✍️Science Writing News Roundup #141
11 ways to diversify your images + Organizing your research + Science for Peace.
Watch the 2023 Science + Literature Ceremony: Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and The Cooper Union, the 2023 Science + Literature Ceremony celebrates the second cohort of Science + Literature selected titles: Dyke (Geology), Real Life, and Blockchain Chicken Farm. The program feature readings and conversation with authors Sabrina Imbler, Brandon Taylor, and Xiaowei R. Wang, moderated by Jennifer Baker, creator and host of the Minorities in Publishing podcast. Image: National Book on Foundation on Twitter (Beowulf Sheehan)
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🚩Resources
Organizing your research: A scientist’s tips for journalists. Maya Gosztyla, a Ph.D. candidate in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at the University of California San Diego, provides an overview of literature mapping tools, RSS feeds, research management software and databases to help journalists organize their research.
10 simple data errors that can ruin an investigation. Several data journalists discuss common data errors that have threatened or even ruined past investigative journalism projects. Read on to avoid these errors yourself.
11 ways to diversify your images: Inclusivity begins with visuals.
The best transcription platforms for journalists 👉Bonus content for monthly supporters.
📡Opportunities
Calls for pitches to write about health, climate, science and technology + Grants, courses, workshops, awards, and fellowships for writers👉Bonus content for monthly supporters.
📚Articles
Is ChatGPT a threat or an opportunity for journalism? Five AI experts weigh in. Francesco Marconi, Madhumita Murgia, Charlie Beckett and two startup founders discuss the impact of generative AI on the news industry.
Ten simple rules for socially responsible science: These rules are meant to help motivated scientists to reflect on their social responsibility as researchers and actively engage with the potential social impact of their research.
A Day in the Life of Amber X. Chen. Amber X. Chen is a freelance journalist who covers environmental justice. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, Atmos Magazine, Teen Vogue, and other publications.
Science for Peace: In tumultuous times, science diplomacy can help keep the world stable — if we let it. In an era of new wars and anti-globalization, we need science in our politics more than ever, Fintan Burke argues.
KSJ Alum Bethany Brookshire Shares the Backstory Behind ‘Pests’. Brookshire's debut book takes readers from the worshipped rats of the Karni Mata Temple to the hunted pythons of the Everglades, and asks: What can our pests tell us about ourselves?
📺Videos and Podcasts
David Quammen on Zoonotic Diseases and Future Pandemics Motivated by Human Actions
Karsh Conversations: Science Communication featuring Brittany Bridgen MS '14
📻News
Poultry Farming Investigation Wins 2023 McElheny Award: With "enterprise and persistence," The Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News and Observer uncovered the wide-ranging impact of an underregulated poultry industry.
Rainforest Investigations Fellow Yao-Hua Law Wins Sigma Award. The Sigma Awards celebrate the “best data journalism around the world.” Now entering their fourth year, the awards are committed to community-building and addressing urgent issues around the world.
🔎Events
Science Talk ’23 (April 6-7, 2023) is the annual conference by the Association of Science Communicators. Sessions include short talks, panels, and active workshops focused on all aspects of science communication. Science Talk ’23 is a hybrid conference taking place both in-person in Portland, Oregon, and with real-time online participation for speakers and attendees.
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