Writing & editing

Original art by Eleanor Spring

I have been writing, editing and proofreading science communication articles since 2011. I aim to make my writing both informative and engaging. I strongly believe that if I use jargon that my reader cannot understand, then that is a failing of myself as a writer.

Screenshot of my ‘Concealing the Cosmos’ blog, hosted and posted on the ESOblog.

Blog articles

I will be posting more blog post on this website, but I already have some blog articles published.

Most recently I was proud to write an article for the ESO Blog, detailing how light pollution affects astronomers and society in general (published 2019)

ARTICLES

Words

Raspberry Pi, the £30 computer (2016), The Student
Science behind Spiderman’s superpowers (2016), The Student
Alan Turing Institute opens (2016), The Student
A solution to the black hole information paradox (2016), The Student

Article in development (platform used: Overleaf)

NGC 2467, the Pirate of the Southern Skies. Image credit: ESOThe process of getting to the final product is typically highly collaborative, with many people, including science fact checkers, contributing the the piece. However, they will typically h… — NGC 2467, the Pirate of the Southern Skies. Image credit: ESO
The process of getting to the final product is typically highly collaborative, with many people, including science fact checkers, contributing the the piece.
However, they will typically have an author who writes the first draft at least, and so shapes the piece. For the pieces I have listed here, I either wrote the first draft, or heavily rewrote it.
The ESO and Hubble Space Telescope press releases do not credit the author, co-authors, editors and proof readers.
Would you like confirmation that I was the main author on these pieces? No problem!
Get in touch with me and I will provide you with an independent reference to get in contact with.

Press releases as Primary Author

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Deepest Ever Look into Orion (2016)
Stellar Outburst Brings Water Snow Line Into View (2016)
White Dwarf Lashes Red Dwarf with Mystery Ray (2016)
Astronomers observe star reborn in a flash (2016)
ALMA Uncovers Secrets of Giant Space Blob (2016)
Hubble helps find light-bending world with two suns (2016)
ALMA Catches Stellar Cocoon with Curious Chemistry (2016)
The Milky Way’s Ancient Heart (2016)
Observable Universe contains ten times more galaxies than previously thought (2016)
The Pirate of the Southern Skies (2018), ESO Press Release

Scripts

Words

ESOcast 87: Planet found around closest Star (2016, co-author)
Hubblecast 95: The impact of astronomy on our technological world (2016, first author)

The ESOcast logo. Credit: ESO

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