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Organization

Science Journalists Association of India

"The Science Journalists Association of India, or SJAI, is a professional body of science journalists and communicators in India. As of September 2025, it has over one hundred members across the length and breadth of the country. Officially registered as a society in September 2021, and recognised as a member of the World Federation of Science Journalists in March 2022, the SJAI has been several years in the making. SJAI’s objectives are extensive and cover a broad range of activities aimed at promoting deeper understanding of science-related issues, strengthening the quality of science journalism across all media platforms, and securing greater transparency in scientific research and its reportage." SJAI held annual conferences in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Science Journalists Association of India

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"The Science Journalists Association of India, or SJAI, is a professional body of science journalists and communicators in India. As of September 2025, it has over one hundred members across the length and breadth of the country. Officially registered as a society in September 2021, and recognised as a member of the World Federation of Science Journalists in March 2022, the SJAI has been several years in the making. SJAI’s objectives are extensive and cover a broad range of activities aimed at promoting deeper understanding of science-related issues, strengthening the quality of science journalism across all media platforms, and securing greater transparency in scientific research and its reportage." SJAI held annual conferences in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

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Fellowships & Grants

Reuters Institute Journalist Fellowship Programme

"Our Journalist Fellowship Programme is one of the world’s leading schemes for practising, mid-career journalists to take some time out from their day jobs to explore journalism in depth. Journalists joining us in Oxford will further their understanding of journalism through seminars, networking events, discussions with peers and working on a personal project. This is a programme for working journalists and editors who will return to journalism after spending a few months with us. The majority of our Journalist Fellows are fully-funded and they also receive a stipend to cover living and travel costs." Deadline for the 2026-27 academic year is Feb. 13.

Reuters Institute Journalist Fellowship Programme

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"Our Journalist Fellowship Programme is one of the world’s leading schemes for practising, mid-career journalists to take some time out from their day jobs to explore journalism in depth. Journalists joining us in Oxford will further their understanding of journalism through seminars, networking events, discussions with peers and working on a personal project. This is a programme for working journalists and editors who will return to journalism after spending a few months with us. The majority of our Journalist Fellows are fully-funded and they also receive a stipend to cover living and travel costs." Deadline for the 2026-27 academic year is Feb. 13.

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Awards

SPJ New America Award

Society of Professional Journalists

"SPJ’s New America Award honors public service journalism that explores and exposes issues of importance to immigrant or ethnic communities in the United States. Although not required, collaboration with ethnic media is taken into account. To be eligible, work must have been published or broadcast during the 2025 calendar year. SPJ welcomes entries from media outlets, journalists, community and issue advocacy groups, individuals and others concerned with ethnic issues." Past honorees include many science-related stories. Deadline: March 11, 2026.

SPJ New America Award

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"SPJ’s New America Award honors public service journalism that explores and exposes issues of importance to immigrant or ethnic communities in the United States. Although not required, collaboration with ethnic media is taken into account. To be eligible, work must have been published or broadcast during the 2025 calendar year. SPJ welcomes entries from media outlets, journalists, community and issue advocacy groups, individuals and others concerned with ethnic issues." Past honorees include many science-related stories. Deadline: March 11, 2026.

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Society of Professional Journalists

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Bringing Scientific Evidence Into Any Beat: Crime and Public Safety

"In this series, SciLine and The Open Notebook have teamed up to distill key science reporting skills for journalists covering scientific topics. Just as police reports and witness accounts provide crucial information and context in stories about crime and public safety, scientific evidence similarly strengthens reporting by substantiating claims, identifying trends, and putting events in broader context."

Fellowships & Grants

CJF Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship

Canadian Journalism Foundation and Canadian Medical Association

"Now in its second year, the CJF Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship in partnership with the Canadian Medical Association fellowship is a groundbreaking initiative, aimed at fostering expert reporting on critical health issues affecting Indigenous communities in Canada. Open to Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) journalists working with a publishing partner to support editorial, production and multimedia capacity, this prestigious Fellowship provides a one-year research stipend of $100,000 for a mid-career Indigenous journalist with at least five years’ experience, and $50,000 publishing partner support. Fellows and their media partners will collaborate to produce impactful stories in one or more of the following media: broadcast documentary series, podcast, series of published articles by the end of 2027. Fellowship now open to freelancers and newsrooms." Deadline: Jan. 23, 2026.

