✍️Science Writing News Roundup #226
Meet Quanta Books, a New Imprint Dedicated to Illuminating Science.
Meet Quanta Books, a New Imprint Dedicated to Illuminating Science: Launched by Thomas Lin, the founding editor of Quanta Magazine, in partnership with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Quanta Books is an editorially independent subsidiary of the Simons Foundation. Their first book, Kevin Hartnett’s The Proof in the Code, will come out in 2026. They welcome submissions from scientists, mathematicians, and journalists, including first-time authors. (Image via Quanta Books)
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🗞Resources
Tip Sheet: Go-To Questions for Interviewing Scientists: Sometimes, you don’t have a lot of time to prepare for an interview, or you might not know where to start with an unfamiliar topic. Use this list of questions as a template when planning your interviews.
Download time: What journalists should know about disappearing federal health data. Journalists covering issues of health disparities and health equity should consider backing up data from federal agencies including the NIH and CDC.
Researchers rush to preserve federal health databases before they disappear from government websites. Here are several tips that journalists can use to help preserve the data.
Trump’s data purge: What to know about federal infectious disease sites. Going forward, it’s unclear how much we can rely on the CDC for ongoing, reliable, consistent data related to infectious disease.
📌Opportunities
Enter a book into the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2025: The prize celebrates the best in popular science writing from around the world.
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🔍Articles
What DeepSeek may mean for the future of journalism and generative AI. Expert Karen Hao on how this Chinese model can reshape the AI space, how it can impact journalism and how reporters should cover it
Freelance science writer shares pros of writing for research institutions, universities. Anna Medaris talked to Rachel Tompa, who’s based in Seattle, Wa., about her work, her schedule and her favorite home office tricks and tools.
Journalism killer or helpful assistant: what to do with AI tools? When AI entered our lives, we wondered if it would make us obsolete. UKCSJ24 discussed this question and presented potential answers.
Importance of diversity for more inclusive science reporting: a case study. Research news from eastern Europe is grossly underreported in Western media – but does become a topic of interest when there is someone on staff who cares about and understands the region.
Remembering Eric Scigliano: Former Washington Sea Grant (WSG) science writer Eric Scigliano died in a diving accident in the Galápagos Islands. He was 71.
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📙News
More than $6 Million in Support of Climate Journalism: The MacArthur Foundation announced more than $6 million in grants to support the growing field of climate journalism in the United States.
📺Videos
President Trump's Nuclear Arms Challenges and the Dangers Ahead.
Three years, eight countries: How climate news shapes public views.
Health Storytelling with guest Caitlin Rivers, author of Crisis Averted: The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks.
🤖Events
2025 AAAS Annual Meeting (February 13-15, 2025)
SEJ's 34th Annual Conference (April 23-26, 2025)
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