International Students Slack Community - The Open Notebook The Open Notebook's International Students Slack community is for science writers who are current, past, or aspiring international students to share information and advice about university application...

The Open Notebook’s International Students Slack is an inclusive, community-driven space connecting aspiring and early-career science writers with experienced professionals who have followed similar paths. 🧪

From how to excel at interviewing to pitching science stories that sell, our Science Journalism Master classes are intended for anyone looking to improve their craft. And they’re all completely free thanks to @kavlifoundation.org. 🧪

The Best Science Stories and How They Work: A Collection with Commentary - The Open Notebook An invitation to engage with some of today’s most respected science journalists as they take readers beneath the surface to tell the stories behind eleven of the best science stories.

Coming June 2026! Pre-order now and if you go through @uchicagopress.bsky.social you can take 30% off with code UCPNEW.

Support The Open Notebook - Support Science Journalism Please help support The Open Notebook, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to foster a supportive, diverse, and inclusive global community that enables journalists who cover science to learn and...

Gifts from our community have enabled TON to provide thousands of science journalists with in-depth, nuts-and-bolts resources and training. On this final day of our spring fundraiser, if you value what we do, help us keep providing training and other resources for the journalism community. 🧪

Join @theopennotebook.bsky.social's Rachel Zamzow and Kate Fishman for hands-on training on how to use the Science Reporting Navigator to bring science into your everyday reporting. 6 p.m. ET Friday, March 27. Registration is free and open to all: go.spj.org/event-regist....

Support The Open Notebook - Support Science Journalism Please help support The Open Notebook, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to foster a supportive, diverse, and inclusive global community that enables journalists who cover science to learn and...

@theopennotebook.bsky.social is a tiny nonprofit trying to make it possible for any journalist on any beat to access the tools they need to cover climate change, global health, technology, and other important issues.

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The event, featuring Ivan Oransky and @stephaniemlee.bsky.social from @chronicle.com, will cover the application process, a brief primer on how to cover issues of scientific integrity locally, and feature examples of the types of reporting this fellowship will support.

A poster for a webinar on Thursday, March 26 at 1 pm ET from Retraction Watch, The Center for Scientific Integrity and The Open Notebook. The poster includes images of a man with glasses and of a smiling woman with dark hair. The text reads: Introducing the Retraction Watch Research Accountability Reporting Fellowship. Join Retraction Watch and The Open Notebook for a webinar about their new fellowship program equipping local journalists. to report on misconduct, fraud, and other missteps unfolding at research institutions in their areas. Guest speakers (Ivan Oransky from Retraction Watch and Stephanie M. Lee from the Chronicle of Higher Education) will answer questions about the fellowship and provide a primer on covering issues of scientific integrity. There is a link to register and it is https://bit.ly/RWFellowship

Join us and our partners at @retractionwatch.com for a free webinar March 26 about our new Research Accountability Reporting Fellowship. The event features Ivan Oransky and @stephaniemlee.bsky.social from the @chronicle.com. Learn more and register here. www.theopennotebook.com/2026/02/26/a...

Support The Open Notebook - Support Science Journalism Please help support The Open Notebook, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to foster a supportive, diverse, and inclusive global community that enables journalists who cover science to learn and...

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Science Reporting Navigator - The Open Notebook Bring Scientific Evidence into Any Beat Every story is a science story. From education and public health to transportation and local policy, science intersects with every beat journalists cover. The S...

One of the newest ways that we accomplish this is through the Science Reporting Navigator, launched in partnership with the Reynolds Journalism Institute last year.

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Support The Open Notebook - Support Science Journalism Please help support The Open Notebook, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to foster a supportive, diverse, and inclusive global community that enables journalists who cover science to learn and...

If you’ve benefited from TON, pay it forward and support the work we do to break down barriers in science journalism. This includes our efforts to help journalists integrate more science directly into their daily work, even if they don’t consider science, health or the environment their beat. 🧪

Support The Open Notebook - Support Science Journalism Please help support The Open Notebook, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to foster a supportive, diverse, and inclusive global community that enables journalists who cover science to learn and...

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Support The Open Notebook - Support Science Journalism Please help support The Open Notebook, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to foster a supportive, diverse, and inclusive global community that enables journalists who cover science to learn and...

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Support The Open Notebook - Support Science Journalism Please help support The Open Notebook, a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to foster a supportive, diverse, and inclusive global community that enables journalists who cover science to learn and...

