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Conference

ScienceWriters2025

NASW

"The National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing are excited to announce that ScienceWriters2025 will take place in Chicago, November 7-9, at the Marriott Chicago O'Hare. We are thrilled to be able to bring the community together this fall in a city with vibrant cultural and scientific opportunities. In this challenging time, we are pleased to have secured a convenient midwestern location with reasonable rates, which we hope will keep costs lower for attendees. The virtual portion of the conference will take place online October 22-24."

ScienceWriters2025

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"The National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing are excited to announce that ScienceWriters2025 will take place in Chicago, November 7-9, at the Marriott Chicago O'Hare. We are thrilled to be able to bring the community together this fall in a city with vibrant cultural and scientific opportunities. In this challenging time, we are pleased to have secured a convenient midwestern location with reasonable rates, which we hope will keep costs lower for attendees. The virtual portion of the conference will take place online October 22-24."

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NASW

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Chicago

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November 7, 2025 - November 9, 2025

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Awards

Online Journalism Awards: Excellence in Science Reporting

"This category honors excellence in digital journalism focusing on science. Entries in this category may report across areas such as, but not limited to, health and wellness, climate change, medical and natural sciences, space science, scientific innovation, STEM education and careers, and/or the role of science in society.
"Entries may include up to three links of work demonstrating how the single story used multiple mediums to reach the intended audiences."

Awards

CASW Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting

CASW

"CASW established the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting in 2000. Given annually, the prize seeks to honor a writer for a body of work published or broadcast within the last five years which, for reasons of uncommon clarity, accuracy, breadth of coverage, enterprise, originality, insight and narrative power, has made a profound and lasting contribution to public awareness and understanding of critical advances in medical science and their impact on human health and well-being." The honoree receives an award of $3,000, presented at the NASW/CASW ScienceWriters conference in October. The deadline for nominations is June 30.

CASW Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting

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"CASW established the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting in 2000. Given annually, the prize seeks to honor a writer for a body of work published or broadcast within the last five years which, for reasons of uncommon clarity, accuracy, breadth of coverage, enterprise, originality, insight and narrative power, has made a profound and lasting contribution to public awareness and understanding of critical advances in medical science and their impact on human health and well-being." The honoree receives an award of $3,000, presented at the NASW/CASW ScienceWriters conference in October. The deadline for nominations is June 30.

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CASW Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists

CASW

"The award is intended to encourage young science writers by recognizing outstanding reporting and writing in any field of science. The award is given in memory of Ev Clark, a veteran journalist at Business Week, The New York Times and Newsweek, and Seth Payne, his long-time friend and colleague at Business Week and a founder of the award. It is designed to carry on the work of both men, who offered friendship and advice to generations of young journalists." Winners receive a cash prize and expenses paid to attend the NASW/CASW Science Writers conference, where the award is presented. Applications are due June 30.

CASW Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists

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"The award is intended to encourage young science writers by recognizing outstanding reporting and writing in any field of science. The award is given in memory of Ev Clark, a veteran journalist at Business Week, The New York Times and Newsweek, and Seth Payne, his long-time friend and colleague at Business Week and a founder of the award. It is designed to carry on the work of both men, who offered friendship and advice to generations of young journalists." Winners receive a cash prize and expenses paid to attend the NASW/CASW Science Writers conference, where the award is presented. Applications are due June 30.

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Awards

National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications

National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine

Applications for the 2025 awards are now open, with a deadline of March 31. "Submissions are now being accepted for the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications, given by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in partnership with Schmidt Sciences. The awards honor exceptional science communicators, journalists, and research scientists who have developed creative, original work to communicate issues or advances in science, engineering, or medicine to the general public. Submissions are encouraged from individuals who have developed high-quality communications in 2024 and demonstrated the ability to communicate the spectrum of science, engineering, or medicine. The program will confer 24 awards totaling $640,000. In addition to the prize, Schmidt Sciences will help foster a vibrant and expanding community of science communications awardees by partnering with renowned journalistic institutions to provide ongoing training and professional development opportunities."

