✍️Science Writing News Roundup #207
Mpox: An explainer and research roundup + Workshop: Reporting on AI Intensive.
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🗺️Articles
From Scientists to Storytellers: Mass Media Fellows Trade Lab for Newsroom. “Science is an institution, and it needs people who are independent to hold it accountable,” says AAAS Mass Media Fellow Noah Haggerty. “Everyone deserves access to the feeling of wonder you get from learning about the universe and the beautifully weird world we live in.”
Editorial: Fentanyl is a morality tale for science journalism. The current public health crisis raises old lessons about the consequences of sharing knowledge.
“I’d like to think I’d be able to spot one if I saw one”: How science journalists navigate predatory journals. Predatory journals--or journals that prioritize profits over editorial and publication best practices--are becoming more common, raising concerns about the integrity of the scholarly record.
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🧰Resources
Keeping your audience informed on the mpox global public health emergency. As with any infectious disease outbreak, the key information to communicate to your audience is what the current risk level is to them, what the potential future risk could be, signs and symptoms, how the disease spreads, who is most at risk and measures they can take to protect themselves.
Mpox: An explainer and research roundup. To help journalists with their continued reporting, The Journalist’s Resource gathered several key facts and peer-reviewed studies on mpox.
Tracking Source Diversity at The Open Notebook: 2019-2023. The Open Notebook began systematically tracking the diversity of sources in their stories in January 2022 and have been doing so contemporaneously since then.
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🎨Opportunities
Applications are now open for Princeton University Press’s Book Proposal Grants for the sciences. Princeton University Press encourages applications from authors who represent groups historically underrepresented in STEM fields and who wish to develop a non-fiction book proposal.
#SciWri24 conference attendance grants available from NASW and CASW. Mark your calendars: Registration for the ScienceWriters2024 national conference opens on Wednesday, August 21!
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✍️News
The Royal Society announced the six titles shortlisted for the 2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, which celebrates the best popular science writing from across the globe.
🎬Videos & Podcasts
As bird flu outbreak kills myriad wildlife species, virologists eye threat to humans. Joining the Mongabay Newscast to talk about it is Apoorva Mandavilli, a global health reporter at The New York Times.
#HFGather: Writing about Climate Change for Kids. Join authors Pam Courtney, Andrea Loney, and Crystal Allen as they discuss one of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change.
⏳Events
Workshop: Reporting on AI Intensive. This workshop is geared towards journalists in the Middle East, Asia, and Pacific time zones. This track is designed for reporters who grasp Al, spend a significant amount of their time covering technology, and want to go deeper. (Apply by August 30, 2024)
Science Journalism Forum (October 28-31, 2024)
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📚Jobs
Energy Transition Reporter at Climate Home News (Africa-based)
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