✍️Science Writing News Roundup #103 (June 23, 2022)
How do I pitch an idea to a science editor? + Important things to consider before you become a full-time freelance journalist.
5 things journalists need to know about statistical significance. Statistical significance is a highly technical, nuanced mathematical concept. Journalists who cover academic research should have a basic understanding of what it represents and the controversy surrounding it.
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Opportunities
Calls for pitches: Write about science & technology, human evolution, archaeology, environment, climate, biology, healthcare, environmental justice, mental health, journalism, and mathematics. [Bonus content for monthly supporters🚀]
Entries for CASW’s Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award are due Thursday, June 30. Choose your best work and get your entry submitted! Science journalists 30 and under are eligible.
The Bertha Foundation is accepting candidates for the 2023 Bertha Challenge, an opportunity for activists and investigative journalists to spend a year working on one pressing social justice challenge and to deliver a body of work at the end of the Fellowship year.
Resources
How do I pitch an idea to a science editor? + Important things to consider before you become a full-time freelance journalist + How to find diverse expert sources [👉Bonus content for monthly supporters]
Quotes from experts on COVID-19 vaccinations for young children.
A new satellite tool shows you how the planet’s landscape changes day by day: From forests and wetlands to urban development, color-coded maps explore Earth’s evolution in great detail. 🌏
New tip sheet explores aging in American Indian/Alaskan Native populations.
A closer glance at long COVID: What to know. Two physicians and two long COVID researchers present a primer on what we know about the condition and what remains a mystery. 😷
Articles
A science writer with comedic timing profiles an alligator with star power. A newcomer to the Los Angeles Times pings off an obscure anniversary to retell the story of an unlikely celebrity. 🐊
Truthful climate reporting shifts viewpoints, but only briefly, study finds. Ohio State University researchers gauged responses to climate science versus scepticism and suggest facts bear repeating.
News
Podcasts
Joss Fong (Senior Editorial Producer at Vox.com) discusses the challenges of visually communicating science concepts in video. 📹
Meryl Horn (Producer at Science Vs) discusses how she and her team make the Spotify original podcast Science Vs, conveying science-based takes on current issues.
David McRaney (Author and Host of You Are Not So Smart) provides his take on communicating insights from psychology via writing and podcasting.
Videos
Harvard Science Book Talk: John Colapinto, "This is the Voice"
2022 Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
Talking Shop | Connecting Food & Water to the Climate Story 🍇
Events
Global Fact 9 | Global Fact-Checking Conference by the International Fact-Checking Network | Poynter (June 22-25, 2022)
The Hollywood Climate Summit (June 23-26, 2022)
Living with Climate Change: Extreme Heat (June 24, 2022)
Mental health and journalism: How journalists can responsibly report on it and take care of themselves (June 27-July 30, 2022)
Why Sharks Matter book talk with author David Shiffman (June 28, 2022) 🦈
Telling the Story of Racism in American Health Care (June 28, 2022)
The ocean crisis: how to take a journalistic dive? (June 29, 2022)
Press Briefing: Climate, Hunger and the Future of Food (June 29, 2022) 🫕
Anti-Hackathon: Learn to protect yourself from hacking—someone breaking into your account or device to steal your data, impersonate you, or surveil you. (June 30, 2022)
Hope & Justice: The latest shifts in the climate solutions media landscape (June 30, 2022)
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