AGU’s 2026 Journalism Awards are now open🏆

🔹Nominate your or your peers’ best Earth and space science reporting by 19 April 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET

📧AGU contact:
Liza Lester, news@agu.org

#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #award

AGU’s 2026 Journalism Awards are now open AGU is now accepting nominations for its 2026 Journalism Awards, which honor outstanding reporting on the Earth and space sciences published in the previous year (1 January – 31 December 2025). The de...

AGU’s 2026 Journalism Awards are now open🏆

🔹Nominate your or your peers’ best Earth and space science reporting by 19 April 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET

📧AGU contact:
Liza Lester, news@agu.org

#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #award

news.agu.org/press-releas...

National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications The National Academies are accepting submissions to an annual award program that aims to recognize and develop excellence in science communication by research scientists, science journalists, and scie...

National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Sci-Comms 🏆

8 categories including: freelance journalists, graduate student researchers, independent or organizational sci-communicators
⭕Apr 3, 26 11:59 PM
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #award
www.nationalacademies.org/programs/NAE...

Advice for applying to the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship – Brittany Trang

As part of the refresh, I wrote a guide to applying to the AAAS MMF. I learned some do's and don'ts from both my experience reviewing applications and my retrospective on the two times I applied:
#sciencejournalism #journalismjobs #sciwri #sciencewriting #stem #science 🧪✍️📝

Panicking scientists, canceled experiments – federal funding cuts turned my work as a research dean into crisis management When the Trump administration took aim at higher education and the scientific research enterprise, a university dean had to figure out on the fly how to support scientists and their work at his school...

You need to read this dean's description of science dissolving around him. From Nara Parameswaran at @michiganstateu.bsky.social
#scicomm #sciwri #cuts @theconversation.com

theconversation.com/panicking-sc...

Our own PNW star, @ferrisjabr.bsky.social of Oregon wins Rachel Carson award. @sejorg.bsky.social #scicomm #sciwri

Call for Pitches: Education and Environment :: Earth Island Journal Earth Island Journal supports environmental activists and leaders working to protect the biological and cultural diversity that sustains our environment

🌏Pitch call by Earth Island Journal

🔹full range of issues related to education and the environment
💰$400-$1,500 depending on type, word count
⭕Send pitches by April 10, 2026
📧submissions@earthisland.org

www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelance #freelanceGig

Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem

🚨AI Beat Reporter at Tech In Asia (remote)

Requirements
🔹Based in a major Southeast Asian city (excluding Singapore) or a metro city in India
🔹two to three years of reporting experience
💰SGD 1,500 – 2,200

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #job #opportunity
www.techinasia.com/jobs/d05557d...

ScienceWriters Conference Impact Have you gotten story ideas, sources, or assignments from a ScienceWriters conference? The ScienceWriters Steering Committee wants to hear from you! Collecting evidence of the impact of ScienceWriters...

Have you gotten story ideas, sources or assignments from a #SciWri conference? We want to hear from you!

We and @sciencewriters.org are collecting any and all impacts of the conference. If ScienceWriters has ever helped you do your job, let us know in the form below

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It Was Late to Have a Baby. I Knew the Risks. I Still Wasn’t Ready for How Bad It Could Get. | Shannon Palus | 36 comments I'm a Slate editor, and I'm looking for pitches for health and science features from journalists and writers! (Not pitches from PR folks). A good Slate feature changes how the readers understand the...

📣Pitch call by Slate editor

🔹Looking for pitches for health and science features from journalists and writers
📧shannon.palus@slate.com

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #pitch #freelanceGig

www.linkedin.com/posts/shanno...

Sentient - Student Editorial Fellow - Remote Job Sentient This is a remote position. About Sentient: Sentient is the only nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization solely focused on factory farms and

🚨Call for student editorial fellow at Sentient

🔹Intersection of food and climate science
🔹Begins in Sep 2026 [3 months]
💰$20/hour, for 20 hrs per week of work
🔹1 story/week

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #remote #opportunity #fellowship #freelanceGig
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Covering a heating world with fewer resources: pitch clinic and practical tips | Covering Climate Now Freelancers of the world! Pitch your climate story and get it in front of The Guardian 👀 Covering Climate Now and Clean Energy Wire | CLEW are hosting a pitch clinic at the International Journalism ...

