MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
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A one-year journalism masters program that trains students how to interpret, explain, and contextualize science for the wider public: Sciwrite.mit.edu
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This is really good. You have to make readers care, and that means connecting the science to something they know, or something they can relate to.
Pitching a story about obscure science requires a different approach than one about a more familiar subject. But it can be done, writes TON/@bwfund.bsky.social @willvh.bsky.social. Here, he shows you how. 🧪
Isotopes, Archaea, and Cold-Water Physics—How to Sell Obscure Science Stories to Editors and Readers - The Open Notebook
Getting a story about unfamiliar and obscure fields such as geology, organic chemistry, or quantum mechanics off the ground often means jumping over hurdles—for editors and readers alike—that might no...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is really good. You have to make readers care, and that means connecting the science to something they know, or something they can relate to.
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In case you missed it, catch the recording of the recent SHERF informational webinar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5vu...
Apply by Dec. 19: healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...
Apply by Dec. 19: healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In case you missed it, catch the recording of the recent SHERF informational webinar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5vu...
Apply by Dec. 19: healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...
Apply by Dec. 19: healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...
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🎉 The SHERF Fellowship is BACK! Science, health & environment reporters — this is your chance to level up your skills, get mentoring and deepen your expertise. Applications now open! Apply here ➡️ healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...
National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships
The SHERF fellowships are made to support early-career journalists who are pursuing careers in science, health or environmental reporting.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎉 The SHERF Fellowship is BACK! Science, health & environment reporters — this is your chance to level up your skills, get mentoring and deepen your expertise. Applications now open! Apply here ➡️ healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...
Join us for our fall information session at 3pm today. Registration is here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: GPSW 2025 Admissions Information Session . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: GPSW 2025 Admissions Information Session . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Join us for our fall information session at 3pm today. Registration is here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Don’t miss this!
Happening tomorrow! Learn more about the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships in a webinar at 1 p.m. EST.
Applications for 2026 are due 12/19. Fellows get to attend #SciWri26 and the @sejorg.bsky.social and @healthjournalism.org meetings.
healthjournalism.org/event/nation...
Applications for 2026 are due 12/19. Fellows get to attend #SciWri26 and the @sejorg.bsky.social and @healthjournalism.org meetings.
healthjournalism.org/event/nation...
National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship informational webinar
In this webinar, you'll learn about the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF) and hear from program alumni.
healthjournalism.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Don’t miss this!
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Trump's EPA is proposing rule changes that if approved would result in fewer ponds, streams and wetlands being protected from development and pollution under clean water rules.
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Trump EPA's Rewrite of US Water Definitions Would Affect Climate Change
The agency wants to change the definitions of waterways protected under the Clean Water Act.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trump's EPA is proposing rule changes that if approved would result in fewer ponds, streams and wetlands being protected from development and pollution under clean water rules.
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
@giorgiag-sciwriter.bsky.social covers emerging genetics research that could help reveal why autism is more common in boys:
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/gen...
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/gen...
Gene-activity map of developing brain reveals new clues about autism’s sex bias
Boys and girls may be vulnerable to different genetic changes, which could help explain why the condition is more common in boys despite linked variants appearing more often in girls.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@giorgiag-sciwriter.bsky.social covers emerging genetics research that could help reveal why autism is more common in boys:
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/gen...
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/gen...
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@geodesaurus.bsky.social, creator of the Spooky Lake Month series on TikTok and Instagram, gave us a guided tour of some of the world's most mysterious lakes.
🎧 Listen—if you're feeling brave: buff.ly/SyRWeKb
🎧 Listen—if you're feeling brave: buff.ly/SyRWeKb
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
@geodesaurus.bsky.social, creator of the Spooky Lake Month series on TikTok and Instagram, gave us a guided tour of some of the world's most mysterious lakes.
