✍️Science Writing News Roundup #158
Reporting on a warming planet + Imagining the future of nuclear risk + Covering high-risk lab accidents and the COVID-19 origins story.
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🧭Opportunities
Are you a young African journalist (18-35 years) passionate about climate change reporting and would love to report on COP28? Climate Tracker is looking for four fellows from Africa who will join a global team of journalists to cover the global climate summit in-person and virtually from November 30, 2023 – December 12, 2023.
Call for Applications: Communicators’ Workshop on Renewable Energy in Patna, India. Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) invites communicators from India to join a workshop on renewable energy in Patna from September 15-17, 2023. Communicators from Bihar are especially encouraged to apply.
Calls for pitches to write about climate change, science, and more + Grants for science writers 👉Bonus content for monthly supporters.
🌴Articles
Covering the Atomic File: A look back at the June 2023 workshop for journalists in New Mexico, organized by Atomic Reporters together with the University of New Mexico and Outrider Foundation, supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
A Day in the Life of Megan Molteni. Megan Molteni is a science reporter at STAT covering genomics, synthetic biology, longevity science, and reproductive technologies.
Growing As a Science Writer: “How I bridge the gap between my love of art, nature, and science” by Katia Tarasava.
Ten simple rules for scientists engaging in science communication: Brittney G. Borowiec describes 10 simple rules for planning, developing, and evaluating science communication activities.
🌤️Videos
Webinar: Covering high-risk lab accidents and the COVID-19 origins story.
Eric Schlosser, Author of ‘Command and Control’ (Covering the Atomic File).
Matt Korda, Federation of American Scientists (Covering the Atomic File).
Podcasts
🍯News
Nominations for The Open Notebook's book of annotated science stories. TON will select a number of outstanding stories and annotate them to analyze what makes them successful. The resulting book of annotated stories will be published by the University of Chicago Press in 2025. Nominations will close on August 15, 2023.
Young Science Writer of the Year Award winner named by Association of British Science Writers, Ri and BBC The Association of British Science Writers (ABSW), the Royal Institution (Ri) and the BBC have named 14-year-old Richael Forson as this year’s winner of the Young Science Writer of the Year Award.
Nominations for the European Science Journalist of the Year 2023 Award. Each year the European Federation for Science Journalism seeks to find and reward the best science journalist in Europe, with the prestigious European Science Journalist of the Year Award and 1000 Euros for the winner, plus 500 Euros for two runners up. Entries are in, and the judging has begun!
🌏Resources
Expert reaction to ongoing heatwaves in Europe and the US: The Science Media Centre has had a lot of questions from journalists about the ongoing heatwaves in Europe and the US, so here are some comments from scientists.
‘Artificial Escalation’: Imagining the future of nuclear risk. The possibility of AI integration into weapons of mass destruction is now very real.
📆Events
World Weather Attribution (WWA) Europe, North America and China heatwaves media briefing (July 24, 2023)
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🖱️Jobs and internships
Associate Editor at The National Audubon Society. This position can either be remote or hybrid in the NYC office. Applicants should include a cover letter with links to some clips.
More jobs and internships 👉Bonus content for monthly supporters.
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