📣Pitch call by Covering Climate Now

🔹As part of International Journalism Festival 2026
🔹Strongest pitches will be considered for publication by The Guardian

#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelance #freelanceGig #ijf26

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Contribute to Rest of World’s Labor x Tech reporting In its third year, Rest of World’s Labor x Tech program, underwritten by the Ford Foundation, is tackling the changing nature of work at a moment of extreme upheaval. AI tools and robotics are quickly...

🚨Contribute to Rest of World’s Labor x Tech reporting

🔹Reported stories ranging from 800 to 1,000 words
💰1,000 USD per story

📧Send pitches to
laborxtech@restofworld.org

#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelance #freelanceGig

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CALLING ALL SCIENCE WRITERS! NEW PITCH OPPORTUNITY! I'll be leading a new science and health publication called Refractor. It's a spin-off from New Atlas with a new editorial approach. We&#3... CALLING ALL SCIENCE WRITERS! NEW PITCH OPPORTUNITY! I'll be leading a new science and health publication called Refractor. It's a spin-off from New Atlas with a new editorial approach. We'll be laun...

📣Freelance call by Refractor

🔹Open to short, focused news pieces to longer, exploratory features

🔹Everything science (biology, geology, history, psychology, space, medicine)

🔹Contact: rich [at] refractor.io

#ScienceJournalism #freelanceGig #SciWri #pitch #story

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#digitalhealth #journalism #healthtech #aiinhealthcare #freelancejournalist #jmirnews #healthpolicy | Dennis O'Brien We’re building the future of digital health storytelling. At JMIR Publications, we’ve spent over 25 years leading the way in peer-reviewed digital health research. Now, we are expanding our horizons...

🚨Freelance call by JMIR News and Perspectives

Core content pillars:

▫️AI & Health Data
▫️Research Findings & Clinical Apps
▫️Science Policy, Regulation, & Publishing
▫️Emerging Technologies in Digital Health

...and more
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
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How to translate reporting skills to your job search - Journalism Institute On Feb. 3, the Institute kicked off its 2026 Career Office Hours series with guest speaker Corinne Chin, director of news talent for recruitment at The Associated Press. Chin’s career has taken her across the globe — as an Emmy-winning video journalist, an editor, and a leader who now recruits, trains, and supports a diverse...

Facing a #sciwri job search? Your reporting skills can be an asset during a tough process. Our colleagues at the National Press Club Journalism Institute offer tips:

📣Pulitzer Center Special Call for Journalism Proposals on Climate and Labor
⭕March 6, 2026
Focus Areas:
🔹Business accountability
🔹Gender
🔹Adaptation: community resilience
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #job #opportunity #pitch #story #freelance #freelanceGig

Editor, BioSpace  - Working from home job with BioSpace, Inc. | 3033335 | Heather McKenzie BioSpace is hiring! Come and join our editorial team. When I found BioSpace five years ago—during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, no less—I found my calling. Reporting breaking news and telling ...

🚨BioSpace is hiring

🔹Minimum Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, or the life sciences
🔹4+ yrs of journalism experience covering business dealings, preferably within the biopharma industry

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #job #opportunity #remote
www.linkedin.com/posts/heathe...

Open Call for Tech Journalists and Storytellers – Jobs & Opportunities – Open Knowledge Foundation

📣Work with OKFN

🔹critically examining the emerging commercial landscape of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs)
🌏Eligibility: worldwide
🔹Remote
🔹1 month project
💰€1.5K–€2.2K per commissioned story (<2K words or 10 min video)

⭕Deadline: 5 Mar 2026

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri

okfn.org/en/jobs/tech...

🔹Science journalists at all career levels: early-career (up to 5 years of experience), mid-career (6 to 9 years of experience), and established (10+ years of experience)
🔹Upto 10 Fellowships available
🔹Commitment to full-time engagement during the residency
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #fellowship

About SciDev.Net Asia &amp; Pacific | Ruth Douglas 🔊 We’re looking to expand our pool of freelance science journalists in #AsiaPacific! If you’re an experienced science journalist with original story ideas on real-world #research and #innovation we’d...

