✍️Science Writing News Roundup #240
How Journalists Can Defend Themselves Against Digital Threats + Covering Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Accurately.
First Person Science: Exploring Storytelling with CBC's Emily Brass. The award-winning reporter and alumna will deliver the keynote at Concordia's Projected Futures summer school. Her talk, Using Your Voice: First Person Storytelling in Explanatory Journalism, will dive into ways aspiring science communicators can use their curiosity and personal experiences to drive compelling stories. (Image via Concordia University)
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Under Attack: How Journalists Can Defend Themselves Against Digital Threats. Journalists are prime targets for cyber-attacks, but you don’t need to be a security expert to protect yourself. Here are seven practical steps that make a difference.
When health data disappears: 8 tips for finding what’s hidden from public view.
As public health data becomes harder to access, journalists and experts at the Association of Health Care Journalists' annual conference shared tips and tools for uncovering and preserving vital information.
Beyond Tragedy and Hype: Covering Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease Accurately. Telling those stories demands both skepticism and compassion: resisting hype, scrutinizing expert sources, and above all, listening to people who live with the condition.
Journalists: Is That Study Worth Your Time? Stop reporting on single studies, advises Tori Espensen of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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🔔Articles
Science communication beyond the headlines: interview with science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt. This year, on 13 June, the European Science-Media Hub is hosting a science communication workshop at the European Youth Event in Strasbourg. Ahead of it, they talked to its main speaker: ‘Science‘ magazine journalist Kai Kupferschmidt.
Opinion | In the age of AI, human emotion is journalism’s superpower. Emotional connection isn’t just good storytelling. It’s journalism’s best defense in the AI era.
These projects are using food to get audiences to care about climate change. Journalists from Indonesia, South Africa and the US explain how they’re approaching climate through meat, food justice and cooking challenges.
How Should Journalists Call Out Lies in the Age of Trump and AI?
Journalists must find new ways to talk about false information.
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🔍News
The Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC) announced the shortlist of the 2024 SWCC Book Awards.
Stanford University lecturer and award-winning science journalist Grace Huckins wins the 2024/25 Nine Dots Prize: Stanford University lecturer and award-winning science journalist Grace Huckins has been awarded US$100,000 and a book deal with Cambridge University Press for their ‘exceptional’ response to the 2024/25 Nine Dots Prize question “Is data failing us?”
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Lisa S. Gardiner on Learning From the Past (Lisa S. Gardiner is a freelance writer, geoscientist, and educator.)
Undercover Journalist Unpacks Essential Tools to Escape Detection
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