✍️Science Writing News Roundup #55 (August 2, 2021)

Reporting on the Delta variant + How to get media coverage and boost your science’s impact

Finding the right tools for organizing assignments and reporting: Abdullahi Tsanni asked a handful of writers to share what works for them as they organize their assignments and reporting. Here are some digital note-taking, project-management, and time-saving tools that rose to the top.

✏️ Opportunities

• The National Press Foundation is offering 20 all-expenses-paid fellowships to U.S. and Canadian journalists to take a deep look at the economic and conservation issues related to climate change and biomass. Apply by August 27.

• The World Federation of Science Journalists is compiling a list of science journalism courses and training opportunities, and they would like to hear from you.

Earth Journalism Network @earthjournalism

Are you a journalist in the Asia-Pacific region? Are you interested in reporting on how diseases spread from animals to humans, and how the illegal wildlife trade is involved? We're seeking pitches for a new round of story grants due Aug. 15. Apply now:

earthjournalism.netZoonotic Diseases and One Health in the Asia-Pacific RegionGrants will support the production of in-depth stories about zoonotic diseases and One Health in the Asia-Pacific region.

World Federation of Science Journalists @WFSJ

#Grants WFSJ and its partners launch the Spark Grant Initiative (@SKWJ_ASJS @ScienceWriters @ScienceWriting @_ajspi @sciwritersitaly) Proposals are now being accepted for projects that enhance the boundaries of science journalism: wfsj.org/resources/spar…

Adrian J. Rivera @lwaysadrian

After six weeks with @nytopinion , happy to say I’m finally feeling settled! Many thanks to all those who have made that feeling possible, far too many to list here. With that: pitch me! I love reading submissions on all topics, so long as it has an argument. What do I mean?

Science for the People Magazine @sftpmag

Attention writers and artists! We're accepting proposals for our Winter 2021 issue, “Cooperation: Theory and Practice for the Commons." Pitches can be in English or Spanish, up to 400 words. Deadline for submissions is August 25. Find more info here:

magazine.scienceforthepeople.orgCall for Proposals: “Cooperation” (Winter 2021) • Science for the PeopleCall for radical perspectives on the theory and practice of “Cooperation” for the next issue Science for the People magazine.

dayana @dsarkisova

I’m looking for freelance journalists for the @washingtonpost’s Climate Solutions vertical. I need writers that can bring a conversational tone to climate topics & have creative ideas for solutions-based journalism. Pitch me or just say hi! dayana.sarkisova@washpost.com

Greg Rienzi @gregrienzi

#ScienceWriters and #healthwriters and #freelancers of all sorts who can weave a good tale, my DMs are open to pitch stories for #JohnsHopkinsMagazine and our #Hub. Just make sure it has a JHU connection, please. But otherwise, surprise me.

Falmouth University @FalmouthUni

Are you a young journalist with ideas about telling the story of #climatechange? Our bursaries and Reporting Earth online summit could help you take the next step 🌎 ow.ly/EamJ50FDIlU #FalmouthUni

📺 Videos

• Preprints and the scientific media landscape with John Inglis, Co-founder of bioRxiv and medRxiv

• Urban heat: How rising temperatures affect U.S. cities

• International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Webinar 88: Reporting on the Delta variant

🎁 Resources and tips

• Regarding the latest on the Delta variant and CDC mask guidance: It sounds scary, but the key thing to remember in your reporting is to put risks in context, says Bara Vaida, a freelance journalist.

• How to get media coverage and boost your science’s impact. Rebecca Fuoco, science communications officer at the Green Science Policy Institute, shares some tips with scientists on how to work with journalists.

👀 Articles

• STAT health tech reporter says speed in the sector is a double-edged sword. Karen Blum interviewed Erin Brodwin recently about some of the trends in health tech and her advice to writers looking to break into this space.

• Reporters must center climate justice. Here’s how. Human-caused climate change is the result of systems that fundamentally devalue Earth and many of its inhabitants. Telling climate justice stories means unpacking why the climate crisis is harming the most vulnerable first.

• After an experimental online advertising campaign, Republicans shifted their views on climate change. Republicans exposed to a monthlong online video campaign delivering facts on climate science from trusted messengers, such as evangelicals and retired military, showed higher rates of belief that global warming is real and caused by human activity.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @BulletinAtomic

Have you ever wondered what it's like to study in a Marine Biological Laboratory? @DanDrollette can attest that it's an incredible experience, if a bit exhausting. In this article, he recounts his experience in the Logan Science Journalism Program: ow.ly/ytFz50FBDKN

The Xylom™ @thexylom

We got in touch with @AAASMassMedia to understand what they've learned, how they've changed, and why it matters. Read the journal of @hrdunleavy, who is currently placed at @insideclimate:

thexylom.com“If You Are Here, You Are Good Enough.”Almost teared up when one past fellow said “if you are here, you are good enough.” Recovering from academitis where it seldom felt that way.

🎫 Events

• Talking Shop: Coping with Emotional Fatigue and Burnout (August 4, 2021)

• Numbers are not neutral: How journalists can detect deep bias and avoid hidden traps (August 11, 2021)

• Science Talk Course: Finding and selling science stories (August 24, 2021)

• Science Journalism Forum (August 30 - September 2, 2021)

📌 Jobs and internships

• Science News Civic Science Fellow, Science News Media Group, Washington, DC

• Climate Change Communications Fellow, US Forest Service, Olympia, Washington or Portland, Oregon

• Media Relations/Science Writer, University of California, San Francisco, CA

• Staff Writer/Editor, The Scientist, US/Canada-based

• Communications Editor, EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

• C&EN Production Editor, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC

• Senior Writer, Physical Sciences and Technology, Purdue University, IN

• Senior Writer, Life and Health Sciences, Purdue University, IN

• Health Reporter, Louisville Public Media, KY

• Science Communicator, Science Creates, Bristol, UK

• Assistant Social Media Manager, Kaiser Health News, Washington, DC

• More jobs 👉 Science Writing News Roundup #54

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Dyani Lewis @dyanilewis

Super proud to present the wonderful words from these marvellous Australian science writers 🔥 🐳 🚀 🦈 🛰 🦠 💉 🌳

NewSouth Publishing @newsouthpub

We're delighted to announce the amazing contributors for The Best Australian Science Writing 2021! Releasing in November, the volume is edited by science writer @dyanilewis and features a foreword from Australia's chief scientist @DrCathyFoley ✨ https://t.co/wFWlhn39Zp

The Science Literacy Foundation @sci_project

Misinformation is hard to correct with ◀️DEbunks once it's out there. Introducing - ▶️PREbunks. Teaching people how to spot misinformation makes them more resilient to it. New from @lauragrb and @tommyshane @firstdraft 👉 ow.ly/YnAR50FCQix

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