✍️Science Writing News Roundup #70 (November 17, 2021)

Thirty five journalists have been named the winners of the 2021 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards.

Nov 17, 2021

Thirty five journalists have been named the winners of the 2021 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Six entries dealing with aspects of the continuing global COVID-19 pandemic are among the winners of the awards. (Image by AAAS)

🦠 Resources

iSea Stories: understanding the ocean for media and press (self paced). This course will provide an overview of ocean sustainability challenges and solutions.

The Open Notebook @Open_Notebook

Wow! @WFSJ has crowdsourced a map of science journalism courses and trainings around the world. Check it out!

wfsj.orgEducation Committee - World Federation of Science JournalistsReport: 5 November 2021 The Education Committee was created at the end of 2020 to see how the WFSJ could encourage best practice the development of science journalism skills. We received so much interest that we immediately split into three groups: the Higher Education and Accreditation group, the C…

🛤️ Articles

A day in the life of Pakinam Amer. Pakinam Amer is an award-winning journalist, science writer, podcaster, experimental storyteller, and a former Knight Science Journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
#7 rule of pitching: Prove your skills and your passion. When you pitch a story, you have to pitch yourself. What skills, experience, passion do you bring to a project that makes an editor pick you?
Six months on, solutions journalism mentoring is tackling Covid recovery in varied ways. Christine Ro is one of ten experienced solutions journalists who are mentoring journalists at local news publications, organised by the ABSW as part of the COJO Against COVID project. Here she talks about her experience on the project so far.
Translators’ roundtable: Bringing science to new audiences. Translations have to be both accurate and culturally sensitive—a tough task with high stakes. Poorly translated science doesn’t just confuse, or fail to communicate. It can actively seed misinformation and distrust.

Kat Eschner @KatEschner

For the last few months, I’ve been working for @seanmholman @prnetworks and @DrTrishElliott on something pretty exciting:

j-source.caThe Climate Coverage in Canada Report - JSourceMedia should cover climate as a crisis, say scientists and journalists Read More Continue Reading The Climate Coverage in Canada Report

📅 News

Diversity Summer Fellows advance careers and field with NASW support. The $5,000 fellowships are awarded by NASW’s Diversity Committee each year to support underrepresented minorities pursuing an internship in any medium.

📃 Videos

Layal Liverpool @layallivs

ICYMI: I had a great chat with @obrientweet @EmmaSAanne and @munkeatlooi earlier today about all things science journalism, including how to come up with story ideas and what makes a compelling pitch. You can watch and listen to our conversation here:

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🎙️ Events

How Non-Native Journalists Can Cover Native Communities (November 19, 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

Managing Editor, Science and Environment, OPB, Portland, OR
Janelia Science Communicator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA
Health Tech Reporter, STAT, Boston, MA
Senior editor, Science, Insider, UK
Science Writer, Flagship Pioneering, Cambridge, MA
National Social Media Coordinator, The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Silver Spring, MD
Science Editor, The Broadcast, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
Scientific Technical Writer, Colabra, Remote
Science Writer, The National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD
Project Senior Specialist, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Newsroom Science Writers, The Royal Institution of Australia
Nature Reporter, Newsweek, UK
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The Scientist @TheScientistLLC

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