CJF Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship

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"Now in its second year, the CJF Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship in partnership with the Canadian Medical Association fellowship is a groundbreaking initiative, aimed at fostering expert reporting on critical health issues affecting Indigenous communities in Canada. Open to Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) journalists working with a publishing partner to support editorial, production and multimedia capacity, this prestigious Fellowship provides a one-year research stipend of $100,000 for a mid-career Indigenous journalist with at least five years’ experience, and $50,000 publishing partner support. Fellows and their media partners will collaborate to produce impactful stories in one or more of the following media: broadcast documentary series, podcast, series of published articles by the end of 2027. Fellowship now open to freelancers and newsrooms." Deadline: Jan. 23, 2026.

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Canadian Journalism Foundation and Canadian Medical Association

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Satellite Data for Journalists: Turning Earth Images Into Stories

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) and the European Journalism Centre (EJC)

"The session explains how satellite imagery can be processed into maps and measurements that show how land is used and how it evolves over time. It presents the core principles behind satellite-based land monitoring, including the use of high-resolution imagery, automated analysis tools, and online platforms that make Earth observation data accessible to non-specialists. Through concrete examples, the webinar shows how climate journalists can use this data to support investigations, strengthen evidence, and visualise environmental change. Topics include long-term trends affecting forests, cities, agricultural land, and natural areas, with links to climate change, deforestation, urbanisation, and land degradation."

Satellite Data for Journalists: Turning Earth Images Into Stories

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"The session explains how satellite imagery can be processed into maps and measurements that show how land is used and how it evolves over time. It presents the core principles behind satellite-based land monitoring, including the use of high-resolution imagery, automated analysis tools, and online platforms that make Earth observation data accessible to non-specialists. Through concrete examples, the webinar shows how climate journalists can use this data to support investigations, strengthen evidence, and visualise environmental change. Topics include long-term trends affecting forests, cities, agricultural land, and natural areas, with links to climate change, deforestation, urbanisation, and land degradation."

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Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) and the European Journalism Centre (EJC)

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December 3, 2025

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Conference

Health Journalism (AHCJ Annual Conference)

Association of Health Care Journalists

"Join us as professional journalists from around the world gather to network, share ideas and participate in the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism." The 2026 conference takes place May 27-30 in Minneapolis, Minn.

Health Journalism (AHCJ Annual Conference)

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"Join us as professional journalists from around the world gather to network, share ideas and participate in the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism." The 2026 conference takes place May 27-30 in Minneapolis, Minn.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

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Training program

SAS Science: A New Program for Emerging Science Writers

"As South Asia Speaks heads into its sixth year, we’re delighted to announce a new program: SAS Science. Modelled after our flagship mentorship, SAS Science is a year-long program designed to support emerging science writers with one-on-one mentoring, masterclasses and workshops. Fellows will be paired with an established author and receive mentorship for a full year. Like everything we do at SAS, this program is free. Our goal is to identify and support emerging writers in South Asia, make them globally competitive, and help them publish their first books." Applications are open March 1-31, 2026.

SAS Science: A New Program for Emerging Science Writers

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"As South Asia Speaks heads into its sixth year, we’re delighted to announce a new program: SAS Science. Modelled after our flagship mentorship, SAS Science is a year-long program designed to support emerging science writers with one-on-one mentoring, masterclasses and workshops. Fellows will be paired with an established author and receive mentorship for a full year. Like everything we do at SAS, this program is free. Our goal is to identify and support emerging writers in South Asia, make them globally competitive, and help them publish their first books." Applications are open March 1-31, 2026.

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Urgency, Uncertainty and Alarmism: Ethical Climate Coverage

NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute

"Covering climate, from fires in Maui and Los Angeles to Texas floods to extreme heat across the country, is a diverse, sprawling, and ethically challenging beat. It often requires a full newsroom effort, pulling in reporters to address disasters and policy in a range of ways: tracking fast-moving developments in real-time, communicating scale and impact, and offering the documentation and resources that might aid communities in preparing for future destruction. "The Ethics and Journalism Initiative, in partnership with NYU’s Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program, is hosting a panel to explore the most urgent ethical questions in climate reporting today."

Urgency, Uncertainty and Alarmism: Ethical Climate Coverage

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"Covering climate, from fires in Maui and Los Angeles to Texas floods to extreme heat across the country, is a diverse, sprawling, and ethically challenging beat. It often requires a full newsroom effort, pulling in reporters to address disasters and policy in a range of ways: tracking fast-moving developments in real-time, communicating scale and impact, and offering the documentation and resources that might aid communities in preparing for future destruction. "The Ethics and Journalism Initiative, in partnership with NYU’s Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program, is hosting a panel to explore the most urgent ethical questions in climate reporting today."