Join fellow friends of TON who are part of the Page Turners Collective, a community of supporters who give to TON on a monthly basis. We’re looking for 25 new members in the next two weeks. 🧪

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Covering Science at the Local Level: A Peer-Mentoring Community - The Open Notebook The Open Notebook's Covering Science peer-mentoring program is a diverse community of practice for local and general assignment reporters and editors who are interested in adding more science…

For journalists covering science and looking for support, @theopennotebook.bsky.social hosts a peer-mentoring community on Slack called Covering Science at the Local Level. Learn more and apply:

Estar en el lugar de los hechos: cómo financiar y planear viajes de reporteo de campo - The Open Notebook El reporteo de campo aporta color y contexto a una historia que a menudo es imposible capturar a distancia. Pero colocarte en el lugar de los hechos no es tarea fácil. Reporteros intrépidos deben enfr...

Viajar para escribir un artículo requiere acceso y dinero. En el último artículo de TON en Español, @skylerdware.bsky.social, becaria de @bwfund.bsky.social‬, habla con @virginiagewin.bsky.social y otros para obtener consejos sobre cómo encontrar financiación y mucho más. #TONenEspañol 🧪

Getting Yourself on the Scene: How to Fund and Plan Field-Reporting Trips - The Open Notebook Field reporting brings color and context to a story that are often impossible to capture from afar. But getting yourself on the scene is no easy task. Intrepid reporters must battle competitive grant ...

Traveling for a story requires access and money. In TON’s latest story, @bwfund.bsky.social‬ early-career fellow @skylerdware.bsky.social talks to @virginiagewin.bsky.social and others for tips on finding the funding and more. 🧪

Getting Yourself on the Scene: How to Fund and Plan Field-Reporting Trips - The Open Notebook Field reporting brings color and context to a story that are often impossible to capture from afar. But getting yourself on the scene is no easy task. Intrepid reporters must battle competitive grant ...

Most of my stories are reported from my desk, interviewing from afar and doing my best to describe exciting scientific work that I rarely actually witness.

This is a helpful piece at @theopennotebook.bsky.social on field reporting. I'm trying to do more:

www.theopennotebook.com/2026/03/03/g...

Getting Yourself on the Scene: How to Fund and Plan Field-Reporting Trips - The Open Notebook Field reporting brings color and context to a story that are often impossible to capture from afar. But getting yourself on the scene is no easy task. Intrepid reporters must battle competitive grant ...

As a freelancer, selling multiple stories helps you get the most value from your time when in the field, especially on longer trips when you aren’t taking other work, as @goesbykim.bsky.social did when she traveled to Brazil to report on the impacts of neurotoxic pesticides on farmers. 🧪

Estar en el lugar de los hechos: cómo financiar y planear viajes de reporteo de campo - The Open Notebook El reporteo de campo aporta color y contexto a una historia que a menudo es imposible capturar a distancia. Pero colocarte en el lugar de los hechos no es tarea fácil. Reporteros intrépidos deben enfr...

Una base de investigación profunda también puede mejorar las probabilidades de que una publicación financie tu reporteo, escribe becaria de TON/@bwfund.bsky.social @skylerdware.bsky.social, en esta historia con @astrolisa.bsky.social, @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social, y otros. #TONenEspañol 🧪

Getting Yourself on the Scene: How to Fund and Plan Field-Reporting Trips - The Open Notebook Field reporting brings color and context to a story that are often impossible to capture from afar. But getting yourself on the scene is no easy task. Intrepid reporters must battle competitive grant ...

A foundation of in-depth research can improve the chances that a publication will finance your reporting, writes @bwfund.bsky.social‬ early-career fellow @skylerdware.bsky.social, in this story with @astrolisa.bsky.social, @goesbykim.bsky.social, @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social, and others. 🧪

Covering scientific accountability informs audiences and promotes transparency in scientific research and publishing, with the ultimate goal of strengthening public trust. We're grateful for the chance to team up with @retractionwatch.com to provide this opportunity to reporters in local newsrooms.

I'm quoted in this article about pitching stories by @lucilapinto.bsky.social 👇

¿Por qué ahora? Encuentra un gancho para que tu pitch sea oportuno - The Open Notebook Encontrar qué hace que una historia sea oportuna es esencial para pitchear un artículo. Algunas historias tienen un gancho temporal obvio, como una nueva publicación científica, un premio, o un hito e...

Algunas historias vienen acompañadas de un gancho temporal claro, como una nueva publicación o un premio. Pero otras pueden requerir más creatividad o trabajo previo para encontrar el “por qué ahora." A continuación te explicamos cómo hacerlo. #TONenEspañol 🧪

Why Now? Find a Hook to Make Your Pitch Timely - The Open Notebook Finding what makes a story timely is essential for pitching a piece. Some stories offer a straightforward time hook, such as a new paper, award, or project milestone. But in other cases, it takes more...

Some stories, writes TON/@bwfund.bsky.social‬ early-career fellow Lucila Pinto, come with a clear time hook, such as a new publication or award. But others can take more creativity or pre-reporting to find the “why now” that anchors a piece. Here’s how. 🧪