✍️Science Writing News Roundup #184
How to Start a Book + NASW Diversity Summer Fellowship + How to meet your freelance business goals.
The Open Notebook introduced their newest early-career fellows, Kate Fishman, Emma Gometz, and Claudia López-Lloreda. With generous support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Kate, Emma, and Claudia will each spend ten months working with individual mentors and the TON editorial team to report and write articles on the craft of science journalism for The Open Notebook.
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📚Articles
The Ed's Up - How to Start a Book: Here’s a real-time account of what Ed Yong has been doing for the past few months.
Opinion: Why does science journalism matter? Good science journalism is often taken for granted, but it’s never been more important. With reporting jobs under threat and key issues such as climate change becoming increasingly urgent, Bianca Nogrady argues that it’s time to pay attention and support this crucial craft.
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🎨Resources
How to meet your freelance business goals: Setting goals, creating a freelance business plan, outlining quarterly objectives — no matter what you call the process — it sounds like a lot of work. But it’s worth the time and effort because planning for the future can lead to more satisfying writing gigs, less stress and greater income.
Develop your science writing skills with a short online course: Do you want to hone your science writing skills? The Science Communication Unit at UWE Bristol is offering a 10-week online course that will give participants the confidence and know-how to write clear, engaging stories.
Connection for Caregivers: Introducing NASW’s peer buddy resource pilot project. Sign up to join NASW Peer Support for Caregivers by February 29 and choose a peer buddy who understands the challenges of caregiving to share experiences, set goals, and grow together.
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🌎News
NASW issues statement on generative A.I. tools. The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) commit to not using generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT or Bard to replace work done by human writers and editors.
👩🚀Opportunities
Apply by April 1 for the 2024 NASW Diversity Summer Fellowship: To help make internship opportunities accessible to a diverse pool of talent, the National Association of Science Writers will offer the NASW Diversity Summer Fellowship for talented students and early-career science communicators undertaking summer internships.
2024 Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists: It’s the 26th anniversary of this immersive program, and this year will have a special focus on water issues and climate change. Fellows will dive deep into issues such as water quality, plastics and public health, and ecosystem restoration, all through a social justice lens.
Submit a session proposal for ScienceWriters2024: The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) will host ScienceWriters2024 in Raleigh, N.C. this Nov. 8 through Nov. 11.
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🎟️Videos
‘Dangerous Deliveries’: The Spread of America’s Maternity Care Deserts
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🗺️Events
Solutions Journalism 101 Webinar (February 6, 2024)
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🔬Jobs and internships
Science Editor at Newsweek (Remote, Germany)
Germany Energy Reporter at Bloomberg (Frankfurt or Berlin)
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