✍️Science Writing News Roundup #102 (June 16, 2022)
The pitch as hypothesis: How stories evolve through reporting + New must-read book for reporters tackles ageism
The pitch as hypothesis: How stories evolve through reporting. Pedro Márquez-Zacarías explores how stories can evolve through reporting. What do you do when the idea you successfully pitched starts to disintegrate? How do you tell when to jump ship and when to regroup and forge ahead?
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🧶 Opportunities
Calls for pitches: Write about health, science, nonfiction storytelling, and more [Bonus content for monthly supporters]
☄️ Resources
Learn how to develop and pitch non-fiction books for children + Visualize the systems in your reporting and learn how to use systems thinking + Grants for investigative journalism and rare diseases + Where to find diverse sources for your stories. [Bonus content for monthly supporters]
New must-read book for reporters tackles ageism: In this Q&A, Tracey Gendron shares what journalists should keep in mind when reporting on aging concerns.
☕️ Articles
Launching a career in science journalism. What next after science journalism training? How does a new science journalist hit the road running? How can they earn a living in science journalism?
Vaccinated at the ball: A true story about trusted messengers. Highlighting a recent article in the American Journal of Public Health, a comics journalist tells the story of an effort to increase COVID vaccination rates in Chicago's House Ball community.
National study highlights rural-urban and racial disparities in cancer survivorship.
📢 News
🖼️ Videos
2022 West Coast Climate Crisis Symposium Sessions. Sessions from the symposium, put on by SoCal Science Writers at UCLA. Designed to better inform science journalists about climate change.
Lessons from climate change communication: Talk Back Better Webinar Series
Understanding digital communities & social media: Talk Back Better Webinar Series
Investigating high consequence biological events of unknown origin
📆 Events
The ocean-climate nexus: let’s take a dive in! (June 16, 2022)
Learn how to protect yourself from doxing (the publishing of private personal information, like your home address or cell phone, without your consent) (June 16, 2022)
The 2022 Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons (June 20, 2022)
International Webinar: Communicating the climate emergency (June 20-24, 2022)
Media Coverage of Climate Change [Arabic] (June 21, 2022)
Climate Conversations: Water Justice (June 22, 2022)
Oceans of Solutions: Covering 'Blue Climate' and Ocean-Based Climate Strategies (June 22, 2022)
Experts on Camera: Dr. Jean Tsao: Ticks, the diseases they cause, and how to avoid them (June 22, 2022)
Global Fact 9 | Global Fact-Checking Conference by the International Fact-Checking Network | Poynter (June 22-25, 2022)
📌 Jobs and internships
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