This is a series of Q&As with young and up-and-coming science, health and environmental writers and reporters. They – at least some of them – have recently hatched in the Incubators (science writing programs at schools of journalism), have even more recently fledged (graduated), and are now making their mark as wonderful new voices explaining [...]

This is a series of Q&As with young and up-and-coming science, health and environmental writers and reporters. They – at least some of them – have recently hatched in the Incubators (science writing programs at schools of journalism), have even more recently fledged (graduated), and are now making their mark as wonderful new voices explaining [...]

This is a series of Q&As with young and up-and-coming science, health and environmental writers and reporters. They – at least some of them – have recently hatched in the Incubators (science writing programs at schools of journalism), have even more recently fledged (graduated), and are now making their mark as wonderful new voices explaining [...]

This is a series of Q&As with young and up-and-coming science, health and environmental writers and reporters. They – at least some of them – have recently hatched in the Incubators (science writing programs at schools of journalism), have even more recently fledged (graduated), and are now making their mark as wonderful new voices explaining [...]

Learning from Fires by Kate Prengaman: The largest wildfire in New Mexico history, the Whitewater- Baldy Fire has been burning for weeks through the Gila National Forest. A lightning strike started the blaze on May 16th. As of today, June 9th, the fire has burned 274,838 acres, but thanks to more than 800 people fighting [...]

Pitching is an art in itself: you have to convince editors—a ruthless breed—that they should publish your story. In theory, you do know how to write a pitch. In reality, you lack practice and your pitches are getting rejected. But no need to despair. Thanks to The Open Notebook, you can browse through a database [...]

This is a series of Q&As with young and up-and-coming science, health and environmental writers and reporters. They have recently hatched in the Incubators (science writing programs at schools of journalism), have even more recently fledged (graduated), and are now making their mark as wonderful new voices explaining science to the public. Today we introduce [...]

What diversity in this week’s picks of writings from young and early-career science writers. A snapshot: giving colours names messed with our minds, encoding information into living cells, what happens when galaxies collide, science of bubbles… and more. Aatish Bhatia, science blogger, has a very interesting post about how our colour perceptions may affect language. [...]

Many universities have dedicated student-run science publications. Such publications are ideal places for young science writers to work with an editorial team, build up confidence and grow their portfolios. But they are also teasers of what is to come from the emerging generation of science writers. Periodically, we’ll cover some of those student-run science publications [...]

Dear young and early-career science journalists, Science journalism is hard. No question about it. Reading papers in obscure journals at two in the morning, camped in front of the laptop with a mug of stale coffee for company; deciphering the relevant information from countless figures and tables; interpreting the statistics into spellbound flawless sentences. And [...]