Sheeva Azma
#SciPol & #SciComm girlie, @FancyComma. Neuroscientist-journalist studying news ecosystem PTSD. Congress & bipartisanship stan. Proud MIT 🦫 & Gtown 🐶 grad!
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5 days ago |
fancycomma.com | Sheeva Azma |byFancy Comma
By Sheeva AzmaEngaging voters early in the campaign is key, writes Ben McGuire. Analyzing (and optimizing) large troves of campaign data can help. Outside of political campaigns, data is crucial to help make important decisions — using analytics to drive decision-making at major companies is something that is pretty standard. The data is often plentiful — too plentiful — and the most difficult task is to analyze it and see in what ways it can aid in decision-making.
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1 week ago |
fancycomma.com | Sheeva Azma |byFancy Comma
By Sheeva AzmaAs science policy professionals, we are more than the impressive job titles and institutions on our resumes. As I have previously written, Congressional staffers and interns work really hard. There’s a lot to do and it keeps changing every day. Especially given our elected lawmakers’ need to opine and establish policy based on the 24/7 breaking news ecosystem — as leaders tend to do — it can really be a lot.
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2 weeks ago |
fancycomma.com | Sheeva Azma |byFancy Comma
By Sheeva AzmaOne thing I wish more people — not just scientists interested in policy, but everyone in the US — knew about how our government works here in the US is how hard Congressional staffers and interns really work. It’s important to know what sacrifices your government makes to support you as constituents, and it’s also good to know as a reality check for scientists who want to, like me, work in Congress.
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3 weeks ago |
fancycomma.com | Sheeva Azma |byFancy Comma
By Sheeva AzmaWhat if society normalized scientists working in Congress? I think that we should. Have you, as a scientist, or person with a science background, ever considered working in Congress? I mean, like, really considered working there: being a nerdy scientist amidst a sea of politicians and poli-sci and government majors (as I once was). What’s been holding you back?
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1 month ago |
fancycomma.com | Sheeva Azma |byFancy Comma
By Sheeva AzmaBefore Jonny Kim was an astronaut, he was a retired Navy Seal and an emergency medicine resident who looked forward to shopping at Market Basket for its delicious, sweet cornbread. NOTE: I wrote this article based on an interview I did with NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim, who recently launched to the International Space Station with the SpaceX Crew-10 Mission, and I pitched it to a few journalism outlets, who passed on it.
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Amazing that they have not entirely done away with public input at HHS, but if I were to attend this, I would not know where to begin with the reprioritization and politicization of US science. We've got to do better. #SciPol
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