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NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute

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October 23, 2025

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Advancing High-Quality Science Journalism: Challenges and Pathways Forward

"Journalists play a critical role in providing accurate, timely, and trustworthy science information to the public. Yet, a number of factors within journalism—decreased funding, shrinking newsrooms, media deregulation, reduced access to high-quality science information and scientific sources—have hampered the quantity and quality of science news, creating fertile ground for science misinformation to more easily spread. At the same time, some journalistic norms and practices can make science reporting particularly prone to the unintentional spread of misinformation, and public trust and confidence in the press continues to wane. This webinar will discuss the challenges to reporting on science in today's landscape and surface the needs and opportunities for bolstering science, health, and medical journalism."

See also related article, "National Academies Panel Outlines Hurdles And Shares Opportunities To Advance High-Quality Science Journalism," Civic Science Observer, Nov 27, 2025, by Joanna Marsh.

Advancing High-Quality Science Journalism: Challenges and Pathways Forward

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"Journalists play a critical role in providing accurate, timely, and trustworthy science information to the public. Yet, a number of factors within journalism—decreased funding, shrinking newsrooms, media deregulation, reduced access to high-quality science information and scientific sources—have hampered the quantity and quality of science news, creating fertile ground for science misinformation to more easily spread. At the same time, some journalistic norms and practices can make science reporting particularly prone to the unintentional spread of misinformation, and public trust and confidence in the press continues to wane. This webinar will discuss the challenges to reporting on science in today's landscape and surface the needs and opportunities for bolstering science, health, and medical journalism."

See also related article, "National Academies Panel Outlines Hurdles And Shares Opportunities To Advance High-Quality Science Journalism," Civic Science Observer, Nov 27, 2025, by Joanna Marsh.

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National Academies

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November 13, 2025

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Awards

SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Awards

The Society of Professional Journalists awards "recognize the best in professional journalism in categories covering print/online, audio, television, and more," including but not limited to Inequities in Society, Investigative Reporting, Science/Environment/Climate Reporting, Public Service in Journalism and Photography. 2026 deadlines: Jan. 6 (early bird); Feb. 18 (regular).

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Advancing High-Quality Science Journalism: Challenges and Pathways Forward

National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine

"This [National Academies] webinar examined the challenges of reporting on science in today's landscape and surfaced the needs and opportunities for strengthening science, health, and medical journalism. The archived video and resources from the panelists are now available online."

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How To Cover Plastic Pollution

"Are you a journalist looking to report on plastics? Watch this Mongabay Webinar to learn how to cover this pressing topic from experts in science, civil society, and journalism. Experts say that plastic pollution presents a global human health crisis. The world produces around 400 million metric tons of plastic every single year. These plastics can contain thousands of chemicals, many of which are linked to cancer and negative reproductive human health impacts." Includes a list of resources.

How To Cover Plastic Pollution

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"Are you a journalist looking to report on plastics? Watch this Mongabay Webinar to learn how to cover this pressing topic from experts in science, civil society, and journalism. Experts say that plastic pollution presents a global human health crisis. The world produces around 400 million metric tons of plastic every single year. These plastics can contain thousands of chemicals, many of which are linked to cancer and negative reproductive human health impacts." Includes a list of resources.

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Mongabay

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June 24, 2025

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Fellowships & Grants

C&EN’s Editorial Fellowship Program

Chemical & Engineering News

"C&EN covers what's new in the world of chemistry, including stories about drug development, new materials for electronics, solutions to mitigate climate change, and much more. Each year we invite a paid editorial fellow to work alongside C&EN's seasoned reporters, developing bylined news and feature stories for C&EN’s website, weekly print magazine, and podcast. Past fellows have contributed magazine features, breaking news, podcast episodes, and videos. C&EN's Editorial Fellowship Program provides a launch pad for the next generation of science journalists." The six-month fellowship begins in June. Deadline: Feb. 28, 2025. Applications re-open in early 2026.

