With Ebola impacting parts of Africa, and all the travel bans, I can already see stigmatizing language in the media
Journalists must do better and this essay offers some tips (with Annalisa Merelli)
10 best practices for equitable global health journalism
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I love my clients! I was delighted to receive a Starbucks gift card today after finishing a huge grant edit with a note reading “We could not be happier to work with you” #amediting #freelancelife
Overcast days create #negativespace. A brown pelican on a channel marker for #birdoftheday
I’m back at my desk today after vacation in new favorite places. I’m recharged after soaking up city life in Montréal and mountain time in Stowe, Vermont. Do you take time to recharge your #freelancelife? Here’s your reminder!
Hey, fellow freelance editors! Join the chat today about branding for your business. What's your niche? How do you stand out? #amediting #FreelanceFriends
Tini the turtle, the first known olive ridley sea turtle to nest in Florida 🌊 #naturesky
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On Florida, from THE ORCHID THIEF, by Susan Orlean:
“It has been added to, subtracted from, drained, ditched, paved, dredged, irrigated, cultivated, wrested from the wild, restored to the wild, flooded, platted, set on fire.”
#SundaySentence
UF researchers are working on a model to predict Vibrio levels and risk. The article gives an informative, rounded overview of risks. www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/05/23/a... #publichealth
If journalists want to help make global health more inclusive, they can start with these guidelines
These UC Davis researchers trained a GPT model to make “small, practical changes to improve nutritional quality”. I like the idea of using AI to tweak a few ingredients to make a meal more healthy. #nutrition #sciencesky
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Bemotrizinol, which will be available in August, is the first new FDA-approved over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen ingredient since 1999. Yes, mom, I'm wearing sunscreen.
#publichealth
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
Researchers with Loggerhead Marinelife Center have documented what they say is the first known olive ridley sea turtle nest in Florida.
An artificial intelligence framework that suggests just one to three ingredient swaps can make meals meaningfully more nutritious and less expensive, according to a new study published in PLOS Digital...
Q1: When you promote your freelance services/products, do you have a unique slant? What's your branding or differentiation that makes you stand out as the one to hire? Serving a niche audience? Your credentials? #FreelanceFriends
