✍️Science Writing News Roundup #88 (April 5, 2022)
A new free course on how science journalists and communicators can counteract misinformation.
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🏘️ Articles
Science and writing: What kind of work is out there? Here’s a breakdown of different sorts of science-related writing and editing paths.
Dire warning on climate change ‘is being ignored’ amid war and economic turmoil. The third segment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is being overshadowed, just like the previous one.
🎗️ Opportunities
From September 2022, University College London will be offering a brand-new Master of Science Degree in Science Communication.
EJN is offering organizational grants to media outlets, NGOs, academic institutions and other interested groups worldwide to support media and journalism activities related to coastal resilience.
Calls for pitches and opportunities (for monthly supporters!)
Write about how people are trying to solve problems and what we can learn from their successes or failures
Opportunity to write for a biotechnology magazine
Fellowships for journalists reporting on AI (Artificial intelligence)
Grants for Australian science journalists, and journalists from outside Western Europe, and the U.S.
🚂 Resources
Poynter’s foolproof guide to living your best fact-filled life. International Fact-Checking Day is April 2. Here are 25 ways to get the truth behind topics you care about most.
Bonus content for monthly supporters:
A list of apps and tools that help writers to work smarter (from 2021)
Writing tips for non-native English speakers
A new free course on how science journalists and communicators can counteract misinformation.
A conversation about mental health in journalism.
Tips for writing children’s books.
🎷 News
Twelve journalists are awarded 2022 Logan Science Journalism Fellowships.
Meet the recipients of the Climate Misinformation Grant Program. Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network will distribute $800K to help grantees scale efforts to disprove false claims about climate change.
Knight Science Journalism Alumni Notes: A Bumper Crop of Books, Grants, and Awards. A recurring roundup of news about former KSJ Fellows, featuring Federico Kukso’s compendium of what the fellows have been writing.
🛶 Events
Workshop: Engaging the Public on Climate Change (April 7, 2022)
Race and the Future of Genomics: More Equity, Or Less? (April 8, 2022)
Society of Professional Journalists journalism conference (April 8-9, 2022)
Inside the Minds of Conspiracy Theorists: What Journalists Should Know (April 12, 2022)
Coffee Chat with Nicholas St. Fleur, an award-winning science journalist and children’s STEM author based in Long Island, New York. (April 13, 2022)
Writing the Pandemic: Journalism in the Age of COVID-19 (April 13, 2022)
🧳 Jobs and internships
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Summer 2022 editorial fellowships (environment), U.S.-based
Editorial Intern, Washington, DC
Writing Intern, New York City, NY
Writing Intern, San Francisco, CA
Internships, Western U.S.
Content Writer, Remote, UK
Editor-in-chief (Biotechnology), Remote
Editorial Assistant, Washington, DC
Reporter, Health, U.S.-based
Assistant Social Media Editor, Boston, MA
News Writer (Space), U.S.-based
Associate Editor, U.S.-based
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