The delicate art of covering sexual harassment in academia
A ScienceWriters2020 session titled “Investigating sexual harassment in science," probed the responsibilities of journalists in exposing such cases to the public eye.
Nov. 11, 2020
Event coverage
Coverage begins in 2006 for the ScienceWriters meeting and 2009 for the AAAS meeting. To see programs for past ScienceWriters meetings, go to the ScienceWriters meeting site.
Investigating and covering emerging, controversial and contested disease stories
“How do you report on [diseases] where a lot of the tools that are often available to us as science writers, like the published scientific literature, are just not there?” asked Ed Yong, a science journalist for The Atlantic. Yong posed the question at the start of the ScienceWriters2020 session "Covering Emerging, Controversial, and Contested Disease."
Nov. 10, 2020
Funding for all: The inside scoop on grants and fellowships
Wherever you are in your science journalism career, fellowships and grants can give you the resources to pursue a passion project. But what does it take to get them? A session at ScienceWriters2020 gathered journalists and fellowship coordinators to answer commonly asked questions about grants and fellowships.
Nov. 10, 2020
From Ideas to Action: #SciWri20 plenaries result in diversity resources
With racial injustices in the United States as a backdrop, the opening plenary at the ScienceWriters2020 conference challenged science communicators to confront the lack of diversity in our field.
Nov. 9, 2020
Taking care of yourself: Mental health and science journalism
On October 22, the National Association of Science Writers held the virtual discussion Taking Care of Yourself: Mental Health and Science Journalism as a part of the ScienceWriters2020 conference.
A survey of science writers compares institutional science communication practices
Institutions who pour resources into conducting research and chasing new discoveries also have another important responsibility to consider – sharing their findings with the world.
Bringing stories to life through “The Art of the Interview”
Navigating expert knowledge while encouraging conversational style takes practice. In the ScienceWriters2020 session “The Art of the Interview,” panelists offered tips for crafting questions and tackling difficult topics.
Are we ready to move beyond the p-value?
Nicole Lazar, former editor of The American Statistician, guides ScienceWriters2019 attendees through the (alleged) “end of statistical significance”