C&EN’s Editorial Fellowship Program

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"C&EN covers what's new in the world of chemistry, including stories about drug development, new materials for electronics, solutions to mitigate climate change, and much more. Each year we invite a paid editorial fellow to work alongside C&EN's seasoned reporters, developing bylined news and feature stories for C&EN’s website, weekly print magazine, and podcast. Past fellows have contributed magazine features, breaking news, podcast episodes, and videos. C&EN's Editorial Fellowship Program provides a launch pad for the next generation of science journalists." The six-month fellowship begins in June. Deadline: Feb. 28, 2025. Applications re-open in early 2026.

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Chemical & Engineering News

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Awards

SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

"Annually, the Society of Professional Journalists presents the Mark of Excellence Awards, honoring the best in student journalism. Categories are first judged on the regional level. First-place regional winners advance to the national competition, and most are recognized at their respective regional SPJ conference. National winners will be showcased on spj.org. The Corbin Gwaltney Award for Best Student Newspaper carries a $5,000 prize each of the large- and small-division winners, courtesy of the Chronicle of Higher Education." 2026 deadlines: Jan. 6 (earlybird); Feb. 11 (final).

Conference

European Conference of Science Journalism

European Federation for Science Journalism

This conference, normally biennial, last took place in 2022. “The next ECSJ will take place in Hanover, Germany, from 14 to 16 October 2026. The main topic of ECSJ2026 will be ‘Science Journalism for a World in Crisis.’ From pandemics to climate change, from water scarcity and wildfires to shrinking access to essential medicines, science journalists are tasked with covering crises while uncovering solutions, highlighting societal transformations, holding power to account, and helping societies navigate a world in turmoil. ECSJ26 will set the stage for exploring how science journalists can respond to global turbulence with rigor, creativity, and impact.”

European Conference of Science Journalism

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This conference, normally biennial, last took place in 2022. “The next ECSJ will take place in Hanover, Germany, from 14 to 16 October 2026. The main topic of ECSJ2026 will be ‘Science Journalism for a World in Crisis.’ From pandemics to climate change, from water scarcity and wildfires to shrinking access to essential medicines, science journalists are tasked with covering crises while uncovering solutions, highlighting societal transformations, holding power to account, and helping societies navigate a world in turmoil. ECSJ26 will set the stage for exploring how science journalists can respond to global turbulence with rigor, creativity, and impact.”

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European Federation for Science Journalism

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Geo AI: Environmental Journalism Using Artificial Intelligence

"In this webinar, promoted in partnership by Cambridge Digital Humanities (CDH), Earth Genome, and Pulitzer Center, participants presented examples of the current existing models deployed in environmental investigations, discussing their strengths and limitations."

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Science Journalism’s Overlooked Role in Educating the Public

"Journalists and scientists gathered at the Science Journalism in a Post-Truth World in the Damen Den Oct. 14 to discuss how the decline in science coverage has deepened the public’s mistrust and misunderstanding of science. Science journalism once held a prominent place in media. Since then, science journalism has largely disappeared from mainstream media — and experts say the consequences are serious."

Fellowships & Grants

Grist’s Climate Rural Reporting Grant

"Thanks to a generous donor, Grist will once again offer grants to newsrooms to report stories on rural America. This time, stories must focus on climate or environmental justice. For this new round of funding, applicants can request up to $5,000 per project." Newsrooms and freelancers can apply by December 3, 2025 at 6pm ET.

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CCNow Basics: Disinformation & Greenwashing

"Myths about climate change continue to proliferate online, but such disinformation campaigns are nothing new. This CCNow Basics Session explores how disinformation, misinformation, and greenwashing shape public understanding of climate change. The session also covers the problem of 'false balance' in journalism and offers strategies to counter disinformation with both audiences and editors, while keeping the focus on fact-based information."

CCNow Basics: Disinformation & Greenwashing

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"Myths about climate change continue to proliferate online, but such disinformation campaigns are nothing new. This CCNow Basics Session explores how disinformation, misinformation, and greenwashing shape public understanding of climate change. The session also covers the problem of 'false balance' in journalism and offers strategies to counter disinformation with both audiences and editors, while keeping the focus on fact-based information."

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Covering Climate Now

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October 30, 2025

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Fellowships & Grants

Arab Documentary Photography Program

"Recognizing the image's power to document, educate, and advocate, the Arab Documentary Photography Program’s incentive has always been to foster creative photography practices in the Arab world and to encourage the transmission of critical, socially engaged, and local stories. ... Open to applicants from, living and working in the Arab region, irrespective of ethnicity, gender, or religion." The ADPP for Emerging Photographers comprises a $7,000 grant for a new or existing project plus mentorship. Deadline: Dec. 10, 2025.

