✍️Science Writing News Roundup #69 (November 8, 2021)

🙌 Resources

• Brazilian version of KSJ’s handbook on science journalism editing is now available for free download from Knight Center. A new resource is available to Portuguese-speaking journalists and editors seeking guidance on how to cover and question scientific topics.

• Organize your big writing project: How Scrivener can help.

• Reporting on COVID-19 and obesity.

• Words matter: How you use them when covering mental illness can reduce — or increase stigma.

• Kick chaos to the curb: Useful freelance tools for improving workflow and time management.

Mike DiGirolamo @MikeDiGirolamo

Any journalists out there interested in covering #agroecology? I spoke with three experts on a panel for @mongabay a couple weeks ago about this very subject. You can also find a link to resources that were shared in the video description.

youtu.beHow to Cover Agroecology for Journalists and WritersAgroecology is an increasingly important solution for climate change and unsustainable food systems. It draws upon Indigenous and traditional knowledge, work...

⛳️ Opportunities

Science Write Now @sciwritenow

Calling all #sciencewriters! Submissions are now open for Issue #6: Natural History/Historians This edition will explore the natural history and historians that have shaped our understanding of the Australian environment and beyond. sciencewritenow.com/submissions

IJNet @IJNet

Do you want to write an article and share tips and tricks that can help journalists globally? We are accepting pitches. Click for more on how to submit an idea to us: buff.ly/2E3u7mA

Amy Nordrum @AmyNordrum

Freelancers: Do you have a pitch for a story that’d be a great fit for @techreview? Send it to me! I’m assigning news and features across every topic we cover. Rates start at $1/word, please send to amy.nordrum@technologyreview.com by 11/11 if possible.

Jessie Wade @JessieAnnWade

Calling all science, space, dino-loving pals! @IGN is hiring for freelance science writers - If you're interested please apply at the link and feel free to share! 🌍✨🦕 forms.gle/je3a1wsQVvMd52…

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Jillian Mock @JillianMock

Excited to share I'm part of the team launching a new digital magazine called openmind about science controversies, misinformation, media portrayal of science, and how can we do better. DM me with pitches/to learn more :) openmindmag.org

Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell

I'm excited to share big news! With support from @sci_project, we're launching a new magazine, OpenMind, to explore science controversies, confront misinformation, and promote a more constructive role for science in our society. https://t.co/CReP8p2tWa

🔭 Articles

• As one of the final sessions of ScienceWriters2021, the "Making the Invisible Visible: Challenges to explaining deep tech" session addressed how journalists and science writers can explain “invisible” science findings.

• Study highlights significance of representation in medical school: Why this research matters to reporters.

AAAS Kavli Awards @AAASKavli

The nature of science and of journalism itself can inadvertently feed false narratives on COVID-19, @NPR science correspondent @joepalca said in his Nov. 3 AAAS Kavli Lecture Series talk for @HoyaJournalism. Read more about the event here: bit.ly/3BQ7BqZ.

bit.lyAAAS Kavli Lecture: NPR’s Joe Palca on Coping With COVID MisinformationNPR science correspondent Joe Palca offered ideas for how to combat myths and misinformation in the age of COVID in a Nov. 3 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Lecture but not before explaining his views on how the nature of science and of journalism itself can inadvertently feed false narratives. …

📣 News

• Winner of the 2021 MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award: The Medical Research Council (MRC) recognizes 10 MRC PhD students for their outstanding writing, announces the winner, and publishes the 10 shortlisted articles.

🎥 Videos

• From Research to Science Journalism with Rachel Bernstein (Careers in SciComm)

• Extreme Heat: Reporting on Climate Change’s Deadly Threat

📡 Events

• Precision Medicine Research, “All of Us”, and Inclusion (November 12, 2021)

• Visualizing Climate Change: An online conversation, illustrated (November 15, 2021)

• True Stories That Matter: Applying Creative Nonfiction to Science & Policy (November 16, 2021)

• Seminar for Underrepresented Science Writers (November 16, 2021)

• Panel: What is the media’s role in covering science? (November 24, 2021)

• Setting up as a freelance journalist: A practical look at the essentials (November 30, 2021)

🚀 Jobs and Internships

• News Editor, New Scientist, London, UK

• Deputy Features Editor, New Scientist, London, UK

• Digital Content Officer, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

• Senior Science Writer, Evoke, UK

• Part Time Science Writer (Life Sciences), First Create The Media, UK

• ELIXIR Communications Officer, Hinxton, UK

• Fundraising Communications Manager, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK

• Science writing and communications internship, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, US

• Science Editor, BuzzFeed, US

• Science Writer/Video Content Creator, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA

• Science Resident (National Geographic), Washington, DC

• Earth Science Education Editor, Visionlearning, Remote

• Lecturers or Senior Lecturers in Writing and Rhetoric—Technical Writing and Science Writing, Emory College of Arts & Sciences, Atlanta, GA

• Chief Magazine Editor, Nature, London, Berlin or New York

• Spring Writing Intern, Spectrum, New York City, NY

• Editorial Assistant, Spectrum, New York City, NY

• Internship, The Scientist, Remote

• Writer, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA

• Editor, Cancer Today Magazine, Philadelphia, PA

• Media and Communications Officer, The Physiological Society, London, UK

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