✍️Science Writing News Roundup #104 (June 29, 2022)
5 things to know now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade + How to ensure diverse viewpoints in abortion coverage.
5 things to know now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Access to abortion will be highly uneven across the U.S.
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Resources
How to write popular science books (👉Bonus content for monthly supporters)
7 things I wish I knew before becoming a freelance science writer.
Expert insight and resources for covering Paxlovid and other COVID-19 treatments. 😷
Expert voices on food, water and climate change: Here’s a list of experts available for comment along with their contact details. 🍽️
Report: International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2022. The results indicate there is still a critical need for basic climate change communication worldwide. 🧑🎓
How people access and think about climate change news: The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism provides insights which may help newsrooms in their thinking about how to cover such a complex issue, as well as how to generate audience interest.
Opportunities
Calls for pitches: Write about Roe v. Wade, surveillance, climate change, science for kids, science & tech, medicine, archaeology (Bonus content for monthly supporters🚀)
Greystone Books is currently looking for submissions of proposals for nonfiction science and nature books written for an adult audience. They publish books across North America and in the UK. 📖
The Pulitzer Center is seeking applications from journalists who want to report stories as part of Connected Coastlines, a nationwide climate reporting initiative in U.S. coastal states. ⛵
Applications are now open for the second of three 2022 Bruno Reporting Fellowships. Journalists working in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and Africa are especially encouraged to apply.
EJN is offering story grants to journalists from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Vietnam to report on viral zoonotic diseases and efforts to prevent their spillover from animals to humans.
InfoVacina Trainee is a four-month online science journalism mentoring program in Brazil. 15 young journalists from Brazil will have the opportunity to report on vaccines and immunization. 💉
Articles
Five ways to become a savvier AI reporter: As an investigative reporter covering AI in the world of work, Hilke Schellmann has learned to distinguish hype from reality. 🧑💻
How to adapt your writing for a global audience: English is the closest thing we have to a global language, but extra effort is needed to make sure English-language journalism can be understood globally.
What is the future of automated fact-checking? Fact-checkers discuss.
A day in the life of Ferris Jabr. Ferris Jabr is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and Scientific American. He is writing a book about the coevolution of Earth and life.
Science Media Days in Madrid: Interview with Patricia Fernández de Lis. Patricia is a multi award winning science and technology journalist and Chief-Editor of Materia, El País’ science section.
Podcasts
David Nussbaum (Founder of Psychgeist Media) shares how to pitch and write Op-Ed articles that bring science to bear on current events.
Videos
The Big Story: After Roe. A Conversation With Adrienne LaFrance, Mary Ziegler, and David French
What Does the Future of Innovation Look Like? | The Next Scientific Revolution
Press Briefing: Hunger, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Food
Fiona Broom and Charles Pensulo on Reporting from the Global South
Why Sharks Matter: A book talk and Q&A with author David Shiffman
Harvard Science Book Talk: Stephanie Preston, "The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others"
Events
Covering Climate Now Joint Coverage Week (June 27 - July 1, 2022)
Anti-Hackathon: Learn to protect yourself from hacking (June 30, 2022)
How and why journalists and civil society organizations work together (June 30, 2022)
Hope & Justice: The latest shifts in the climate solutions media landscape (June 30, 2022)
The climate crisis continued: Successes and setbacks as the build-up to COP27 begins (June 30, 2022)
Debate: Is reproductive health safe in the global South? (July 7, 2022)
ECSJ 2022 – European Conference of Science Journalism (July 10-13, 2022)
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