The entry window for the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists, awarded by the US-based Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, closes on June 30. This award is “intended to encourage young science writers by recognizing outstanding reporting and writing in any field of science.” Applicants must aged under 30 years, and the prize includes US$1000 and expenses to attend a science writing conference in the US. The award is open to international journalists but preferably ones that are writing in international or US publications, and there is an upper limit on travel expenses. The entry window closes June 30 and details are here.
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News.com.au hiring technology reporter
News.com.au has advertised for a technology reporter to cover “everything from the latest scientific discoveries to military news, the latest smart phone releases, new gadgets, internet outages, Facebook bans, and consumer focused tech reviews.” The role could suit a general reporter with an interest in science and technology, and they’re looking for someone with previous reporting and newsroom experience, digitally and social-media savvy, with experience of digital journalism. Details are here.
Following on from the last post about The Conversation looking for a deputy section editor for science and technology, they’re also looking to hire a full-time, in-house section editor for energy and environment, to be based in Melbourne. As before, the job is to “commission, edit and publish text-based articles as well as content drawing on digital storytelling approaches using multimedia, interactives and data visualisation.” They’re looking for attributes including a knowledge of environment and energy science and policy, editorial leadership and management skills, experience in digital storytelling and significant journalism experience. Details are here.
The Conversation is looking for a journalist for the full-time role of deputy section editor for Science and Technology. The Melbourne-based position involves commissioning, editing and publishing articles, as well as digital storytelling, and they’re after someone with journalism experience, skills in digital storytelling, the ability to build a network of contacts, highly developed research and analytical skills etc. Salary range is $50k-70k. More details are here.
The Crawford Fund’s annual journalism award recognises journalism that examines issues of global food security with an Australian focus, including food supply, production, R&D, trade, food loss and waste, biosecurity, training and policy issues etc. The prize is a ‘seeing is believing’ visit to “experience and report on Australia’s work in international agricultural development.” Entries must have been published in print, broadcast or online between 3 June 2018-2019, and the entry window closes COB June 14. Details are here.
In light of the recent AFP raids on Australian journalists, this article by journalism academic Glynn Greensmith in WA Today is a timely read to remind us about what journalism, why we need it, and why we should care about these raids. “Journalism is the gatekeeper of democracy. We’ve been directly or indirectly told this for thousands of years, yet in our world the only people who seem to understand its worth are the ones seeking to diminish it,” he writes. Read more here.
Fairfax newspapers The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have published their guidelines for reporting on medical research, which includes a focus on human trials published in reputable, peer-reviewed journals. Other principles include examining conflicts of interest disclosures, seeking independent comment, and avoiding terms such as ‘safe’, ‘guaranteed’ or ‘miraculous’. The full guidelines can be viewed here.
The Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney is once again offering its $100,000 Judy Harris Writer in Residence Fellowship to enable an Australian writer in a creative genre to “work on a project related to the issues that the Centre is dedicated to addressing, including health, wellbeing, food, ageing, social disadvantage and cultural identity.”
The fellowship has so far been awarded to Charlotte Wood, Mireille Juchau, Alana Valentine and Emily Maguire. It includes working space at the Charles Perkins Centre Research and Education Hub, full access to the University’s library and the opportunity to work with the Centre’s researchers, educators and clinicians.
More information is available here, and applications are due by 24 June 2019.
US-based MIT Technology Review magazine is looking for a space reporter, and the position can be remote (presumably still on planet Earth though). The job involves “crafting a regular newsletter, which will appear weekly, as well as writing regular stories for MIT Technology Review’s website”. They’re after someone with attributes including least one year’s journalism experience, preferably in science/technology; bachelors degree in journalism or a related field; a track record of accurate, well-written work, and the ability to turn stories around quickly. Details are here, but they don’t specify a closing date.
The latest edition of the iconic Associated Press Stylebook has been updated to include a new chapter on health and science journalism. The AP Stylebook offers “fundamental guidelines for spelling, language, punctuation, usage and journalistic style”, and can be purchased in print or digital form here.