✍️Science Writing News Roundup #189
Communicating the climate crisis in word and image + AI-generated images and video are here: how could they shape research?
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🌏Articles
Six Ways to Cover the Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture: Environmental journalists who want to tackle this topic have their work cut out for them, but there are plenty of angles for them to choose from.
What to know before covering the next mass shooting: Covering mass shootings requires careful, measured reporting, both when it’s breaking news and in follow-up coverage. Here are some best practices to keep in mind.
AI-generated images and video are here: how could they shape research?
Scientists are already using image-generating models to jazz up papers and presentations. But some say these tools could harm research.
Author Mentions in Science News Reveal Widespread Disparities Across Name-inferred Ethnicities. Media outlets play a key role in spreading scientific knowledge to the public and raising the profile of researchers among their peers. Yet, how journalists choose to present researchers in their stories is poorly understood.
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🎨News
The Society of Environmental Journalists' Fund for Environmental Journalism has awarded $47,605 for 11 projects selected through the 2023-24 round of competition for stories on the U.S. Clean Energy Transition.
Meet the New Cohort of the Rainforest Investigations Network, an Initiative of the Pulitzer Center. The new cohort of investigative journalists includes nine Fellows from six countries, with the majority based in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia.
🖥️Videos & Podcasts
Science and Technology Journalism: Lily Canter and Emma Wilkinson speak to science and technology reporter Chris Baraniuk who regularly writes for the BBC, New Scientist, BMJ, the Economist and Wired. Chris discusses how to write about complex issues when you have no scientific background and how he comes up with story ideas like farming fish on the moon.
How To Use Ocean Data for Journalism. Access to databases helps journalists, scientists, policymakers, and the general public understand the complexities of ocean ecosystems and the impact of human activities on marine environments.
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👩🚀Opportunities
Biodiversity Media Grants 2024. Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering 3-4 grants to organizations averaging 10,000-12,000 EUR each to support activities that strengthen media reporting on biodiversity issues.
The National Association of Science Writers is seeking volunteer judges for the 2024 Science in Society Awards and the Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards. Read excellent science writing and honor your peers! Judging is open to all NASW members, and those selected to judge will get a $25 coupon that can be applied toward your 2025 membership renewal or registration for ScienceWriters2024.
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🔭Events
Communicating the Climate Crisis in Word and Image. A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert and acclaimed illustrator Wesley Allsbrook, who have collaborated on Kolbert's new collection of climate change reporting. (March 27, 2024)
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