✍️Science Writing News Roundup #119 (October 15, 2022)
Meet the recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced the inaugural recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication. Supported by Schmidt Futures, these prestigious awards recognize science journalists and research scientists who have developed creative, original work that addresses issues and advances in science, engineering, and/or medicine for the general public.
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What reporters should know about monkeypox. To help debunk myths and misinformation about the monkeypox virus, ICFJ hosted Dr. Islam Hussein, a virologist and drug discovery researcher, in a webinar titled "Reporting on Monkeypox."
Issue Backgrounder: COP27 Egypt — From Afar, How UN Meeting Will Affect Climate Change Reporting. If ever there was a time for international progress on climate heating, 2022 is it. But the Nov. 6-18 COP27 meeting in Egypt of nations subscribing to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has a cloudy, even dim, outlook.
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How to create news for younger audiences. In a recent webinar, “News for kids: what it can teach us,” editors who produce news for children discussed their methods for engaging and informing young people on the news.
Vientos Alisios: Integrating traditional knowledge into science journalism. From water management to public health, journalists in the Amazon basin combine scientific research with local knowledge to help communities understand issues that affect them.
Promotional “hype” language has increased substantially in NIH grant applications. Hype might bias the evaluation of research and can undermine clarity. Some of these terms may be appropriate in context, while others are gratuitous or buzzwords that journalists should be cautious not to echo.
📡 Events
ScienceWriters2022 (October 12-25, 2022)
National Press Foundation: Covering Rare Diseases 2022 (October 17-19, 2022)
Media Briefing: Covering COP27 (October 18, 2022)
Why do we keep blowing it? Covid, monkeypox and the next pandemic (October 18, 2022)
Financial Management for Freelancers: A Masterclass (October 18, 2022)
Training Opportunity in Arabic: Science Communication Basics Workshop (October 18, 2022)
Covering COP27, From Afar and on Site (October 19, 2022)
Climate Conversations: Extreme Heat (October 20, 2022)
“Together for implementation” – How to report on COP27 in an energy crisis (October 20, 2022)
Covering Food Insecurity: Access, hunger, and empathetic reporting about a basic need (October 21, 2022)
Rethinking Cities in the Face of Extreme Heat (October 26, 2022)
SciCommers Mentor Chat Series - Meet the Editors (October 27, 2022)
MediaFest22 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C. (October 27-30, 2022)
Science Journalism Forum (October 29 - November 4, 2022)
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