National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications

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Applications for the 2025 awards are now open, with a deadline of March 31. "Submissions are now being accepted for the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications, given by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in partnership with Schmidt Sciences. The awards honor exceptional science communicators, journalists, and research scientists who have developed creative, original work to communicate issues or advances in science, engineering, or medicine to the general public. Submissions are encouraged from individuals who have developed high-quality communications in 2024 and demonstrated the ability to communicate the spectrum of science, engineering, or medicine. The program will confer 24 awards totaling $640,000. In addition to the prize, Schmidt Sciences will help foster a vibrant and expanding community of science communications awardees by partnering with renowned journalistic institutions to provide ongoing training and professional development opportunities."

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National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine

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Book

Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science

National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine

"'Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science' characterizes the nature, scope, and impacts of this phenomenon, and provides guidance on interventions, policies, and future research. This report is a comprehensive assessment of the available evidence and reflects a systems view of the problem given the broader historical and contemporary contexts that shape the lived experiences of people and their relationships to information. The report aims to illuminate the impacts of misinformation about science and potential solutions across a diversity of individual peoples, communities, and societies."

Conference

Building Trust in Science: A One-Day Conference for a More Informed Future

Aspen Institute

"Building Trust in Science: A One-Day Conference for a More Informed Future, a collaboration between the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program and the MIT Press, aims to bridge the gap between decades of research in neuroscience and social science about how humans process and understand information, and the vulnerabilities to misinformation and propaganda we endure when we fail to leverage this knowledge in communicating science, especially in the age of generative AI.

"This conference, planned for March 10, 2025 in Boston, at MIT in Cambridge, MA, will be ideal for science communicators, journalists, researchers, students, policymakers, and anyone interested in mobilizing knowledge for a better world. This conference will explore how journalists, science communicators, researchers, and policymakers can utilize knowledge about human learning to empower diverse groups to make informed decisions in a complex world;
combat disinformation and build trust in science and scientists;
amplify voices and perspectives historically marginalized by science and journalism; and craft impactful messaging that fosters active and engaged communities where science is a cornerstone."

Conference

Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2025

Global Investigative Journalism Network

The Global Investigative Journalism Conference is the world’s largest international gathering of investigative journalists. The conference features training on the latest tools and techniques, cutting-edge workshops, and extensive networking and brainstorming sessions. In 2025, the conference will be held for the first time in Asia — in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2025

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The Global Investigative Journalism Conference is the world’s largest international gathering of investigative journalists. The conference features training on the latest tools and techniques, cutting-edge workshops, and extensive networking and brainstorming sessions. In 2025, the conference will be held for the first time in Asia — in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Global Investigative Journalism Network

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November 20, 2025 - November 24, 2025

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Fellowships & Grants

Spreading Love Through the Media: Request for Proposals

Greater Good Science Center

"The GGSC is pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) to support nonfiction content and reported stories related to love. We are interested in projects that extend well beyond romantic love; we define love as a deep, unselfish commitment to another person’s well-being—even to put their interests before your own. With funding from the John Templeton Foundation, the GGSC will distribute grants of between $5,000 and $50,000 to two dozen journalists and media producers who approach the topic of love from a variety of angles and across a range of media, including articles, videos, radio stories, podcasts, social media content, and more." The application deadline is 11:59 pm PT on March 24, 2025.

Spreading Love Through the Media: Request for Proposals

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"The GGSC is pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) to support nonfiction content and reported stories related to love. We are interested in projects that extend well beyond romantic love; we define love as a deep, unselfish commitment to another person’s well-being—even to put their interests before your own. With funding from the John Templeton Foundation, the GGSC will distribute grants of between $5,000 and $50,000 to two dozen journalists and media producers who approach the topic of love from a variety of angles and across a range of media, including articles, videos, radio stories, podcasts, social media content, and more." The application deadline is 11:59 pm PT on March 24, 2025.