📣 SciDev.Net Pitch Call for journalists in #AsiaPacific

🔹Proven scientific solutions to the challenges facing low- and middle-income countries, in areas such as health, climate change and agriculture

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig

www.linkedin.com/posts/ruthho...

Submission guidelines: How to pitch to Live Science | Nicoletta Lanese *Call for pitches* 📢 Next month (March), I'll be in the midst of a reporting trip supported by an AHCJ International Health Study Fellowship. During that time, I'll be contributing fewer story ideas t...

📣Live Science Pitch Call @livescience.com

🔹Send pitches to the Health vertical with your CV
🔹For news stories, rates range from $250 to $400

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelance #freelanceGig

www.linkedin.com/posts/nicole...

📣Pulitzer Center Special Call for Journalism Proposals on Climate and Labor
⭕March 6, 2026
Focus Areas:
🔹Business accountability
🔹Gender
🔹Adaptation: community resilience
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #job #opportunity #pitch #story #freelance #freelanceGig

Freelance writing for C&EN Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.

📣C and En Magazine Pitch Call

🔹Catered to general and chemistry audiences
🔹Pitches on Indian chemistry and engineering stories
📧a_palivela@acs.org
🔹300-500 words
cen.acs.org/static/about...
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelance #freelanceGig

Question: "When you hear the word science, what words and phrases come to mind?”

🖋️ Liz Marnik Substack: https://fromthescienceclass.substack.com/

#SciWri 🧪 #SciComm 🍎

(PDF) Overspecialization and the Fragmentation of Scientific Knowledge -The Molehill Effect How Niche Research, Consensus-Based Objectivity, and Missing Integration Shape Contemporary Research Epistem... PDF | Contemporary scientific research is characterized by increasing specialization, resulting in fragmented knowledge structures across disciplines.... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

I explore this tension between precision and perspective in my latest paper, examining how science can thrive when we balance specialization with broader inquiry.
🧪 #Interdisciplinarity #ResearchIntegrity #SciWri #SciComm #philsci #SciComment #ResearchQuality #ScienceIntegrity #ResearchEthics

Why specialization in science isn’t always a virtue
Researchers are trained to dive deep into niches—but sometimes depth comes at a cost.
Narrow focus can fragment knowledge, hide connections, and suppress interdisciplinary creativity
🧪 #Interdisciplinarity #SciWri #SciComm #philsci #ResearchQuality

Submission guidelines: How to pitch to Live Science Live Science welcomes news, analysis, explainer and feature pitches from freelancers. Here's everything you need to know about submitting a story idea to Live Science.

Attn: Freelancers

Live Science is looking for writers with a passion for
🌌 Space
⚛️ Physics
🟰 Mathematics
⚗️ and Chemistry

To pitch, check our submission guide below - and feel free to email me directly (link in bio) 📎💰

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
www.livescience.com/how-to-pitch...

Screenshot reading: Science Journalism Fellowships and Internships This is a non-exhaustive list of science journalism / science communications internships and fellowships one might reasonably apply to with minimal formal experience (e.g., as a student) or with one fellowship (e.g., the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship) and some freelancing under one’s belt. Science journalism fellowships AAAS Mass Media Fellowship Summer internship (June – August) for STEM undergrad students, grad students, postdocs, residents, deadline Jan 1 Based at sites around the country Nature News Two 6-month internships: Jan – June (deadline in October), July – Dec

Please reshare! Here's the first in a series of science writing resources I'm posting to my website: A list of science writing/communication internships & fellowships.

brittanytrang.com/science-jour...

#sciencejournalism #scicomm #scicommjobs #journojobs #sciencewriting #sciwri #stem

What You Never See in a Published Paper Published research often appears clean and linear, but much of the work that makes it successful is never visible. This post explores the unseen labor behind research, from decisions and revisions to waiting and restraint, and why it matters for early career researchers.

Published research often appears clean and linear, but much of the work that makes it successful is never visible. This post explores the unseen labor, from decisions and revisions to waiting and restraint, and why it matters for early career researchers.

#AcademicSky #SciWri #AcademicWriting