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Travel fellowships for the 2019 World Conference of Science Journalists
The 2019 World Conference of Science Journalists – a biennial event held next year in Lausanne – is inviting applications for travel fellowships to enable journalists to attend who might not otherwise be able to. The conference is the flagship…
Quantum Words science writing festival, 3 November, Sydney
Australia’s only festival entirely focused on science writing is celebrating its second happening on Saturday 3 November in Sydney. This event is a remarkable gathering of who’s who in science writing, journalism, non-fiction, fiction and poetry. Sessions include ‘Writing about…
Do you need a science degree to be a science journalist?
The Open Notebook has waded into a debate that has been going on since the early days of modern science journalism: do you need a science degree to be a science journalist? This great piece by journalist Aneri Pattani tackles…
RANZCOG (ObGyn) media award open for entries
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists‘ annual Media Award of Excellence is open for entries. The award “acknowledges the important role the media play in informing decision makers and the public about women’s health “.…
Entries for AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards due 1 August
The AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards honour “professional journalists for distinguished reporting on the sciences, engineering, and mathematics”. They’re open to journalists around the world, and categories include newspapers, magazines, television, audio, video, online and children’s science news. Entries for the…
Wired UK looking for freelance science writers
Katia Moskvitch, editor at Wired UK, has tweeted a call for freelance science writers: “Hello, science writers! @WiredUK is looking for awesome freelance science writers. If you know how to spot cool stories no one else has – on Arxiv…
New book on investigative science writing
Science writers aren’t stenographers; an important part of their job in reporting science is also to scrutinise it. To advance that, US science journalist Liza Gross has published The Science Writing Investigative Reporting Handbook: A Beginner’s Guide To Investigations, aided…
Food Security Journalism Award: entries close 15 June
Written anything about global food security in the past year? The Crawford Fund’s Food Security Journalism Award recognises work that explores the theme of global food security, including food supply, production, R&D, trade, food loss and waste, biosecurity, training, and policy issues.…
Food Sustainability Media Awards – entries close 31 May
Written or reported anything about food, agriculture, hunger, obesity, food waste or starvation in the last year? Entries to the Food Sustainability Media Awards, from the Thomson Reuters Foundation and Barilla, close this Thursday 31 May, with EU10,000 up for…