Virtual Mentoring Program: Week 1 Reading List

These reading assignments were assigned to students participating in NASW's Summer Virtual Mentoring Program prior to the first Zoom session on May 29. The list is helpful for anyone new to science writing.

 

Ask TON: Breaking Into Science Writing

https://www.theopennotebook.com/2013/07/30/ask-ton-breakinginto-science-writing/

 

How can we solve the diversity dearth in science writing?

https://www.nasw.org/article/how-can-we-solve-diversity-dearth-us-science-writing

 

Finding the Science in Any Story

https://www.theopennotebook.com/2018/11/27/finding-the-science-in-any-story/

 

Journalism Story Structure

http://journalism-education.cubreporters.org/2010/08/journalism-story-structure.html

 

Ask TON: Using PIOs to Hunt Stories

https://www.theopennotebook.com/2015/03/10/ask-ton-using-pios-to-hunt-stories/

 

Reading the Journals: From New Science to Science News

https://www.nasw.org/article/reading-journals-new-science-science-news

 

How to Read a Scientific Paper

https://www.theopennotebook.com/2018/11/06/how-to-read-a-scientific-paper/

 

Is Anyone Out There? Sourcing News Stories

https://www.theopennotebook.com/2015/04/07/sourcing-news-stories/

 

Asking for Interviews—and Getting Them

https://www.nasw.org/article/asking-interviews-and-getting-them

 

TON Diverse Voices series

https://www.theopennotebook.com/2018/10/09/introducing-the-diverse-voic…

 

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