Season 4, Episode 1: Eva Amsen

Eva Amsen, PhD. Photo from Easternblot.net. Photographer: Rannie Turingan For our series four opener, we talk with Freelance writer, editor and science communicator Eva Amsen, PhD who joined us in the middle of her night from London. Eva got her PhD at the University of Toronto where she started a blog, EasternBlot.net . During her PhD, Eva had already decided that she didn’t want to pursue a faculty career. Through her blogging experience, she freelanced through the economic crash of 2008 just after her PhD. Giving herself a one year deadline post PhD to find a job, she landed a job at the journal Development to start their still-existing (and excellent) blog, The Node . While she has had full time jobs in the last decade, Eva is now a full time freelancer again and we discuss the nature of freelancing and finding work, the job that is communicating science, and her project Share Your Sci (hint: have a specific audience in mind). Eva’s Bio Eva Amsen is a writer and science communicator, focused on the common ground between science and the arts. She runs a quarterly  newsletter  highlighting collaborations and overlap between scientists and musicians. Eva has written about science in culture and society for  Nautilus ,  The Scientist ,  Spacing Magazine  and other places — including the  science blog  she has maintained since her days as a PhD student in Toronto. Eva also runs  Share Your Sci  and helps researchers communicate their work. You can follow Eva on Twitter @easternblot.net . Show Notes Book Ian mentioned: Hiding in The Bathroom: An Introvert’s Roadmap to Getting out there when you’d Rather Stay Home by Morra Aarons-Mele .

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