Mun Keat Looi

9 lessons and reflections from Mosaic’s long form

Mosaic science, the beloved longform digital magazine I worked on as Commissioning and Growth Editor for the best part of a decade, shutters today. (You can read the whole archive here) It had a unique model and mission born in the optimism of the…

Hiroshima: after the bomb was dropped

“Looking up, the orange color of the sun, along with the sound of the plane overhead. As I covered my head a huge BANG came and the entire barracks was blown away, many people losing consciousness as a result. From behind a windowsill, the hell that…

Japan and nuclear science

Genshibakudan to Genshiryoku: Author’s note: This is my 2006 dissertation submitted as part of my Masters degree in Science Communication at Imperial College London. Much of it is still so relevant today. Introduction Japan’s uptake of western…

Genshibakudan to Genshiryoku: Japan and nuclear science

Genshibakudan to Genshiryoku: Japan and nuclear science Author’s note: This is my 2006 dissertation submitted as part of my Masters degree in Science Communication at Imperial College London. Much of it is still so relevant…

Tips for (science) writing

The University of the West of England are running an interesting science writing competition and asked a bunch of writers for their tips for potential entrants. Here are mine. When you’re really into a topic, it’s easy to think that everyone else…

What does success look like in the digital magazine age? (Or How to track qualitative metrics using Pinterest and Upwork)

I work for a funny little magazine. It’s online only, and published by a non-profit charitable foundation. Moreover, it purposefully gives all its content away for anyone to republish, for free — we care not whether someone reads it on our website or…