✍️Science Writing News Roundup #152
Tech reporting and new digital tools for science journalism + Best practices in science journalism
2023 NASW Diversity Summer Fellowships provides promising trainees with supplemental stipends to pursue science writing careers: The seven recipients of the 2023 NASW Diversity Summer Fellowship. Top L-R: Saugat Bolakhe, Simar Bajaj, Erin Connolly, Bree Iskandar. Bottom L-R: Angel Kumari, Andrea Tamayo, Abdullahi Tsanni (Source: NASW. Courtesy of CUNY Newmark; Harvard University; Erin Connolly; UNC-Chapel Hill; Angel Kumari; Misty Jones Photography; Jon Sachs)
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🎞️Videos
ESMH Summer School 2023: ‘Storytelling in science’. The 2023 European Science-Media Hub (ESMH) Summer School ‘Storytelling in science’, with more than 80 participants from all over Europe, offers young media makers a unique opportunity to gain insight in science journalism, meet prominent journalists and researchers in science communication and learn from their experience.
Watch the webstreams:
• SESSION 1: The importance of science reporting, past lessons and future challenges
• SESSION 2: Hands-on training on science journalism/science communication
• SESSION 3: Science stories and public trust in the digital world
• SESSION 4: How to avoid the misinformation trap? Understanding science denialism via behavioural science
• SESSION 5: The importance of storytelling in science reporting
• SESSION 6: Best practices in science journalism, experiences
• SESSION 7: Tech reporting and new digital tools for science journalism (Chat GPT and more)
• SESSION EYE2023: Panel: Telling climate stories• SESSION EYE2023: Master class: Climate stories – narrating the change
How does Climate.gov talk climate and deal with misinformation.
⛳️Opportunities
NASW invites students, mentors for the Perlman Virtual Mentoring Program in science writing this summer. This summer, the Education Committee of the National Association of Science Writers is once again offering its virtual mentoring program for graduate and undergraduate students. NASW invites students and volunteer mentors to sign up to participate by 11:59 PM Pacific Time, June 23, 2023.
Call for Applications: Africa Science Journalism Awards (ASJA). The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) is launching the inaugural Africa Science Journalism Awards (ASJA) to uplift credible health, science and development reporting.
Calls for pitches to write about biodiversity, climate change, science and technology, and more + Grants, prizes, and fellowships for science writers👉Bonus content for monthly supporters.
💎Resources
Join the Authors of Nonfiction Books in Progress Group: This group is for people who are writing a book, or seriously ready to start the process, with a topic in mind. Most of them are science writers, but anyone who is writing about a researched topic (not memoir or fiction) can benefit.
Scaling the journal paywall: How (and why) to access to scholarly articles for your research.
Are you a reporter, writer or freelance journalist working on a science piece and need an expert? The ACS Experts program connects you with laboratory scientists and clinical researchers.
Solitary confinement in US prisons: A research-based primer.
A MuckRock guide on how to make sense of wildfire smoke and interpret data in real time.
The threat of mpox returns: How reporters should cover the disease.
How Investigative Journalists Can Fight Back Against New, Enhanced Surveillance Threats.
🌡️Articles
Connecting New York’s Smoky Skies With Climate: The best early coverage noted that climate change drives the wildfires whose toxic smoke now afflicts tens of millions of Americans.
Interview: Wudan Yan Digs into the Hidden Costs of Cryptocurrency. In her January story, “The Unrelenting Roar of a Crypto Mine Tore This Town Apart,” Yan describes how a cluster of crypto computers housed in Murphy uses a staggering amount of energy—enough to power 13,500 homes annually.
Media Training for Scientists Pt 3: Owning the Interview. According to science writer and PIO W. Matthew Shipman from North Carolina State University: “Scientists are often nervous about being interviewed by reporters. This is usually because they are worried that reporters will misrepresent their work or take their quotes out of context.”
🖼️Events
Climate change, the African context (June 12, 2023). If you are an aspiring journalist who wishes to take the 'Fundamentals of Climate and Environmental Reporting' e-course, please click here.
How to land a writing fellowship or grant: Join a Virtual Panel on "How to land a writing fellowship or grant" hosted by SWARM and featuring three expert panelists ranging from fellowship and grant awardees to managers. (June 16, 2023)
More events 👉Bonus content for monthly supporters.
📣Jobs and internships
Science writing jobs and internships👉Bonus content for monthly supporters.
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