✍️Science Writing News Roundup #66 (October 19, 2021)

So, you want to be an AAAS Mass Media Fellow + How journalists can better cover the climate crisis:

Who is an expert? Broadening the definition strengthens journalism. Expanding the definition of expertise to include underrepresented or often overlooked voices will help journalists diversify their stories.

🚨 Tips

• So, you want to be an AAAS Mass Media Fellow. Nick Young put together a list of tips and suggestions he received when applying as well as his application materials.

• How to cover the 2021-2022 flu season. Last year, flu was rare because Americans stayed home and wore masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This lack of flu from 2020 to 2021 could mean a potentially severe season this coming winter.

• 4 tips for covering COVID-19 vaccine boosters. Confusion and controversy surrounding COVID-19 vaccine boosters underscore the importance of journalists’ role in clearly explaining the scientific process to the public. Here are four tips to help you with your reporting.

📞 Opportunities

• SciDev.Net and Wellcome invite data scientists/data journalists/medical statisticians based in Africa to apply to join a virtual hackathon. Apply by November 5, 2021.

The Open Notebook @Open_Notebook

Calling all early-career science writers! Want to join TON as part of our next crop of fellows? Apply by 10/22. @nyu_journalism, @AAASMassMedia @UCSC_SciCom @UW_LSC @KSJatMIT @NABJSTUDENTS @NABJ @NAHJ @aaja @najournalists @NCDJ_ASU @spj_tweets @BWFUND

theopennotebook.comCall 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.

Camille Bromley @chameauleon

Hello! I work at @WIRED now! 🤖👽👾 Please send me your pitches for feature stories! email me at Camille_Bromley@WIRED.com dms open for quick questions rates are competitive, $1/word or more depending on the level of reporting here's the pitch guide >> wired.com/about/how-to-p…

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Science Writers and Communicators of Canada @SWC_Can

We are offering a new prize as part of the SWCC Book Awards in 2021! The Paradigm Prize aims to honour and promote perspectives that are currently underrepresented in Canadian science publishing. Learn more: sciencewriters.ca/bookawards2021/ #SciComm #CanLit #diversity #science

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🗞️ News

• The Reuters Institute launches the Oxford Climate Journalism Network to help journalists cover the climate crisis better. The project, funded by the European Climate Foundation, will provide members with unique access to leading experts, forums, and research.

Roxanne Khamsi @rkhamsi

Today's the day! The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021 is out! It includes my March 2020 @WIRED article, "They Say Coronavirus Isn't Airborne—but It's Definitely Borne By Air" and boatloads of great pieces: #BestAmerican2021 cc @MarinerBooks hmhbooks.com/shop/books/the…

📺 Videos

• From science researcher to science writer. Natalie Starkey details where her career in science began and how she moved from science research into a career doing science writing and communication.

• The Society of Environmental Journalists Webinar: All Life, Great and Small — Covering Biodiversity and Climate. Read the webinar description here and watch the video here.

• Fellowships, opportunities and the future of science journalism. A webinar with Milica Momčilović, President, World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) and Tim Lougheed, Executive Director, WFSJ

• Freelancer Focus - Science Journalism with Kate Ravilious. In this video, Kate Ravilious talks about how she became a freelance science journalist and how to get started as a freelancer.

🎙️ Podcast

• How journalists can better cover the climate crisis: In this episode, Wolfgang Blau and Meera Selva speak about the challenges to reporting on climate change.

📣 Events

• Northern Colorado Writers is offering their second annual webinar series. Here is a list of the instructors and the sessions they will teach:

  • October 16th – Science Writing That Doesn't Hurt Your Reader

  • October 23rd – Exploring Nonfiction in the Children's Publishing Industry

  • October 30th – Outlining Using Sequences

  • November 6th – Where Do You Hang Your Hammock? Peace of Mind for Writers

  • November 13th – Personal Branding and the Three Pillars of Successful Book Marketing

• Global Fact 8, the conference dedicated to fact-checking worldwide (October 18-23, 2021)

• Fluorescent Wombats and Ig Nobel Prizes: Reporting Weird Science (October 19, 2021)

• The insiders’ guide to book publishing (October 20, 2021)

• Exploring Links Between California’s Fires and Climate Change (October 20, 2021)

• SciDev.Net 20th Virtual Anniversary Event (October 21, 2021)

• COVID-19, Science, and the Media: Lessons Learned Reporting on the Pandemic (October 26, 2021)

• Mental Health Management for Freelancers (October 26, 2021)

• Workshop: Everything to know about selling and writing a nonfiction book (October 26, 2021)

• Law Enforcement and Genetic Data: A Discussion for Journalists (October 26, 2021)

• Japan Scicom Forum (October 26-27, 2021)

• COP26 – Our role in reporting climate crisis (October 27, 2021)

• Scientific Knowledge for Everyone (October 27, 2021)

• The Psychology and Politics of Conspiracy Theories (October 27, 2021)

🎨 Jobs and Internships

• Communications Specialist II or III - Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA

• Climate Solutions Fellow, Grist, US

• Data Fellow, Grist, US

• Environmental Justice Fellow, Grist, US

• Fellow, Brains On, US

• Magazine Marketing Intern (Part-Time Temporary), Knowable Magazine, Bay Area, US

• Freelance Content Expert - Pharma, Biotech, and Healthcare, Questex, Washington, DC

• Staff Writer, Fierce Biotech, Washington, DC

• Staff Writer, Fierce Pharma, Washington, DC

• Sustainability Storyteller, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

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

• Editorial Intern, Scientific American, US

• Science Writer and Editor, Michigan Medicine, MI

• Science Writer, ISS National Lab, Melbourne, FL

• More jobs 👉 Science Writing News Roundup #65

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