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Greater Good Science Center

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Fellowships & Grants

Dalla Lana Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

"Since 2012, more than 200 subject-matter specialists from around the world have joined the Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact to learn journalism. Applying the skills they’ve learned in the program, they’ve moved on to become award-winning reporters, senior policy-makers, institutional leaders and breakthrough researchers." Twenty journalists from aroun the world are admitted to the academic-year fellowship. It begins with a 10-day boot camp. Every fellow is assigned to a six-person “bureau” under the mentorship of a highly experienced journalist. It continues courses taught two days each month. Tuition is $13,000 CAD.

Dalla Lana Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact

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"Since 2012, more than 200 subject-matter specialists from around the world have joined the Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact to learn journalism. Applying the skills they’ve learned in the program, they’ve moved on to become award-winning reporters, senior policy-makers, institutional leaders and breakthrough researchers." Twenty journalists from aroun the world are admitted to the academic-year fellowship. It begins with a 10-day boot camp. Every fellow is assigned to a six-person “bureau” under the mentorship of a highly experienced journalist. It continues courses taught two days each month. Tuition is $13,000 CAD.

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Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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Awards

Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

Covering Climate Now

"The annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards has become a recognized standard for excellence in climate journalism. Since our program’s launch in 2021, it has grown every year by leaps and bounds. We now routinely receive more than 1,000 entries, from dozens of countries, on every continent. A similarly global panel of more than 100 judges — all journalists, including many prior CCNow Award recipients — selects the winners." Entry submissions cover 14 subject-based categories. The awards also have a “Large projects & collaborations” category; an “Emerging Journalists of the Year" and a “Journalists of the Year” award, given to "three journalists who demonstrate exemplary commitment to the climate story and whose work has had a transformative impact on our profession."

Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

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"The annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards has become a recognized standard for excellence in climate journalism. Since our program’s launch in 2021, it has grown every year by leaps and bounds. We now routinely receive more than 1,000 entries, from dozens of countries, on every continent. A similarly global panel of more than 100 judges — all journalists, including many prior CCNow Award recipients — selects the winners." Entry submissions cover 14 subject-based categories. The awards also have a “Large projects & collaborations” category; an “Emerging Journalists of the Year" and a “Journalists of the Year” award, given to "three journalists who demonstrate exemplary commitment to the climate story and whose work has had a transformative impact on our profession."

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Covering Climate Now

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Awards

Knight Science Journalism Victor K. McElheny Award

Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT

"The Victor K. McElheny Award recognizes outstanding local and regional journalism covering issues in science, public health, technology, or the environment. Each year, the award honors a single entry — be it a series or standalone piece — with a $10,000 prize." Applications for the award are typically open from December to January, with the prize presented in the spring. For 2025, nominations will be accepted between December 15, 2024 and January 31, 2025.

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Communicating science to a skeptical public: “Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

"Launched as a 'direct line' to accessible information during the COVID-19 pandemic, the newsletter “Your Local Epidemiologist” has blossomed into a trusted, wide-ranging science source to more than 250,000 followers. In this event, the newsletter’s founder, epidemiologist and data scientist Katelyn Jetelina, speaks about how public health leaders can cut through misinformation and partisanship with effective, empathetic communication."

Communicating science to a skeptical public: “Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina

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"Launched as a 'direct line' to accessible information during the COVID-19 pandemic, the newsletter “Your Local Epidemiologist” has blossomed into a trusted, wide-ranging science source to more than 250,000 followers. In this event, the newsletter’s founder, epidemiologist and data scientist Katelyn Jetelina, speaks about how public health leaders can cut through misinformation and partisanship with effective, empathetic communication."

