✍️Science Writing News Roundup #128
10 best practices for equitable global health journalism + New AI writing assistants to try in 2023
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🎄Opportunities
CASW announces a fellowship for an early-career science journalist to accompany a major oceanographic expedition to Antarctica! The project will investigate how rapid glacier melting and associated processes are affecting the chemistry of the world’s oceans, a less-known aspect of global climate change.
Calls for pitches to write about education, food, climate, environment + Fellowships and travel grants for writers 👉Bonus content for monthly supporters.
👩💻Resources
Explanatory journalism MOOC will teach how to craft journalism that informs and engages audiences.
New AI writing assistants to try in 2023 👉Bonus content for monthly supporters.
🗺️Videos
Global Security Talk: Risks and Consequences of War in Ukraine (The Union of Concerned Scientists)
How journalists can make the most of Pinpoint, a new Google tool built with journalists in mind.
Writing for Impact: How Narrative Inspires Change (The Union of Concerned Scientists)
Science Journalists in MENA welcomes Catherine Offord (Senior Editor | The Scientist)
Communicating Uncertainty for Climate Change & Public Health Issues
Stefan Rahmstorf: The 2022 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication
First Draft: Conversations on Writing with Sandy Marie Bonny and Sarah Ens
🪶Articles
How the health care sector contributes to climate change: a research roundup and explainer. The medical system is responsible for a surprisingly large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions, and the toll is especially heavy in the U.S.
Three years on: How journalists have dug into every aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
10 best practices for equitable global health journalism: If journalists want to help make global health more inclusive, they can start with these guidelines.
Disinformation presents new challenges to environmental journalists.
A Day in the life of Priyanka Runwal: Priyanka Runwal is a science, health, and environment journalist from India based in New York City. She’s currently a science resident at National Geographic covering COVID-19, health, and medicine.
🎨News
New journalism master’s degree track focusing on science and technology receives campus funding. Students can earn the Master of Science in Journalism degree with a focus on science and technology journalism entirely online.
🕣Jobs
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