Engaging the changing faces and voices of mass media
It is time for journalists and writers to accept Latinx audiences as part of the U.S. mainstream, as corporate America has done.
From ScienceWriters and AAAS meetings
It is time for journalists and writers to accept Latinx audiences as part of the U.S. mainstream, as corporate America has done.
Writing about the world's most critical and looming problems — like climate change, war, the specter of disease, and biodiversity collapse — can be a prickly, foreboding undertaking, but it's something that science writers increasingly must tackle.
Pitching a story to an editor is one of the most daunting tasks a journalist has to carry out. At the Pitch Slam session for ScienceWriters 2018, the anxiety was almost palpable
When you're in front of a live audience, there's no editing out less-than-engaging interactions.
Rather than rehashing the debate of whether preprints could be used for news stories, the session's panelists described best approaches for reporters, editors, and PIOs to work with preprints.
Videos are a great way to communicate science. A panel of science video producers offered tips on how to use this medium well.
Committee updates, awards, and discussion of two constitutional amendments marked this year's business meeting at ScienceWriters 2018.
Cheerleader, critic, both, or neither. What is the role of the journalist, and more specifically, the science writer?
Science writers can play a role in building public support for science, but is that their responsibility?
What are the benefits of having a beat in science journalism? What are the drawbacks? And how do you become an established beat reporter in a certain area?