Bonus 42: LingComm on a budget (plus the Lingthusiasm origin story) (Patreon)

We had many great applicants for the LingComm Grants and alas, were not able to fund them all. But we would love to see more linguistics communication projects exist! So we decided make this episode about how to start a lingcomm project on a budget. It may also be useful for other kinds of public engagement projects or if you just want to hear the Lingthusiasm origin story! 

In this bonus episode, Gretchen and Lauren get enthusiastic about how we got started doing linguistics communication when we were both broke grad students. We talk about the various stages we went through with launching our blogs, Superlinguo and All Things Linguistic, and of course this podcast a few years later! We give tips on how to come up with a topic, set a schedule, and promote your project, as well as the nitty-gritty details on free or low-cost ways to do  things like registering a website and starting a blog, podcast, or youtube channel.  

Announcements:

By popular demand, our IPA, Tree and Esoteric Symbol designs are now available on these new non-medical reusable fabric masks from Redbubble. On our store you’ll find the white IPA characters on black, red or navy, and the esoteric symbols in white on black or green on black. If you fancy another colour, or the tree design, we’ve made masks available on all of the scarf pages.

Also check out our Schwa (Never Stressed) pins, IPA scarves, IPA socks, and more at RedBubble.

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

• LingComm Grants on LingComm.org 
• All Things Linguistic post on weird internet careers  
• Gretchen’s LingComm Course outline/materials
• Taking Linguistics to the Public: An Outreach Guide
• Linguistics and the News Media: An LSA Guide for Linguists
• Web accessibility
• The Open Notebook - for science communication and science journalism
• It’s ok to ask for money by Get Bullish
• The Awesome Foundation 

You can listen to this episode on this page, via the Patreon RSS or download the mp3. A transcript of this episode is available as a google doc. Lingthusiasm is also on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter. Come chat with us and your fellow lingthusiasts on the Patreon Discord. Gretchen is on Twitter as @GretchenAMcC and blogs at AllThingsLinguistic and her book is Because Internet.  Lauren is on Twitter as @superlinguo and blogs at Superlinguo. 

Lingthusiasm is created by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. Our senior producer is Claire Gawne, our editorial producer is Sarah Dopierala, and our comms producer is Eleanor Bally, and our music is ‘Ancient City’ by The Triangles.