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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. 🧪

The fellowship was a career highlight, a unique opportunity to dive deep into the science, history, and legal issues of psychedelics. I developed a podcast series, wrote several feature articles, and expanded my network of colleagues and mentors.

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👋 Call for sources: My name is Julia Métraux, and I am @motherjones.com disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging independently while taking care of your health. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Freelancer journalists: FYI @indiejournalists.bsky.social has a two-day online conference March 5-6, 2026. They are currently offering a $49 early bird registration.

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Need help evaluating whose expertise to trust? Our tip sheet for vetting and finding relevant scientific sources, written with @theopennotebook.bsky.social, can help reporters to determine if an expert is the right fit for their news story. bit.ly/46i1H4q

IDA is hiring a full-time assistant editor for Documentary Magazine. The role is based in Los Angeles.

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At the top of the graphic is a train and this text: Pitch Slam November 9 at 1:30pm ScienceWriters25 November 7-9, Chicago In the middle of the graphic are portraits of editors, including their names and publications: Steven Bedard | bioGraphic Kendall Powell | Nature David Grimm | Science Sarah Zielinski | Science News Explores Clara Moskowitz | Scientific American At the bottom of the graphic is the following text: Moderated and organized by: Sarah Scoles, Virginia Gewin, and Robin Berghaus LIVE in Chicago, writers will pitch one-minute article ideas and receive immediate feedback from editors!

Writers, bring your 1-minute pitches for live feedback from editors on November 9 @1:30pm in Chicago at Pitch Slam. @sciencewriters.org #NASW #SciWri25

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NOW LIVE: the program for #SciWri25 which looks amazing. If you need financial assistance to travel to Chicago in November (or attend the virtual components in October), you MUST APPLY by August 28. sciencewriters2025.org/grants/

Scientists: what types of federal agency data collection, research reports, or analyses are not getting done due to funding cuts or layoffs?

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Thank you for following me, @richharidy.bsky.social. You can add me to the starter pack. I am a 2024 Ferriss — UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow. I have written and produced feature stories and podcasts on the topic, including "Psychedelics and the Texas Trip" (www.tpr.org/psychedelics)

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Ep3: We explore how psychedelic therapies are becoming more accessible in the U.S., contributions of Indigenous peoples, and recent legislation (HB 3717) passed by Texas lawmakers that would help fund clinical trials to study #ibogaine therapy and whether it could help mitigate the #opioid crisis.

Ep2: Experts unpack the science and history of psychedelics, and veterans share how they found relief for their #PTSD, #depression, traumatic brain injuries (#TBI), and substance use disorders by pursuing psychedelic therapies abroad.

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Ep1: We speak with unlikely allies about why they support #psychedelic #therapies and how bipartisan partners united to pass a landmark bill (HB 1802) in the Texas Legislature that funded a #psilocybin clinical trial.

@axios.com says our "Psychedelics and the Texas Trip" podcast is "worthy of your time" and explains why Texas is investing in psychedelic therapy research.

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W. Bryan Hubbard, @janehu.bsky.social , Juliana Mulligan, Henry Winslow, Carly Dutch-Greene, Alexandra Plesner, Dennis Walker, @haleemakshah.bsky.social , Bryan Davies, Gabriel Cardenas, Sebastián Valdivieso, Andrea Malloy, Michael Minasi, Jake Perlman, @joeycules.bsky.social , Gideon Rogers,

Former state Rep. Alex Dominguez (D-Brownsville), former governor of Texas, Rick Perry, Logan Davidson, Marcus Capone, Amber Capone, Marcus Luttrell, Lynnette Averill, Mia Del Motte, Amanda Tamman, Ryan Roberts, Gabe Gonzales, Yuria Celidwen, Albert Garcia-Romeu, Zulema “Julie” Morales ...

Deep gratitude to my Texas Public Radio and Petrie Dish team (@bonniepetrie.bsky.social, @dankatzradio.bsky.social and Jacob Rosati), my UC Berkeley advisor (Malia Wollan), and everyone who shared their story and contributed to the production:

I received a Ferriss — UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship ( @scipsychedelics.bsky.social / @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social ) to produce this series in collaboration with Texas Public Radio.

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