Conflicts of Interest for Freelance Science Journalists
As well-paid, freelance commissions in science journalism become harder to find, freelancers are supplementing their income by providing science writing services to the public and... Read More
The Challenges of Covering Sexual Harassment in Science
Sexual harassment in science burst into the public spotlight when a series of major media stories revealed serious allegations against prominent scientists in astrophysics, anthropology,... Read More
A Modestly Grandiose Proposal for How Scientists and Journalists Might Save the World, Up for Discussion
There is a body of techniques and practices, a language and culture, that scientists learn by apprenticeship and osmosis as they train. These form the... Read More
Ringing in the Changes: The Role of Advocacy Journalism in Telling Science Stories
Can advocacy journalism, which demands close involvement, and science journalism, which requires distance, be bedfellows? Do journalists relinquish their objectivity when advocating on an issue?... Read More
Decolonizing Science
Is it possible to decolonize science – a serious and thoughtful demand that’s been bubbling up of late, especially in the Global South? Is science... Read More
Undercover Science Journalism
Undercover reporting—doing a journalistic investigation while pretending not be a journalist—has been interwoven with science and health journalism probably since Nellie Bly’s famous 1887 book,... Read More
Third Interactive WCSJ House of Commons Debate: With Science Under Attack, Should Science Journalists Get Off the Sidelines?
In 2013, it was Helsinki; in 2015, it was Seoul. Now, San Francisco is about to fiercely debate a hot topic in science journalism. On... Read More
Reporting on Genome Editing: An International Discussion
Genome editing is one of the fastest-moving stories in science today. The 2012 introduction of CRISPR technology, which allows scientists to rewrite genomes with ease... Read More
Leveling the Playing Fields: Science Journalism and Big Food
“Big Food” corporations (which include both food and beverage companies) have some of the largest marketing budgets in the world. These budgets buy a great... Read More
Science’s Billionaire Backers: Philanthropy’s Role in Research
Philanthropists around the world are giving huge sums to science research. To name just a handful: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s commitment of $3 billion... Read More