Portfolio
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From concept to finished written product
Are your organization’s science stories being told?
I transform highly technical concepts and words into energetic, everyday language. It’s language that’s engaging and relevant to a broad audience. I mix science and style to energize your science communication projects, from success stories to TV scripts, blogs to books.
What you’ll get
- Experience from my work with hundreds of scientists.
- Research, interviews, writing, editing and fact checking of stories.
- Rapid turn-around to ensure you meet deadlines and opportunities.
- Broad scientific knowledge combined with excellent writing.
TV Documentary
The Quantum Tamers: Revealing Our Weird and Wired Future is an award-winning TV documentary for which I was the science writer. Watch the trailer here. Client: Co-produced by the Perimeter Institute
Web stories
A nationally distributed story booklet recounts true stories of Canadians’ experiences with endangered species. Download the Encounters in the Wild booklet PDF, or listen to the on-line audio versions Client: Parks Canada
Multimedia
Infographics are a powerful way of saying a lot with a few words. Developed as a pilot multi-media communications project with graphic design college students. See an infographic here. Client: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
News stories
Newsbureau promoting NSERC- funded research in everything from astrophysics to zoology, and profiles of Canada’s top science-prize winners. Download the PDF (104 Kb) Client: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Success stories
Success stories about NRC-IRAP funded projects across Canada. Client: National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) Download the PDF (588Kb PDF)
Feature stories
Feature stories in the award-winning DEIXIS magazine on high-performance computing at the U.S. Department of Energy Client: The Krell Institute Download PDF (138 Kb)
Newsletters
One in a series of three newsletters promoting federal government R&D in Ontario. Client: Communications Canada Download the PDF (380Kb PDF)
Watch Jacob’s 2008 Turning Science into Stories lectures
Presented at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, California