A new morning

So it's the morning after the night before, when I raised a glass to my departing friend and colleague Dr Christian Jarrett. As Editor of the Research Digest and Journalist on The Psychologist, Christian has given more than a decade of exemplary service to the British Psychological Society. Today we pause to pay tribute to him and to look ahead to an exciting new era for the Research Digest.To me, a job well done is about a legacy left. I can pay no greater compliment to Christian than to echo two sentiments I have heard repeatedly since he announced his departure. Firstly, the Research Digest has been a genuine 'game changer' in the way psychology is taught, reported and perceived. Secondly, to a large extent Christian has become the Research Digest: 'those are big shoes to fill', many have commented. (My Dad was a clown: now those are big shoes to fill).Over the past week or so, I have been sharing some of Christian's greatest hits on Twitter using the hashtag #psychwriter. It's some body of work: 259 issues of the fortnightly e-mail, well over 1500 journal articles digested, and numerous excellent features in his Psychologist journalist role. Some of my personal favourites: a host of special features on the Digest blog, including 'sin week', 'psychology to the rescue' and 'one nagging thing you still don't understand about yourself'; some phenomenally successful individual Digest posts; and features for The Psychologist on topics as diverse as holidays, horror, homelessnes...
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