🎧 Listen—if you're feeling brave: buff.ly/SyRWeKb
🎧 Listen—if you're feeling brave: buff.ly/SyRWeKb
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Last month's delightful conversation with Mary Roach is online now! youtu.be/6FUVkG8kieI?... @harvardbookstore.bsky.social 🧪
Mary Roach, in conversation with Elizabeth Preston, "Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy"
YouTube video by Harvard Science Book Talks and Research Lectures
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November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Last month's delightful conversation with Mary Roach is online now! youtu.be/6FUVkG8kieI?... @harvardbookstore.bsky.social 🧪
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Last call to sign up for our news event on Wednesday, 1 pm ET!
Our Publisher and Editor @alexip718.com will moderate a conversation and Q&A with experts @joshettinger.bsky.social @finejulia6.bsky.social at @mason4c.bsky.social about advancing and integrating climate and health policy:
Our Publisher and Editor @alexip718.com will moderate a conversation and Q&A with experts @joshettinger.bsky.social @finejulia6.bsky.social at @mason4c.bsky.social about advancing and integrating climate and health policy:
The Fifth Vital Sign: Advancing and integrating climate and health policy
We discuss new research by the George Mason Center for Climate Change Communication and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Our Publisher and Editor @alexip718.com will moderate a conversation and Q&A with experts @joshettinger.bsky.social @finejulia6.bsky.social at @mason4c.bsky.social about advancing and integrating climate and health policy:
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Climate change fuels more destructive and rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones, as a Category 5 hurricane makes landfall in Jamaica insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Hits Jamaica as Risk of Climate Change-Fueled Tropical Storms Rises - Inside Climate News
Environmental advocates call for fossil fuel companies to pay for damages as climate change fuels more destructive hurricanes.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Climate change fuels more destructive and rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones, as a Category 5 hurricane makes landfall in Jamaica insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...
Want to know more about the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing? Join us for our fall admissions information webinar on Friday, November 21 at 3pm. Registration is here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: GPSW 2025 Admissions Information Session . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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After a quiet summer, the bird flu virus H5N1 is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown.
w/ @emilyanthes.bsky.social
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Bird Flu Is Back
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October 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
After a quiet summer, the bird flu virus H5N1 is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown.
w/ @emilyanthes.bsky.social
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/h...
w/ @emilyanthes.bsky.social
(Gift article)
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#SciWri25 online events begin today! Not able to join us in Chicago? Want to add to your in-person conference experience? Join us online October 22-24 for a bespoke slate of professional development sessions covering entrepreneurial science writing, AI and more.
Welcome - ScienceWriters2025
ScienceWriters is an annual conference for professionals and students who produce material about science, health, engineering, and technology for the public.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#SciWri25 online events begin today! Not able to join us in Chicago? Want to add to your in-person conference experience? Join us online October 22-24 for a bespoke slate of professional development sessions covering entrepreneurial science writing, AI and more.
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90% of the world's niobium comes from a single operation in Brazil 🪨 ⛏️ . More might be hiding in the scars left by an ancient supercontinent breakup.
Read my first story for @eos.org: eos.org/articles/to-... #criticalminerals #mining
Read my first story for @eos.org: eos.org/articles/to-... #criticalminerals #mining
To Find Critical Minerals, Look to Plate Tectonics - Eos
A study of “weird” Australian rocks suggests stores of niobium rose to the surface during the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
90% of the world's niobium comes from a single operation in Brazil 🪨 ⛏️ . More might be hiding in the scars left by an ancient supercontinent breakup.
Read my first story for @eos.org: eos.org/articles/to-... #criticalminerals #mining
Read my first story for @eos.org: eos.org/articles/to-... #criticalminerals #mining
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I will say I have a voice for print, but I spoke to @ABCaustralia’s Radio National Breakfast about the majority of the Pentagon press corps turning in our badges yesterday. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Pentagon's press pool walks out - ABC listen
Journalists covering the Pentagon have turned in their press badges and emptied their offices over drastic new restrictions on their reporting.
www.abc.net.au
October 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I will say I have a voice for print, but I spoke to @ABCaustralia’s Radio National Breakfast about the majority of the Pentagon press corps turning in our badges yesterday. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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👏 Huge shoutout to Nathan Sanders, @laurengh.bsky.social and @mackenziewhite.bsky.social from #ComSciCon!
