✍️Science Writing News Roundup #81 (February 21, 2022)

🌈 Opportunities

• Creative nonfiction grant: Applications are now open to writers with books under contract in the US, UK, or Canada. The Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant of $40,000 will be awarded to as many as ten writers in the process of completing a book-length work of deeply researched and imaginatively composed nonfiction for a general readership.

Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) @sejorg

We are now accepting entries for the 2022 #SEJAwards for Reporting on the Environment! DEADLINE: March 1, 2022, 11:59 p.m. ET. Enter your best stories on #environment, #energy, #business, #agriculture, or other related issues: bit.ly/2Uv29ak.

bit.lySEJ Awards for Reporting on the EnvironmentDeadline is March 1 to enter SEJ’s 21st annual Awards, which honor the best environmental journalism in 10 categories, bringing recognition to the stories that are among the most important on the planet. Prizes of $500 for first-place winners and $250 for second-place winners in all categories. Incl…

Tina Rosenberg @tirosenberg

The NYT's new Headway section is calling for pitches. They're looking for @soljourno stories, big and small. Special call for journos to revisit stories about change makers you've previously reported.

docs.google.comPitching HeadwayHeadway is a new initiative at The New York Times dedicated to exploring the world’s challenges through the lens of progress. That can mean a lot of things, of course; we started the project by asking what on earth progress means. But the easiest way to think about it is shifting the lens from de...

Rose Pastore @RosePastore

I'm now editing the science desk AND Earther at Gizmodo. Very happy to work with the fantastic @mollytaft and @AngelyMercado! Send me freelance pitches on science/health/climate/math/weirdness rose.pastore at gizmodo dot com

Teresa Carey @teresa_carey

@ScienceWriters's Information Access Committee seeks new members. All NASW members (journalists, PIOs, etc.) can join. *The only requirement is a strong commitment to transparency and a belief that public information should be public.* Message me if you're interested. @mnlimas

🚩 Articles

• Misconceptions in science communication. No two science communicators are alike, and neither are any two audiences. As a result, crafting a worthwhile and effective scientific message requires a multistage process, writes Ellice Peck.

• Dementia on the rise worldwide: An explainer and research roundup. Absent effective treatments, the number of people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is expected to increase in the coming decades, while racial and ethnic disparities will continue to persist, studies show.

ABSW @absw

Over 3,500 writers covered science for the mainstream press from 2020-2021 ift.tt/peuOYr2 Valuable analysis by @beccajoylandon and @andyextance, which we'll discuss tomorrow, Tuesday February 22nd at 6pm. Sign up to join us here: ift.tt/TXJ7Niu

📻 News

• Long Island University (LIU) has announced the winners of the George Polk Awards in Journalism, honoring journalists in 15 categories for their reporting in 2021.

📱 Resources

• How to use Twitter’s #JournoRequest to find sources for your stories.

• How to string together tweet threads that inform and inspire.

• TipSheet: New Army climate strategy provokes questions, stories on local and regional impact. The latest SEJ TipSheet outlines how reporters can find local and regional stories on these new realities at bases across the U.S.

ABSW @absw

Want to know how to become a science writer? ⚗️✍️ We've just revised and updated our popular guide to this topic - get it here for free: ift.tt/9irFAhN With tips on getting into the media, finding story ideas and much, much more!

ift.ttHow to become a science writerAn ABSW guide, written by Mun-Keat Looi.

Spoorthy Raman @RamanSpoorthy

After every workshop on science writing, I get a few emails from very enthusiastic and inspired students asking me "where do we go from here?" So I wrote a blog with some pointers. Hope this helps. Feedback welcome!

linkedin.comWhere do you begin as a science writer in India?I’ll start this article with a disclaimer. The inspiration for this article comes from the many aspiring science writers, some of who I have had the great opportunity to teach to, asking me what their first move should be once they know a thing or two about science writing.

🎫 Videos

• Ceremony for the 2021 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award winners

• From Doomsday to Hope: Covering Solutions to the Climate and Energy Crisis

• Press Briefing: The Best Climate Science You've Never Heard Of

🧵 Events

• Global eSummit: Journalism and the Climate Crisis (February 22-23, 2022)

• State of Science Writing 2022 (February 22, 2022)

• Media briefing: The pandemic’s impacts on children (February 23, 2022)

• Inclusive Reporting Masterclass (February 24, 2022)

• How to Improve Mental Health and Brain Performance: A Virtual Conversation with Dr. Evian Gordon (February 24, 2022)

• KSJ@MIT Fact-Checking Workshop (apply by Friday, February 25)

• Arab Forum of Science Media and Communication (February 26-28, 2022)

• The Power of Narrative conference (March 18-19, 2022)

🛶 Jobs and internships

• Science Writer & Editor, Technology Networks, UK-based

• Scientific Communications & Outreach Officer, Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK

• Science Writing Intern - Temporary, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

• Assistant Editor, Science, Technology, & Health, The Atlantic, New York/Washington, D.C.

• Science Writer Intern, Chemistry World, UK-based

• Science Writer Fellow, The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

• Climate Reporter, Mother Jones, US-based

• More jobs 👉 Science Writing News Roundup #80

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The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez, Ph.D. @ainissaramirez

We need to bring science writers of color together and find a way to support and nurture them. (That’s my tweet.) #scicomm

Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth

Headlines are the most important three to 12 words in any story. Here's where they come from, in case anybody's interested, and some observations about recent trends and misunderstandings (thread)

Carmen Drahl @carmendrahl

I’m still super-interested in how science journalists, engagement reporters and editors, and PIOs are using Twitter threads. Please reply and share threads you’re proud of! (9/9)