How to cover science responsibly across borders
In the ScienceWriters2021 conference plenary session on “Covering Science Responsibly Across Borders”, editors and writers from around the world discussed how to ethically report on science.
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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.
SciWri21 highlight: “So you want to write a book”
The step from writing science articles to a science book Is more like a giant leap. “Writing a book can be sort of mystical especially if you don’t know anyone who has written a book” said science writer Rebecca Boyle during the “So you want to write a book” session of ScienceWriters 2021.
Product and design thinking: These two techniques can help your science writing business
Are you struggling to please your writing clients and failing to get repeat business? If so, product and design thinking may help your business boom.
How (and why) to pitch a story that happened 100 years ago
The final day of ScienceWriters2021 (#SciWri21) brought a new perspective on science writing, focusing on the history of science in a session titled “How (and Why) to Pitch a 100 Year Old Story."
When editors and scientists meet: communicating science without dumbing it down
The challenges associated with getting scientists to write and talk to a non-expert audience were discussed in the “Editing experts: How to help scientists meet journalism standards" panel at the ScienceWriters2021 Conference.
Using data to drive stories
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a small team sought to track the virus’ spread across the United States by documenting testing rates. Since April, The COVID Tracking Project has grown to hundreds of volunteers that compile state-level COVID-19 data trends each day.
Science writers urged to tell stories that include Indigenous perspectives
Science, much like history, is rooted in colonialism. To reckon with this, Indigenous scientists and science writers are calling on non-native science writers to amplify Indigenous voices and decolonize science.
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.
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."