✍️Science Writing News Roundup #63 (September 25, 2021)

How to cover COP26 + Learn how to successfully pitch your stories to science publishers.

🧐 Opportunities

• Apply for a 2022 LEDE Fellowship: The Solutions Journalism Network is seeking proposals from journalists who are leading or want to lead a project that will produce solutions journalism stories — and take others with them to spread the approach.

Rachel Feltman @RachelFeltman

Hi! @PopSci is in need of a freelance editor to help us out on news stories. We're looking for someone who can consistently do 15-20 hours of work a week, but exact hours are negotiable. Pay is $44/hour. 1-2 years experience editing science journalism is a must. Rachel@PopSci.com

Sally Clark @auslande

ASK Magazine: What’s so special about an island? nonfiction science magazine for ags 7-10; pitches due 09-30-21.

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Voice of Young Science @voiceofyoungsci

What are the most surprising, interesting or overlooked findings in your discipline? @senseaboutsci has worked with @Mark_Lorch on a unique opportunity for #VoYS #ECRs to contribute to the #scicomm anthology 'Great Explanations'. Register your interest:

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Kareem Shaheen @kshaheen

Science writers! We're looking for longform science essay pitches for @newlinesmag. If you have a science story you've been wanting to tell, please get in touch. We're looking for longer, reflective and unique stories (with or without a Middle East connection).

Science Write Now @sciwritenow

Our fifth issue is based on the theme 'Illumination and Imagery.' We seek work and images that are inspired by the concept of illumination and imagery, or which explores these aspects of science. Submissions close 30 September! sciencewritenow.com/submissions #sciencewriting

Molly R Campbell @mollyrcampbell

Hey Twitter folks. 👋 I'm looking to commission science writers that are comfortable writing op-eds about the biopharma field. #biopharma #journorequest

The Science Literacy Foundation @sci_project

.@Open_Notebook is looking for their next ２TON/@BWFUND early-career fellows. ✍️ Apply by 10/21 to join venerable alums like @rpocisv @RachelZamzow @KatherineJWu @jane_c_hu @abdultsanni @Pau_Erre and more. 🎨 The mentored fellowship is paid and remote. 📰ow.ly/TaoD50GcjsY

ow.lyCall for Applications: TON/BWF Early-Career Fellowship - The Open NotebookApplications are open through October 21, 2021, for the next round of The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Fund fellowship for early-career science writers. During this 10-month, part-time, remote fellowship, fellows will report for The Open Notebook with the guidance of a dedicated mentor.

📩 Resources

• How to cover COP26: One of history’s most important diplomatic meetings takes place this November. Journalists have to get it right and help audiences understand what’s at stake with robust, insightful coverage.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @BulletinAtomic

Learn how to successfully pitch your stories to science publishers✍️ Experts @meckdevil, @AmyNordrum, @TedG, and Bill Andrews share tips and insights in this @HLForum session hosted by Bulletin associate editor @susan_dagostino.

Heidelberg Laureate Forum @HLForum

What are science magazine editors looking for in a good pitch? That was answered by editors of prominent scientific publications in the "Pitch Your Science News and Stories" Workshop at #HLF21. Khari Douglas highlighted some of the key points and advice. https://t.co/xaVZ7p6rkd

🎨 Articles

• Making first contact with editors. “Although there is no standard way of introducing yourself to editors, most science writers make first contact by email, including at least a preliminary story idea, if not a full pitch. So, writing a persuasive, compelling email is key to having a successful first-time contact with an editor,” writes Abdullahi Tsanni.

• The nuts and bolts of solutions-focused health care journalism. “People are increasingly avoiding the news, largely because they say it’s negatively impacting their mood, according to a 2019 Reuters digital news report. There may be a way to change that through solutions journalism, which doesn’t just report on problems; it aims to inform the public about how people and communities are responding to major social issues,” writes Erica Tricarico.

⚡️ Videos

• Using the Media to Connect Science and Humanity with Amy Harmon, National Correspondent (Science and Society), The New York Times

• Imagine 2200: Climate fiction for future ancestors

• What solutions journalism has to offer health care reporters

🌪️ Podcast

• What role has the media played in the climate crisis? For decades, around the world, climate change coverage has been thin. Guests discuss why the media in petrol states, in particular, have struggled to tell that story.

⏰ Events

• The 2021 Atlantic Festival (September 22-24 & 27-30, 2021)

• ScienceWriters2021 (September 28 - October 8, 2021)

• Freelance Contracts: a Public-interest Roundtable. New Agreements for Investigative Freelancing (September 28, 2021)

• A Virtual Conversation with Carl Zimmer, Author of A Planet of Viruses (September 28, 2021)

• Workshop: Learn how to spot fake news and misinformation from science reporters (September 30, 2021)

📡 Jobs and Internships

• News Writer Intern, Science, US-based

• Health & Science Reporter, ABC News Digital, New York, NY

• Climate & Sustainability Reporter, The 19th, Remote

• Communications Associate, The Environmental and Energy Study Institute, Washington, DC

• Science & Technology Editor, Confidential, Washington, DC

• Social Media Officer, CSIRO, Australia

• Science/Research Writer, Media Relations Officer (Public Affairs/Communications Specialist III), San Diego State University, CA

• Communications & Marketing - External Relations Science Writer, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA

• More jobs 👉 Science Writing News Roundup #62

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