Please join us as we celebrate the publication of The Craft of Science Writing! This free event, held at the Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle and co-sponsored by the Northwest Science Writers Association, will include a lively discussion with several contributors to this indispensable guide for media professionals, scientists, science educators, and anyone interested in communicating with the public about science.
The Open Notebook is excited to introduce the latest recipients of our fellowship for early-career science journalists, Shira Feder and Katherine Wu. Made possible by a generous grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the fellowship involves working with a mentor for eight months to report and write stories for TON. We’re delighted to have Shira and Katherine—and their mentors, Cynthia Graber and Torie Bosch—as part of the TON fellowship community!
Save the date for a party to celebrate the launch of The Craft of Science Writing! On Thursday, February 13, we’ll be celebrating at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, a short distance from the AAAS Annual Meeting. Thank you to the Northwest Science Writers Association for co-sponsoring this event and to the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for making the book’s publication possible!
To make our work possible, The Open Notebook depends on donations from our community. Thanks to a pool of generous matching donors, gifts made to TON from now through December 31 will be doubled, up to a total of $5,000. If TON is a meaningful resource for you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation.
Are you eagerly awaiting the publication of TON‘s first book, The Craft of Science Writing? We are too! (The book drops in February and will be available in independent bookstores, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. It’s available for pre-order now.)
Meanwhile, we’re giving away 20 copies of the Kindle e-book! Learn how to enter.
We are now accepting applications for the next two rounds of The Open Notebook fellowship for early-career science writers, made possible by a grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. This 8-month mentored fellowship is remote and part-time, with a stipend of $4,200. The application deadline is October 20.
Dear Friends of TON, In the past year, The Open Notebook has published dozens of feature-length articles examining many aspects of the craft of science journalism and examining outstanding works up close through writer […]
The Open Notebook is seeking pitches for our Diverse Voices series. This series, a partnership with the National Association of Science Writers Diversity Committee, examines the experiences, expertise, and perspectives of science journalists from communities that are underrepresented in science journalism. Deadline: May 10.
All 30 students in Natalie Tamblyn’s 5th/6th grade class at David Lubin Elementary School in Sacramento, California made Peeps dioramas, and 14 students entered theirs into The World’s Finest Science-Themed Peeps Diorama Contest. 6th grader Lucy Higgenbotham won a Silver Peep (Kids) Award for “Pure Wild Peep,” honoring the work of ethologist Jane Goodall; another student, EJ, received an honorable mention for best social action theme for “The Pluto Protest.” The Open Notebook spoke with Mrs. Tamblyn to learn how the project went.
The Open Notebook asked Sally Mitchell, chemistry teacher at Rye High School in Rye, New York, to tell us the story behind her students’ impressive rendering of the entire periodic table of elements—in Peeps. Her 74 students’ project, the Peepiodic Table of the Elements, won both the Silver Peep (Teens) award and the Peeple’s Choice Award in The World’s Finest Science-Themed Peeps Diorama Contest in April 2019.
The winners of The World’s Finest (and Only … As Far as We Know) Science-Themed Peeps Diorama Contest have been chosen, and we’re happy to announce the crème(-filled eggs) de la crème(-filled eggs)!
Hoy estamos encantados de lanzar TON en Español, una colección de artículos populares de TON traducidos al español (Today we’re thrilled to launch TON en Español, a collection of popular TON articles translated into Spanish.)
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