✍️Science Writing News Roundup #76 (January 16, 2022)

Reporting on omicron? Here's what to know + The best transcription tools

Jan 16, 2022

UPDATED: For those covering CDC's new #N95 #mask guidance - here are some NEW text and video quotes from scientific experts, for use in your stories.

sciline.orgFace masks during the COVID-19 pandemic - SciLineWe asked scientists and public health experts questions regarding masks and covering your face during the COVID-19 outbreak.

betsy ladyzhets 📊 @betsyladyzhets

are you a journalist covering #LongCovid? then I have a resource for you! @fi_lowenstein and I worked on this database of Long COVID patients and experts who are interested in talking to reporters about their experiences: (1/5)

🔭 Opportunities

NF Fest, organized by the Nonfiction Chicks in February, is a month-long crash course in writing nonfiction for children. Participants will learn the craft from 28+ authors and illustrators through daily posts. Daily activities will get you writing and researching in small steps.
Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The fellowship is open to full-time journalists working in any medium who are interested in deepening and broadening their knowledge of environmental issues.

Holly Young @holly_young88

Freelancers! 📣 We are looking for environment pitches this week at @dw_environment from anywhere in the world. Get in touch through our pitching form here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI……… #journorequests #journalismjobs #journojobs

docs.google.comPITCHING TO DW - GLOBAL IDEASWe are looking for deeply reported, compelling features on the environment and climate change from around the world. We like stories that shed light on creative and effective solutions, give a voice to the marginalized, show how policies are playing out on the ground and matter to people’s lives, or…

Science Communication Unit, UWE Bristol @SciCommsUWE

Do you want to hone your #sciwriting skills? We're offering a 10-wk online course that will give you the confidence & know-how to write clear, engaging stories that stay true to the science. ✍️💻 📅Starts 25 April 2022 Find out more & apply ⬇️ courses.uwe.ac.uk/USSKNP15M/appl… #scicomm

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News @GENbio

GEN is looking for interns interested in exploring #sciencewriting. Undergrad or grad science majors are also encouraged to apply. Applicants accepted will serve as interns who will write short, daily online news stories. Interns will be coached by a GEN team of reporters.

Tamarind Literary Magazine @tamarindlitmag

Gentle reminder that submissions are open for Tamarind Issue 3 until Feb 2022. We accept fiction and non-fiction examining the intersections between art and science, so please send us your rambles, musings, essays. We also pay! tamarindlit.co.uk/submissions/.

tamarindlit.co.ukSubmissions – Tamarind Literary Magazine

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🏝️ Articles

Media leaders think their own climate journalism beats the industry average. Among respondents’ suggestions for improving coverage were two points Covering Climate Now often makes: Play the story big and make it part of every beat in the newsroom.

Anna Funk 🌻 @DrAnnaFunk

In a recent @SciCommPLOS post I attempted to share frustrations that "learn to #scicomm" stuff I'd encountered was always geared at scientists & how that's different from science journalism. People got the wrong message (sorry!) so here's my reply:

itsdrfunk.comPart Two, A Reply to: The (Important) Difference Between SciComm and Science Journalism.Last August, I wrote a blog post that got picked up by the PLOS SciComm blog and shared widely on social media. Nobody liked it. Here’s why: In it, I *attempted to* share my story about how...

🎺 News

Three projects to improve science journalism receive funding from journalists' associations. The Spark Grant Initiative (SGI), run under the auspices of the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ), has selected its first three winning ideas, coming from South America, Africa and Asia, to improve the coverage of sciences in the general media.

Diego Arguedas Ortiz @arguedasortiz

Personal news📣 This week I started working at @risj_oxford, where I'll be managing the newly-created Oxford Climate Journalism Network. We have a first cohort of 100 fantastic reporters starting next week and new ideas in the pipeline. Fun things ahead.

🎬 Videos

Improving the coverage of science and race in a time of reckoning.
Science Journalism Panel - Advice for New Writers with Apoorva Mandavilli, Arielle Duhaime-Ross, and John Rennie: Part 1 (click here), Part 2 (click here) and Part 3 (click here)

📆 Events

Covering Coronavirus: How Two Top Reporters Navigate COVID Confusion: In this webinar, award-winning journalists Helen Branswell of STAT and Katherine J. Wu of The Atlantic discuss their strategies for staying ahead of an ever-changing story. (January 19, 2022)
Covering the Climate Crisis: What You Need to Know (January 20, 2022)
How to Help Children, Teenagers and Young Adults Cope with the Anxiety of the COVID-19 Pandemic (January 20, 2022)
ABSW Award Lecture 2022, The future of science journalism: perspectives from two winners from the 2021 ABSW Awards (January 27, 2022)
From scientist to science writer: How to break into a career in popular science writing (February 3, 2022)
Online Science Journalism Course for journalists from Central and Eastern Europe (February 8th, 10th, 15th, and 17th)
Virtual NASW Internship Fair and Meet & Greet at AAAS 2022 (February 19, 2022)

💡 Jobs and internships

Science Writing Internship, The Princeton University, NJ
Climate Reporter, Mother Jones, Remote
Science Writing Editor, Great Minds, Remote
Script Editor – Crash Course, Complexly, US-based
Writer – Crash Course, Complexly, US-based
Writer and Social Media Manager, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Science Editor, WIRED, London, UK
Communication Officer, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
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