBC who asked a question about cloud physics.
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| An electric car plugged in outside the office. |
I've been using the TFL
Barclays bikes (better known as Boris bikes) here for the first time and found
them really useful, although struggled to release them from the docking station
until someone explained you have to lift the back wheel - nowhere does it tell
you this. The main problem is finding a space at your destination, which can take longer than the journey. On Wednesday
eveing I cycled about 2 miles to join
another media fellow, Hamish, and some people from the British Science Association
at a Science Museum 'late' opening (adults only, so they can play on the hands-on stuff unpestered). I spent about
15 minutes, first to find the docking
point at South Ken. was full, then going up to an almost empty one on Princes Gate which is a
fair walk from the museum. But it's only
£1 for 24 hours access, and for that rides under 30 minutes are free. They are easy and fun to
ride, and of course you don't have to worry about security once the bike is redocked.
There are so many cyclists in London now that it is reaching a 'tipping point' for tranport
around the centre.
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