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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October 28, 2024

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Awards

Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting

Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy

"The new Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting honors reporting that focuses on the functioning of government and the implementation of public policy. Exemplary pieces use an explanatory and solutions-focused lens to illuminate a government or public policy implementation process, program, or problem. The winner of the Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting receives $15,000, to be awarded directly to the winning journalist or team." The deadline to submit work for the 2025 prize is January 9, 2025.

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9 local story ideas from the 2024 Lancet Countdown report on climate change and health

"Health threats from climate change are reaching record-breaking levels, affecting people in every country, according to the eighth annual Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, which provides an up-to-date assessment of the links between health and climate change." This explainer from The Journalist's Resource highlights major findings from the report and offers nine story ideas for local journalists based on its research.

Fellowships & Grants

2025 United Nations Foundation Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting to Africa

United Nations Foundation

The UN Foundation has launched a call for applications for its 2025 Polio Press Fellowship, geared toward journalists who are interested in reporting on stories on polio eradication in Africa. The goal of this fellowship is to provide professional journalists with the means to travel outside their country of residence to areas affected by polio to report on the importance of polio eradication work, as well as ways in which polio infrastructure can contribute to broader health goals. Upon participating in a series of virtual polio training sessions, selected journalists will receive funding to travel independently to one or more countries in Africa at the forefront of the polio eradication effort to gather stories and interviews with polio survivors, health care workers, community members, families, and health authorities. Preference will be given to reporters interested in traveling to the following countries: Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Mozambique. The deadline to apply is January 3, 2025.

2025 United Nations Foundation Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting to Africa

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The UN Foundation has launched a call for applications for its 2025 Polio Press Fellowship, geared toward journalists who are interested in reporting on stories on polio eradication in Africa. The goal of this fellowship is to provide professional journalists with the means to travel outside their country of residence to areas affected by polio to report on the importance of polio eradication work, as well as ways in which polio infrastructure can contribute to broader health goals. Upon participating in a series of virtual polio training sessions, selected journalists will receive funding to travel independently to one or more countries in Africa at the forefront of the polio eradication effort to gather stories and interviews with polio survivors, health care workers, community members, families, and health authorities. Preference will be given to reporters interested in traveling to the following countries: Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Mozambique. The deadline to apply is January 3, 2025.

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United Nations Foundation

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Fellowships & Grants

Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship

UC Berkeley

"The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship offers ten $10,000 reporting grants per year to journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business and culture of this new era of psychedelics. In addition to underwriting individual stories, the Fellowship aims to establish and nurture a new generation of journalists covering the frontlines of this rapidly changing field. We’re looking for big, underreported, narratively compelling stories placed in rich political, economic, scientific, and cultural contexts. We are committed to supporting journalists from diverse backgrounds and of all nationalities. The fellowship is a project of the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics." The deadline is January 31, 2025.

Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship

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"The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship offers ten $10,000 reporting grants per year to journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business and culture of this new era of psychedelics. In addition to underwriting individual stories, the Fellowship aims to establish and nurture a new generation of journalists covering the frontlines of this rapidly changing field. We’re looking for big, underreported, narratively compelling stories placed in rich political, economic, scientific, and cultural contexts. We are committed to supporting journalists from diverse backgrounds and of all nationalities. The fellowship is a project of the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics." The deadline is January 31, 2025.

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Awards

NFPW Professional Communications Contest

National Federation of Press Women

The NFPW National Communications Contest is open to writers regardless of gender, professional status, or location. Categories include writing, editing, photography, web and social media, and more. Entrants apply at the state level to affiliate organizations in their state; first-place winners from the state-level contest then move to the national level. For the 2025 contest, work must be published or broadcast between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. Deadlines: Early-bird deadline is January 29, final deadline for books is February 5, and final deadline for other work is February 19.

