The Craft of Science Writing Publishes Today
The Craft of Science Writing comes out today! It’s available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook forms wherever you like to buy books.
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RSVP for the Launch Party for The Craft of Science Writing Feb 13 in Seattle!
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.
Meet the Newest TON/BWF Early-Career Fellows, Shira Feder and Katherine Wu
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!
RSVP for the Launch Party for The Craft of Science Writing February 13 in Seattle!
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!
Donations to TON Will Be Matched Through December 31
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.
We’re Giving Away 20 E-book Copies of The Craft of Science Writing
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.
Call for Early-Career Fellowship Applications
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.
Please Support The Open Notebook during Our Spring Matching Campaign
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 […]
Seeking New Pitches for Diverse Voices Series
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.
A Two-Peep Limit: Marshmallow Dioramas Meet Middle-Schoolers
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 High School Chemistry Students Who Built the Peepiodic Table
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.
Peep Ye, Peep Ye! Announcing the Winners of the World’s Finest Science-Themed Peeps Diorama Contest!
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)!
The Open Notebook presenta TON en Español
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.)
Vote Now for the Peeple’s Choice Award!
Schrodinger’s Peep. Rice CRISPR/Peep9. The first “Peep”eration with ether. All monumental advances in science—with a marshmallow twist. These are just three of the 50 dioramas created by science-minded crafters and entered in the first-ever World’s Finest (and Only…As Far as We Know) Science-Themed Peeps Diorama Contest. Our gallery of the sweet tableaux is now open, and anyone can vote (through April 14) for their favorite to win the highly coveted Peeple’s Choice Award.
The Open Notebook Announces New Funding Support from Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
We are thrilled to announce two exciting sources of financial support in 2019, from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. This new support will help us expand The Open Notebook‘s reach and impact and to build new resources for the science journalism community.
Help Kids Interview Scientists at the Science Storytellers Booth at AAAS
What happens if you ask a child, “Hey, do you want to talk to a scientist?” That question drove science writer Jenny Cutraro to develop Science Storytellers, a public engagement program that aims to sit children down to interview scientists, just like professional journalists do—and then to share their science stories. The Science Storytellers booth will be at AAAS’s Family Science Days in Washington, DC on February 16 and 17. Join us!
Ready … Set … Peep!
Welcome, ladies and gentlepeeps, to The World’s Finest (and Only … As Far as We Know) Science-Themed Peeps Diorama Contest! It’s time for science communication to meet sugary confection, for innovators in medicine to […]
Meet the Newest TON/BWF Early-Career Fellows, Knvul Sheikh and Jennifer Lu
The Open Notebook is excited to introduce the latest recipients of our fellowship for early-career science journalists, made possible by a generous grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Welcome to the TON community, Knvul Sheikh and Jennifer Lu, and to Knvul and Jen’s mentors, Roxanne Khamsi and Maya L. Kapoor.
Can You Lend a Hand to The Open Notebook?
Thanks to a pool of generous matching donors, from now through December 31, gifts to The Open Notebook 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 or—even better—a recurring contribution.
Introducing the Diverse Voices Series
A science media landscape that lacks diversity is missing opportunities to engage communities of readers who could shape tomorrow’s science and science policy. By calling attention to some of the problems, giving visibility to minority journalists’ work, and undertaking nuanced examinations of issues that minority journalists often encounter, we hope to strengthen the profession of science journalism. We hope you’ll join us.
Call for Proposals: Early-Career Fellowship Program
We are now accepting applications for the next two rounds of The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Fund fellowship for early-career science writers. The application deadline is October 11.
A Mid-Year Update and Request
TON readers, we’d like to ask for your help. Keeping The Open Notebook running costs more than $2,500 per week. If 400 people—just 1 percent of all the people who’ve visited TON so far this year—contribute $10/month, we will meet our mid-year fundraising goal. Please consider making a monthly contribution to support our work.
We Are Seeking a Part-Time Engagement Editor
We are looking for a part-time engagement editor who can help develop and administer social media and promotion materials to enable TON to extend its visibility and impact within relevant communities. This position is remote and is a part-time (20 hours per month) contract position. Application deadline is Tuesday, June 12.
Call for Pitches for “Diverse Voices” Series
The Open Notebook is seeking pitches for a new article series that will examine the experiences, expertise, and perspectives of science journalists from communities that are underrepresented in science journalism. The “Diverse Voices” series aims to bring greater visibility to these journalists and to issues of special relevance to them. We invite pitches for original reported articles, Q&A interviews, roundtable discussions, first-person or reported essays, and other stories that help fulfill the series goals.
THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 1, 2020
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