Awards

National Awards for Education Reporting

Education Writers Association

"These prestigious [EWA] awards honor the exemplary work of journalists who have covered issues that impact kids, students, families, educators, and school communities. Journalists representing independent media from all beats, geographic regions and newsrooms are welcome to enter — and stand to win cash awards ranging from $750 to $5,000." Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026 (entries open Nov. 13). Examples of science writing relating to education reporting:

how natural disasters disrupt schooling
how immigration raids impact farmworkers and their school-age children
how school districts' plans to make 100% electric school bus fleets are being dashed

National Awards for Education Reporting

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"These prestigious [EWA] awards honor the exemplary work of journalists who have covered issues that impact kids, students, families, educators, and school communities. Journalists representing independent media from all beats, geographic regions and newsrooms are welcome to enter — and stand to win cash awards ranging from $750 to $5,000." Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026 (entries open Nov. 13). Examples of science writing relating to education reporting:

how natural disasters disrupt schooling
how immigration raids impact farmworkers and their school-age children
how school districts' plans to make 100% electric school bus fleets are being dashed

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Education Writers Association

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Fellowships & Grants

New America’s Fellows Program

"New America invests in thinkers — journalists, scholars, filmmakers and public policy analysts — who generate big, bold ideas that have an impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of our day. Fellowships begin in September and run through May annually. $15,000-$30,000 stipend provided and you may stay in your current job, coming together for two cohort gatherings during the fellowship year, each lasting two-three days and held in Washington, DC." Deadline: Feb. 2, 2026.

New America’s Fellows Program

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"New America invests in thinkers — journalists, scholars, filmmakers and public policy analysts — who generate big, bold ideas that have an impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of our day. Fellowships begin in September and run through May annually. $15,000-$30,000 stipend provided and you may stay in your current job, coming together for two cohort gatherings during the fellowship year, each lasting two-three days and held in Washington, DC." Deadline: Feb. 2, 2026.

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Interrogating Data: A Science Writer’s Guide to Data Journalism

"In its simplest definition, data journalism is the practice of using numbers and trends to tell a story. It requires a variety of skills: research to find the correct dataset, analysis to determine what kind of story this dataset may tell, and presentation to share that story with readers. And these skills are within reach for many science writers, even without any programming background: Simply ask questions, and you will find the central tenet of a story."

Awards

ASME National Magazine Awards

American Society of Magazine Editors in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

"One of the most prestigious journalism-awards programs in the United States, the National Magazine Awards honor magazines and websites for editorial and visual excellence as demonstrated by the superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design. Originally limited to print magazines, the awards now recognize magazine storytelling published in any medium, including newspapers and newsletters." Deadlines: Oct 23 and Dec 4, 2025 (depending on publication date).

ASME National Magazine Awards

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"One of the most prestigious journalism-awards programs in the United States, the National Magazine Awards honor magazines and websites for editorial and visual excellence as demonstrated by the superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design. Originally limited to print magazines, the awards now recognize magazine storytelling published in any medium, including newspapers and newsletters." Deadlines: Oct 23 and Dec 4, 2025 (depending on publication date).

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American Society of Magazine Editors in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

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Science Journalists Association of India

Reuters Institute Journalist Fellowship Programme

SPJ New America Award

Bringing Scientific Evidence Into Any Beat: Crime and Public Safety

CJF Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship

Satellite Data for Journalists: Turning Earth Images Into Stories

Health Journalism (AHCJ Annual Conference)

SAS Science: A New Program for Emerging Science Writers

Urgency, Uncertainty and Alarmism: Ethical Climate Coverage

Advancing High-Quality Science Journalism: Challenges and Pathways Forward

SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Awards

Advancing High-Quality Science Journalism: Challenges and Pathways Forward

How To Cover Plastic Pollution

C&EN’s Editorial Fellowship Program

SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

European Conference of Science Journalism

Geo AI: Environmental Journalism Using Artificial Intelligence

Science Journalism’s Overlooked Role in Educating the Public

Grist’s Climate Rural Reporting Grant

CCNow Basics: Disinformation & Greenwashing

Arab Documentary Photography Program

National Awards for Education Reporting

New America’s Fellows Program

Interrogating Data: A Science Writer’s Guide to Data Journalism

ASME National Magazine Awards