Fellowships & Grants

Fellowship for advancing science journalism in Africa and the Middle East

Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT

"This one-semester fellowship, hosted by the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, was inspired by the life and career of Egyptian science journalist Mohammed Yahia. The fellowship is designed to enrich the training of a journalist from Africa or the Middle East so they can contribute to a culture of high-quality science and health journalism in those regions, as well as raising awareness of regional advances in the rest of the world." This one-semester fellowship is open to journalists based in Africa and the Middle East with at least three years’ experience reporting on science, health or environmental issues in the region. It is held in the fall of the academic year and hosted by KSJ at MIT. It includes a $40,000 stipend, health insurance, and other benefits. Applications for 2025 will close January 15, 2025.

Fellowship for advancing science journalism in Africa and the Middle East

Summary:

"This one-semester fellowship, hosted by the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, was inspired by the life and career of Egyptian science journalist Mohammed Yahia. The fellowship is designed to enrich the training of a journalist from Africa or the Middle East so they can contribute to a culture of high-quality science and health journalism in those regions, as well as raising awareness of regional advances in the rest of the world." This one-semester fellowship is open to journalists based in Africa and the Middle East with at least three years’ experience reporting on science, health or environmental issues in the region. It is held in the fall of the academic year and hosted by KSJ at MIT. It includes a $40,000 stipend, health insurance, and other benefits. Applications for 2025 will close January 15, 2025.

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Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT

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Cambridge, Mass.

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Fellowships & Grants

Climate and Environmental Science Fellowship for Local Journalism

Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island

"The Climate and Environmental Science Fellowship for Local Journalism is a new initiative designed to support local newsrooms in their efforts to report on the science of climate and environmental change. Importantly, this fellowship focuses on local newsrooms — not individuals in newsrooms — and their specific challenges in reporting on these issues for their communities. ... The first cohort for the fellowship will focus on newsrooms in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts with 10 newsrooms chosen from submitted and complete applications." The deadline for the first 2025 cohort was November 17, 2024.

Climate and Environmental Science Fellowship for Local Journalism

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"The Climate and Environmental Science Fellowship for Local Journalism is a new initiative designed to support local newsrooms in their efforts to report on the science of climate and environmental change. Importantly, this fellowship focuses on local newsrooms — not individuals in newsrooms — and their specific challenges in reporting on these issues for their communities. ... The first cohort for the fellowship will focus on newsrooms in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts with 10 newsrooms chosen from submitted and complete applications." The deadline for the first 2025 cohort was November 17, 2024.

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Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island

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Resource Database / Guide

Tip sheet: The story behind award-winning stories: A conversation with Usha Lee McFarling

CASW Connector

When it comes to finding story ideas, Usha Lee McFarling has a simple tip: “Have your curiosity hat on,” she says. McFarling, national science correspondent for STAT, was the featured guest at an October 9 Connector Chat. She has won numerous awards throughout her career, including being part of a team that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism. Most recently, McFarling was named the recipient of the 2024 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. Facilitating the conversation was Steve Padilla, writing coach and Column One editor at the Los Angeles Times.

Tip sheet: The story behind award-winning stories: A conversation with Usha Lee McFarling

Summary:

When it comes to finding story ideas, Usha Lee McFarling has a simple tip: “Have your curiosity hat on,” she says. McFarling, national science correspondent for STAT, was the featured guest at an October 9 Connector Chat. She has won numerous awards throughout her career, including being part of a team that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism. Most recently, McFarling was named the recipient of the 2024 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. Facilitating the conversation was Steve Padilla, writing coach and Column One editor at the Los Angeles Times.

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CASW Connector

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October 23, 2024

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Resource Database / Guide

Resources to help journalists cover the 2024 US election

The Journalist's Resource

"All year, journalists all over the United States have been hard at work covering the 2024 election. The Journalist’s Resource team has been hard at work, too, creating resources to help you cover the news in the lead-up to Election Day and beyond. Here’s a collection of the election-related tip sheets, research roundups and explainers we’ve published this year so far."

Resources to help journalists cover the 2024 US election

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"All year, journalists all over the United States have been hard at work covering the 2024 election. The Journalist’s Resource team has been hard at work, too, creating resources to help you cover the news in the lead-up to Election Day and beyond. Here’s a collection of the election-related tip sheets, research roundups and explainers we’ve published this year so far."

