Western nations do not have a monopoly on esteemed science writers. Witness the multiple tributes to the life of Tambiaiah Sabaratnam, "a pathfinder and leading light in Sri Lankan science journalism for over a generation," who died March 5 at 79. Here is an obituary, plus an essay by fellow science writer Nalaka Gunawardene.
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Three consecutive calamities — an earthquake, a tsunami, and a crippled nuclear power plant — have challenged journalists and especially news graphics specialists to turn chaos into clear, publishable information.
Watch a video of five prominent science blogger/journalists speaking on a panel organized by New England Science Writers in January at Harvard University.
From the Columbia, Mo., Daily Tribune, a series by Jodie Jackson Jr. about a hospital that won full accreditation even after inspections turned up a pattern of poor infection control practices that place
Leila Battison wrote one of the other papers that appears in the current Journal of Cosmology alongside a NASA scientist's claim to have found fossilized bacteria in a meteorite.
David Ropeik built a career in television news reporting on various threats, toxicological and otherwise.
How the human brain got big. And, oh yes, how the human penis lost its spines. Microbes in meteorites vs science journalism. Jonathan Eisen vs Nature Part 2, Involuntary entrepreneurship = reluctant freelancing. Tom Lehrer sings the Periodic Table of the Elements, redacted.
From AdAge, a glowing profile of HowStuffWorks, a site whose mission sounds a lot like the Demand Media and Asso
Looking for ways to cover science on a tight travel budget? For the fourth year in a row, the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings invites NASW members who are working journalists or freelancers attending on assignment from a media outlet to apply for travel funding to attend its meetings of Nobel Laureates. Applications due April 6.