Totally agree, there are publications out there that are starting to bridge the gap. But really now more and more academics are taking to twitter and sharing their research in a more public way often with much of the field specific jargon tempered because of the platform.

I just published an article in an open-access book on digital methods in my field which is available here: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/b97890...