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The Journalist's Resource

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October 16, 2024

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Fellowships & Grants

Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards

Wellcome Collection

"The Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards aims to find and support writers from underrepresented groups, who have a big idea for a non-fiction book for general readers, that engages with the themes of health and being human. The Awards will support 6 writers in 2025." Applications for the 2025 awards are due on November 11, 2024.

Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards

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"The Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards aims to find and support writers from underrepresented groups, who have a big idea for a non-fiction book for general readers, that engages with the themes of health and being human. The Awards will support 6 writers in 2025." Applications for the 2025 awards are due on November 11, 2024.

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Wellcome Collection

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Fellowships & Grants

Maria Leptin/EMBO Science Journalism Fellowships

European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

"Maria Leptin | EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) Science Journalism Fellowships support science journalists and life scientists entering careers as science journalists covering life science research. Fellows receive stipends for a duration of three to twelve months to fund their stays in media outlets of any type, editorial offices, or research institutions that make the fellows advance in their careers as science journalists." To be eligible, applicants must reside in one of the 31 EMBO member states and must be applying for internships or volunteer positions in science journalism. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Maria Leptin/EMBO Science Journalism Fellowships

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"Maria Leptin | EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) Science Journalism Fellowships support science journalists and life scientists entering careers as science journalists covering life science research. Fellows receive stipends for a duration of three to twelve months to fund their stays in media outlets of any type, editorial offices, or research institutions that make the fellows advance in their careers as science journalists." To be eligible, applicants must reside in one of the 31 EMBO member states and must be applying for internships or volunteer positions in science journalism. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

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European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

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Podcast

Why a science magazine went political

STAT News

"For several years now, newspapers have been moving away from a longstanding tradition: endorsing candidates for political office... But Scientific American is bucking the trend. In 2020, for the first time, the 179-year-old magazine endorsed Joe Biden for president. They followed suit this year, endorsing Kamala Harris. In both 2020 and 2024, the move spurred a great deal of discussion about scientific objectivity, journalistic objectivity, and the point of endorsements. To learn more about the decision to endorse and the process behind it, I spoke with Scientific American editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth and chief opinion editor Megha Satyanarayana (formerly of STAT)."

Why a science magazine went political

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"For several years now, newspapers have been moving away from a longstanding tradition: endorsing candidates for political office... But Scientific American is bucking the trend. In 2020, for the first time, the 179-year-old magazine endorsed Joe Biden for president. They followed suit this year, endorsing Kamala Harris. In both 2020 and 2024, the move spurred a great deal of discussion about scientific objectivity, journalistic objectivity, and the point of endorsements. To learn more about the decision to endorse and the process behind it, I spoke with Scientific American editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth and chief opinion editor Megha Satyanarayana (formerly of STAT)."

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STAT News

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October 9, 2024

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ScienceWriters2025

Online Journalism Awards: Excellence in Science Reporting

CASW Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting

CASW Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists

National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications

Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science

Building Trust in Science: A One-Day Conference for a More Informed Future

Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2025

Spreading Love Through the Media: Request for Proposals

Dalla Lana Fellowship in Journalism and Health Impact

Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

Knight Science Journalism Victor K. McElheny Award

Communicating science to a skeptical public: “Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina

Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting

9 local story ideas from the 2024 Lancet Countdown report on climate change and health

2025 United Nations Foundation Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting to Africa

Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship

NFPW Professional Communications Contest

Fellowship for advancing science journalism in Africa and the Middle East

Climate and Environmental Science Fellowship for Local Journalism

Tip sheet: The story behind award-winning stories: A conversation with Usha Lee McFarling

Resources to help journalists cover the 2024 US election

Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards

Maria Leptin/EMBO Science Journalism Fellowships

Why a science magazine went political