Thread by @karlajstrand

Next up @nwsa is Teaching and Writing Public Scholarship with @fourthwaveprof, @MicheleTBerger, Michelle McGibbney Vlahoulis, Karon Jolna, Irasema Coronado, @DrNMGH. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19 @GWSLibrarian

@nwsa @fourthwaveprof @MicheleTBerger @DrNMGH @GWSLibrarian Karon Jolna is moderating. She starts by describing Ms and Ms in the Classroom. Connecting to feminists of tomorrow. More than a magazine, it's a movement. @MsMagazine #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Guidotti-Hernandez: More places to do public-facing scholarship than before. Opportunity to look beyond academic work. Lessons: Less is more, write for your mom, make it accessible, translate feminist issues to public that is deluged w anti-feminist msgs. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Guidotti-Hernandez: Main audience is Gen Z. Ms just hired a social media coordinator who will do distro work in new and vital ways. So important to have public facing aspects of feminist academic work we do. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Berger: Uses Ms in the Classroom with her 2k students a year. She helped to pilot this. She also suggested creating Ms readers.
Jolna: Faculty have access to all Ms in the Classroom content for free. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

.@fourthwaveprof : In 2009, Aviva participated in a Ms workshop aimed at writing. Popular press useful in teaching; cross pollination between public writing, scholarship, and pedagogy. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

@fourthwaveprof Coronado: Took Ms in the Classroom workshop, uses Ms in the Classroom in grad classes. Students really liked it: no ads, engaging.
Jolna: In Ms, we end all articles w solutions, actions, orgs, etc. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Sorry wrong Michelle - this should be attributed to Michelle McGibbney Vlahoulis.

@fourthwaveprof Berger: Wrote a book and Ms approached her to write a feature on her work. Ms is very supportive and helpful re: writing process. Working in Ms community has been transformative. Don't wait for them to ask you but pitch ideas.#nwsa2019 #nwsa19

This is an important time for #feminist academics to write for the popular press. More universities are pushing public scholarship. Writing for popular press helps create space and creativity for academic writing. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Popular press writing is a great way for students to find your work and your academic programs. It's a great exercise to synthesize lots of data into a concise, accessible format. Your books can be reviewed. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Your popular press work can become required readings in class which can help w academic advancement. Include analytics (hits, etc.) from online writing as well. Popular press writing can reach public who don't have access to paid databases. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Can use Ms covers - evolution of them - to see that feminism is historically embedded, that it's visual and creative as well. Have students pick their favorite articles. Use Ms in the Classroom in intro classes. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Ms in the Classroom for intro classes: have students pick the articles, have them compare Ms articles to articles in other mags, writing assignments in conjunction w articles. Readers are Ms articles curated into topics. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Idea: Student choice weeks. Ask students to vote on topics for which articles are provided by Ms but that are not already in your syllabus. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

A new digital reader is coming about gender, sexuality, and social justice movements. M. Bahati Kuumba and Tricia Lin are editing this volume. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Writing: The biggest barrier is just doing it. Frame writing as: why this now? Why is this topic important right now? Why should readers care at this particular moment? #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Another question: why you? Why are you the person to write this particular article?
Other advice: find out what the magazine wants - a short pitch? A full draft? Usually less is more. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

.@DrNMGH: Popular press is more urgent than academic writing. Tell the magazine why the article must be written right now. How are you intervening in the conversation in the now? What is the one thing you want readers to take away from article. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Btw, READ THIS ARTICLE> #Feminicidio Close to Home: Remembering Dr. Raquel Padilla Ramos by @DrNMGH msmagazine.com/2019/11/11/fem… #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Other advice: You can write outside your areas of expertise. Most journalists are generalists. Be prepared for trolls when you are a public scholar. Have conviction, integrity, a thick skin, and don't read the comments. #nwsa2019 #nwsa19

Advice: Keep an idea journal. Writing is a practice. There's also a high potential for impact in popular press writing. Unlearn academic tongue for this type of writing.
Ask yourself: 1. Why now? 2. Why you? 3. Why Ms? #nwsa2019 #nwsa19