Goodbye and good riddance 2020? Sure, it’s been a roundly crappy year on so many fronts: bushfires, COVID-19, climate, politics, toilet paper shortages. But it isn’t all bad. For one thing, 2020 brought 58 people together as inaugural members of…
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SJAA joins the World Federation of Science Journalists
The Science Journalists Association of Australia is delighted to have been accepted as a member organisation of the World Federation of Science Journalists, joining more than 60 national, regional, and international science journalism associations which represent over 10,000 science journalists…
SJAA event: online speed-mentoring for early career/student science journalists
Amidst the current flux in the media industry, and the difficulties brought about by the pandemic, breaking into science journalism or landing your next job might feel a little tricky.If you’re a student, an early career science journalist, or a…
SJAA elects new committee
The Science Journalists Association of Australia is delighted to introduce its newly-elected committee, who will steer the organisation for the next year: Bianca Nogrady – presidentNicky Phillips – treasurerSara Phillips – secretaryNeena Bhandari Dyani LewisNatasha MitchellFran MolloyRuby Prosser ScullyCarl SmithMichelle…
SJAA event: FOI requesting, or how to ‘keep the bastards honest’
What really goes on behind the closed doors of politicians’ offices or in the locked filing cabinets of government departments? Many spectacular and impactful works of journalism have been built around these gleaming pearls of information, and Freedom of Information…
Marine Biological Laboratory Logan Science Journalism program – applications invited.
Happy new year everyone! Kicking 2020 off with a call for applicants for the Marine Biological Laboratory Logan Science Journalism program in Chicago. This offers ” professional science journalists, writers, editors, and broadcast journalists a chance to forget about story…
2019 World Conference of Science Journalists videos now online
Videos of sessions from the recent World Conference of Science Journalists in Lausanne, Switzerland – held in July – are now available online for anyone to watch. Sessions include investigative methods for science journalists, escaping the ‘balance trap’, and reporting…
Early-career fellowships at The Open Notebook
The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Fund fellowship for early-career science writers (less than two years’ writing experience) is open for the next two rounds of the fellowship, from January 2, 2020 – August 31, 2020 and July 1, 2020 – February…
Griffith Review reportage project
The Griffith Review is now accepting submissions for its reportage project, which will provide the opportunity for three writers to complete a 7,500-word (approximate) piece for publication in a 2020 or 2021 edition of Griffith Review, with a $7500 fee…
RANZCOG media awards open for entries
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists annual media awards are open for entries. The awards honour “accurate reporting on women’s health matters”, and are open to any print, radio, television or online story published/aired in…