✍️Science Writing News Roundup #77 (January 22, 2022)

🌎 Opportunities

• The Society of Environmental Journalists and The Uproot Project are partnering to offer diversity fellowships (worth up to $2000) to support journalists’ attendance at #SEJ2022 in Houston.

• The American Geophysical Union is accepting nominations for its 2022 journalism awards recognizing excellence in science news reporting and science feature reporting.

• EJN is offering reporting grants to Indigenous journalists to support the production of in-depth stories that will call attention to climate justice, biodiversity, sustainable ecosystems, Indigenous leadership and other issues related to the rights and well-being of Indigenous peoples and communities.

• Journalismfund.eu offers science journalism grants [Belgium] to encourage investigative reporting on science and its impact on society.

• What would a ‘just transition’ look like for the Philippines? What are the key issues to be addressed to achieve this goal? Pitch your story to Climate Tracker.

National Association of Science Writers (NASW) @ScienceWriters

NOMINATE: We are now accepting entries our 2022 Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards (EIWA)! #SciWriAwards entry fees waived for @najournalists @aaja @sajahq @NABJ @NAHJ @sacnas @nlgja @TransJA and NASW members. Submit your good work by February 1st: nasw.org/article/excell…

Kendall Powell @KendallSciWrite

@LeiaShotFirst You should also apply for the @ScienceWriters Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards (in all your down time 😅). Submit your best work by Feb 1 and pls spread the word to other awesome institutional writers!

National Association of Science Writers (NASW) @ScienceWriters

NOMINATE: We are accepting entries for our 2022 Science in Society Journalism Awards (SIS)! #SciWriAwards entry fees waived for @najournalists @aaja @sajahq @NABJ @NAHJ @sacnas @nlgja @TransJA and NASW members. Submit your good work by February 1st: nasw.org/article/entrie…

Aparna Vidyasagar @AparnaVid

We're almost halfway through January! Don't waste another second! Deadline to submit to the Science in Society Journalism Awards is Feb 1, 2022. Submit your favorite works from last year or nominate a fellow journalist. https://t.co/tU47pEGvLi CC: @culturedish & @WritersofColor

Sara Kiley Watson @SaraKileyWatson

hello world! it has been almost a year since I started editing the sustainability section at PopSci... and I'm so excited to announce that we're looking for two new weekly sustainability contributors! if this sounds up your alley, say hi @ sarakiley@popsci.com

Angela Chen @chengela

Hello! @WIRED Ideas is looking for essays on science & tech. Email ideas at wired dot com; rates start at $500 and increase if there's reporting. Pitch guide with more info: wired.com/about/how-to-p…. cc @WritersofColor @DisabledWriters #callforpitches

Claire Helen Cameron @ClaireHCameron

*JOURNALISTS!* it's a New Year. If you don't already write for @inversedotcom and you have a track record of covering science, innovation, and health, then pls get in touch. We're looking to expand our roster of regulars. Email me (in bio). 🙏

Tiffany O'Callaghan @tiff_ocallaghan

I am delighted to announce that @newscientist is opening up a bureau in New York – and I will be heading up our team there as US Editor. We will soon be announcing several new editorial jobs based in New York, so watch this space!

Tara Santora (they/them) @Tara_Santora

📢CALL FOR FREELANCERS: I'm adding to my pool of writers to assign @FatherlyHQ health/science stories to. Health/science reporters only please! Email tara.santora[at]bdg[.com] if interested with your portfolio. $200-250 for straightforward health/science explainers for parents.

📣 Articles

• Interview: Rosanna Xia unearths the story of a decades-old DDT dump off California’s Coast. As an environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Rosanna Xia has covered crises unfolding before our eyes, from oil spills to rising sea levels. But in a story published in 2020, Xia explored a disaster that had been simmering under the surface of the sea for decades.

❄️ Resources

• COVID-19 testing at home: Check out these new expert quotes, for reporters, on at-home rapid antigen tests for COVID-19.

🎭 News

• Bringing climate reporting to local newsrooms: Inaugural MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative Journalism Fellows reflect on their experiences telling local climate stories.

• NASW welcomes applicants for Affiliate Membership. Affiliate Members could include writers transitioning into science writing or returning to science writing after some time away.

🎬 Videos

• Covering Coronavirus: How Two Top Reporters Navigate COVID Confusion

• The COVID Variants: Omicron & Beyond: A Virtual Conversation with Dr. Mark J. Mulligan

• Covering the Climate Crisis: What You Need to Know

• Children & Pandemic Anxiety: A Virtual Conversation with Psychologist Anne M. Albano

📌 Events

• A Guide for the Perplexed: Making Sense of the Latest Pandemic News: A Virtual Conversation with Robin Lloyd, President of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (January 26, 2022)

• RISJ Global Journalism Seminars - The art of the viral news explainer with Ros Atkins (January 26, 2022)

• ABSW Award Lecture 2022, The future of science journalism: perspectives from two winners from the 2021 ABSW Awards (January 27, 2022)

• Variants, vaccines and medications: What journalists need to know to improve COVID-19 coverage (January 27, 2022)

• Panel Discussion: Can Humor Help Us Fight Misinformation About Science? (January 27, 2022)

👩🏿‍💻 Jobs and internships

• Life Sciences General Assignment Writer, Science News, Washington, DC

• News Intern, Nature Magazine, Washington, DC

• Chief Editor, The Nature Index, Sydney, London, or New York

• Copywriter, MycoWorks, Emeryville, CA

• Internships: Science Journalism, The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO), Garching, Germany

• Science Writer/Digital Content Specialist, North Carolina Sea Grant, NC State University, Raleigh, NC

• Summer Writing Intern, Spectrum, New York, NY

• Science Writer & Communications Specialist, Energy Science and Technology Directorate (ESTD), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), TN, US

• Writer, Veritasium, Remote

• Editorial Fellow, C&EN, Washington, DC

• Science Writer (Online News), Cancer Research UK, London, UK

• Science Editor (Online News), Cancer Research UK, London, UK

• Environment Reporter, CalMatters, CA

• Senior Science Writer, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA

• Reporter or Senior Reporter, Biomedical Sciences, Nature, Washington, DC

• Science Communication Fellow, Schoodic Institute, Acadia National Park, ME

• Associate or Senior Research Briefing Editor, Nature Research, London and New York

• Biopharma Enterprise Reporter, STAT, US-based

• General Assignment Reporter, STAT, US-based

• More jobs 👉 Science Writing News Roundup #76

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