✍️Science Writing News Roundup #38 (April 6, 2021)
Science Op-Ed Writing Bootcamp + The Power of Narrative: Non-fiction narrative in challenging times
How to determine your own fate and income as a freelancer: At Boston University's The Power of Narrative conference, two Seattle writers, Wudan Yan and Jenni Gritters, share tips from their successful approach to the business of freelancing.
🥁 Resources
How to talk to people about climate change: In a new article, researchers discuss several communication approaches (e.g. framing, visualization) that have the potential to mitigate the attentional and perceptual biases of climate change.
Storygram: Eileen Guo’s “He Started a COVID-19 Vaccine Company. Then He Hosted a Superspreader Event.” For The Open Notebook, Stephanie M. Lee talked to Eileen Guo, a senior reporter at the MIT Technology Review, about how she broke this story (in four days!) and how she strives to hold the powerful accountable.
New tip sheet helps you find the precisely right expert when you need them. What do you do if you are assigned a study in an area you know very little about — too little to know how to determine who might even be the best expert to ask?
Learn from a veteran of the ‘misinformation beat’ about how to better check the facts. PolitiFact staff writer Daniel Funke discusses his work and advice for other journalists seeking to get the facts out to the public and alert them to misinformation.
💡 Opportunities
The 'Science journalism training programme' is an opportunity for Egyptian science journalists working in press or different media outlets, to provide them with the skills and knowledge needed to create science content.
Join the Climate Tracker’s Fossil Fuel Investors Fellowship for the chance to join an international team reporting on some of the biggest coal investments around the world. This opportunity is open for early career reporters, writers and advocates from Indonesia, Pakistan, Kenya, Vietnam, Turkey or Zimbabwe.
🧪 News
Media Fellow Q&A #1: Science journalism reaches new heights. The British Science Association asked scientists placed at the heart of UK media outlets, as part of their Media Fellowship scheme, what they've learned.
Congrats to all science journalists who have been shortlisted for ABSW’s science journalism awards this year!
‘Timber Wars’ Podcast Wins 2021 McElheny Award: The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT has named Oregon Public Broadcasting’s “Timber Wars” podcast as 2021 winner of the Victor K. McElheny Award for local and regional science journalism.
Leaps.org Editor-in-Chief Kira Peikoff: Five steps we can take to win back trust in journalism. “Write or edit what you are passionate about, so you don’t lose your connection to why you chose this industry in the first place,” says Peikoff.
DC Science Writers Association condemns racism and hate towards Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. As science writers, we must be aware of how racism against Asian-Americans affects scientists. DCSWA has curated a resource guide for those in need of support or who are interested in improving the diversity of journalism and science communication.
How Stat survived, and thrived, during the craziest year in health reporting history. There's nothing quite like running a health and science publication during a pandemic. They hit 23 million unique visitors last March.
A Q&A with The Atlantic’s Ed Yong on journalism that matters in moments of crisis. “For any topic that I write about, I try and talk to a range of different people, get a range of different views from experts who might well disagree with each other, and then present that to readers,” says Yong.
🔭 Videos
Science Op-Ed Writing Bootcamp: The Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York will take you through the elements of creating a compelling opinion piece that informs and helps the public take actions to ensure that science improves their lives and the planet.
The Power of Narrative: Non-fiction narrative in challenging times. Watch the full opening keynote discussion from the annual conference, hosted by Boston University, with Jacqui Banaszynski and Fernanda Santos.
📅 Events
Covering the COVID-19 vaccine: What journalists need to know (March 29 - April 25, 2021)
The Press & the Pandemic: Filling the Information Void. (April 8, 2021)
Kavli Conversations on Science Communication: Science Podcasting is People! (April 14, 2021)
Science Sources: Where to Find them and How to Vet Them (April 15, 2021)
Science Sonnets: The Poetry of Good SciComm (April 15, 2021)
Nonfiction 101 for children with Melissa Stewart (April 17, 2021)
Women in White Coats and the Path to Publishing a Nonfiction Book (April 19, 2021)
Market yourself: A live portfolio review for freelance writers (April 21, 2021)
Naomi Oreskes discusses her new book, Why Trust Science? (April 26, 2021)
Workshop: Let’s Make A Book Proposal (April 27, 2021)
🪂 Jobs and internships
Science Communications Digital & Social Media Specialist, Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, MA
Media Relations Science Writing Internship - Fall, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC
Social Media Producer, AAAS, Washington, DC
Scientific Content Creator (Chemistry and Science Writer), Labster, Remote
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