We’re so proud to see our community empowering researchers to share their voices! 💬
#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #OpEdWriting
We’re so proud to see our community empowering researchers to share their voices! 💬
#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #OpEdWriting
October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
👏 Huge shoutout to Nathan Sanders, @laurengh.bsky.social and @mackenziewhite.bsky.social from #ComSciCon!
We’re so proud to see our community empowering researchers to share their voices! 💬
#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #OpEdWriting
We’re so proud to see our community empowering researchers to share their voices! 💬
#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #OpEdWriting
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Read my latest for @thetransmitter.bsky.social 👇
A large study of developing brains reveals genetic and molecular differences between males and females. The findings may help explain why neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism, occur at different rates in boys and girls.
By @giorgiag-sciwriter.bsky.social
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By @giorgiag-sciwriter.bsky.social
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Gene-activity map of developing brain reveals new clues about autism’s sex bias
Boys and girls may be vulnerable to different genetic changes, which could help explain why the condition is more common in boys despite linked variants appearing more often in girls.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Read my latest for @thetransmitter.bsky.social 👇
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My latest: A fantasy-themed corporate headquarters uses thousands of boreholes to heat and cool its buildings with high-efficiency geothermal energy that uses a fraction of the energy of other buildings insideclimatenews.org/news/1110202...
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One of the World’s Largest Geothermal Networks Is Buried Beneath a Corporate Campus in Rural Wisconsin - Inside Climate News
Tech company Epic Systems uses thousands of boreholes to help heat and cool its office buildings, a “marquee” clean energy project that gas utilities may try to replicate.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My latest: A fantasy-themed corporate headquarters uses thousands of boreholes to heat and cool its buildings with high-efficiency geothermal energy that uses a fraction of the energy of other buildings insideclimatenews.org/news/1110202...
@insideclimatenews.org
@insideclimatenews.org
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This is going to be fantastic
NEWS: I'm writing a book about Earth's interior, from innermost inner core to the deep biosphere. Can't wait to share all I've learned about what's happening inside this planet and how it shapes the surface world we care about. 🌏 Subscribe here to follow along: northeastsouthwest.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is going to be fantastic
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3/ We still have several months of work to do on the main feature, which means we have several months to develop extra elements for the package. So here is where I'm reaching out to you, dear readers:
What do you want to know? What questions do you have? What can I pay someone to find out for you?
What do you want to know? What questions do you have? What can I pay someone to find out for you?
October 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
3/ We still have several months of work to do on the main feature, which means we have several months to develop extra elements for the package. So here is where I'm reaching out to you, dear readers:
What do you want to know? What questions do you have? What can I pay someone to find out for you?
What do you want to know? What questions do you have? What can I pay someone to find out for you?
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🚨 Maternal mortality in the U.S. remains one of the most urgent health crises. At the AHCJ Fall Summit, explore how research funding (or lack of it) shapes what we know — and what we don’t.
Join us: healthjournalism.org/training-eve...
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Research reset: Covering promising paths to better health
AHCJ’s 2025 fall summit, “Research reset: Covering promising paths to better health,” will take place from Nov. 13-14 in NYC.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨 Maternal mortality in the U.S. remains one of the most urgent health crises. At the AHCJ Fall Summit, explore how research funding (or lack of it) shapes what we know — and what we don’t.
Join us: healthjournalism.org/training-eve...
Join us: healthjournalism.org/training-eve...
Congratulations to @jamesdinneen.bsky.social, '22, for winning a 2025 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award in the Science Reporting category! You can read the award-winning story here: www.newscientist.com/article/2416...
Drought has hit the Panama Canal hard – can it survive climate change?
A severe drought exacerbated by climate change and a lack of updated infrastructure have led to some ships waiting more than a month to cross one of the world's most important waterways
www.newscientist.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Congratulations to @jamesdinneen.bsky.social, '22, for winning a 2025 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award in the Science Reporting category! You can read the award-winning story here: www.newscientist.com/article/2416...