✍️Science Writing News Roundup #185
Writing Science Explainers for Local Audiences + The Investigative Agenda for Climate Change Journalism.
The Pulitzer Center announced its two 2024 Global Health Reporting Fellows, Shi En Kim and Aryana Noroozi. The Fellows, selected as part of their 2024 special call for global health-related story proposals, will each receive $4,000 to complete their projects on mental health and early childhood development. Funding for these fellowships comes from the Rockefeller Foundation. Graphic by Mikaela Schmitt for The Pulitzer Center.
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🌎Opportunities
Apply for the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism by March 1: Take your journalism skills to the next level and deepen your understanding of environmental issues by applying for the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism. Five accepted candidates will receive an $80,000 stipend, audit courses, participate in field trips and weekly seminars, and work on a significant project at the University of Colorado Boulder. More information can be found here.
Grants for reporting on Marine Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in Canada. The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites proposals from journalists or news outlets for reporting projects that cover Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) in Canada, with a particular focus on marine areas.
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📣Articles
From staff reporter to independent journalist: How to make the switch. Barbara Mantel spoke with Anna Medaris, who held staff positions for nearly 15 years, most recently at Business Insider, where she was a health correspondent. In this interview, Medaris discusses her approach to launching her freelancing career and offers tips to other journalists who may be thinking of making the same transition.
How one reporter tracked the money trail behind efforts to limit medical abortion. In this “How I did it,” Amanda Becker, the Washington correspondent for The 19th, discusses her reporting strategy for her “Dark money” story and offers resources to help other journalists covering similar topics.
Kat Arney on Science Communication and Entrepreneurship: How does a scientist write books, start a business, and freelance successfully? Ananyo Bhattacharya interviews Kat Arney, who has done all three—sometimes all at the same time!
🧰Resources
Writing Science Explainers for Local Audiences: Explainers can be a great way for local reporters to connect with their audiences and help them understand what they need to know about science and health topics, such as COVID-19, weather events, and water quality. The simplified format of explainers makes science more accessible for reporters, too, especially those looking to gain more confidence in covering this beat.
Full Report: The Investigative Agenda for Climate Change Journalism. At the 13th Global Investigative Journalism Conference, GIJN convened a one-day meeting of 80 climate change journalists and experts from 35 countries to discuss the role of investigative journalism in climate crisis reporting.
Tips and Insights for Climate Solutions Practice. How do you build trust with communities that are not yours? How do you tell their stories without being extractive or exploitative? How do you honor the lived experience of communities by centering their definitions of real solutions?
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🦠News
Could you be the next ABSW National Young Science Writer of the year? The Association of British Science Writers invites students to submit an 800-word essay on any subject in science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics.
The Bulletin welcomes 2024 Editorial Fellows: The Bulletin is thrilled to welcome Shayna Korol, Abi Olvera, and Chloe Shrager as 2024 editorial fellows and to announce that Bulletin climate change fellow, Chad Small, will return for a second year of the program.
Alumni Notes: The Earth, the Moon, and Everything Between. A recurring roundup of news about former KSJ Fellows, featuring Federico Kukso's compendium of what the fellows have been writing.
📹Videos/Podcasts
‘The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons’ with Journalist Sarah Scoles
HEATED Discourse: Media objectivity in an environmental crisis
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📅Events
RISJ Global Journalism Seminar: On holding AI accountable with Hilke Schellman (February 14, 2024)
Gun violence reporting certification: What it is and why journalists should get it (February 16, 2024)
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