Magic Grant Profile: For their 2019-20 MagicGrant TechTweets, comp scientists @hmslydia, @katyilonka and science journalist @timrequarth look at a new form of science communication, the #tweetorial — a long-form Twitter thread written by scientists to explain scientific concepts.

the group has begun designing an online interactive guide to crafting a good #tweetorials, starting with the lede tweet. They are scaffolding the writing process into clear steps, prompting the user with questions about their writing.

Ultimately, the tool will use natural language processing techniques to identify a good lede, finding recent news articles that are similar to the writer's topic. It will also automatically identify noun phrases in the #tweetorial that might not be in a layperson's vocabulary.

Read more about their project at https://brown.columbia.edu/2019-20-magic-grant-profile-tech-tweets/. You will find profiles of other 2019-20 Magic Grants on our website as well https://brown.columbia.edu 

(OK we're just a little nervous posting this thread. How did we do, Tech Tweets?)

Do you have an idea that needs an interdisciplinary approach to develop new forms of journalism? Are you interested in building platforms to help tell stories? Perhaps a 2020-2021 Magic Grant is for you! Read more at https://brown.columbia.edu/now-accepting-applications-for-2020-2021-magic-grants/