✍️Science Writing News Roundup #178
These are Science News’ favorite books of 2023 + Opinion: Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist.
These are Science News’ favorite books of 2023: Books introducing emerging areas of science, as well as new looks at familiar fields, were among the Science News staff’s favorite science reads this year. (Image by Science News)
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🧰Resources
Expert reaction to The Global Tipping Points Report 2023. Scientists react to the Global Tipping Points Report 2023.
Advancing in the Art of Science Communication: C&EN’s 9-week guide is here to help you develop your science communication voice and choose the medium that best suits you.
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📻Opportunities
Climate Change Fellowship Programmes: Two Climate Change Fellowship Programmes for journalists in the Southern Neighbourhood will enable 20 fellows to tell a better climate story and inform their audience by creating stories that go beyond highlighting the problem and come with constructive solutions.
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📒Articles
Into the Wild: Reporting on Human-Wildlife Interactions: Wildlife stories are among the most captivating in science journalism. But when humans and wildlife interact, coverage often misses key context.
Two years, 400 journalists and 50 climate experts: Here’s what we learnt about how to report on climate change. Find a climate angle for something your audiences really care about and 13 more takeaways from the Oxford Climate Journalism Network.
Opinion: Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist. “Covering long Covid solidified my view that science is not the objective, neutral force it is often misconstrued as. It is instead a human endeavor, relentlessly buffeted by our culture, values and politics,” writes Ed Yong.
Americans Know About Solar. They Don’t Know the Paris Agreement. A number of terms used by climate activists, politicians, and communicators are unfamiliar to the majority of Americans.
From Reuters to The New York Times, Big Oil pays 'most trusted media brands' to push greenwashing. "As the business model for media has faltered, the fossil fuel industry has increasingly weaponised weaknesses to its benefit"
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📺Videos/Podcasts
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023: Livestream and Q&A - #SciFriBookClub
Lessons on Challenging Communication of Science in Society - 2023 Symposium Panel
Tools for Effective Communication - Closing Keynote by Faith Kearns
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🔭Events
AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2023 (December 11-15)
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🎯Jobs
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