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.
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.
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 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.
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.
We are thrilled to announce that Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation, has awarded The Open Notebook a $150,000 grant to expand our work. The goals of the grant, $75,000 per year for two years, are twofold: to launch a new “Diverse Voices” series of articles, a project that will be a partnership with the National Association of Science Writers Diversity Committee; and to support a substantial portion of TON‘s operating expenses.
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 answer, it turns out, is that kids eat it up. Want to see for yourself?
Join TON and Science Storytellers at Family Science Days at the 2018 AAAS meeting in Austin, Texas.
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. Congratulations and welcome, Aneri Pattani and Olga Kreimer!
We’re delighted to say that we have met our goal of raising $5,000 by December 31. These gifts will be matched by an anonymous donor, for a total of $10,000. Thank you to all who […]
Science journalism (like science) has never been more essential than today—or more under attack. To survive and thrive, science journalists need to be extremely good at what they do. TON is the only publication dedicated to helping science journalists improve their skills. To do that, we need your help. Now, you can double or even triple your impact: Through December 31, all donations up to a total of $5,000 will be matched—and recurring donations will be matched 2:1.
We are now accepting applications for the next two rounds of The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Fund fellowship for early-career science writers.
The Open Notebook has been around for almost 7 years, and in that time we’ve grown to a point where we have about 10,000 unique users a month, visiting from almost every country in the world. We want to know more about who our readers are and what science writing tools and resources you most value and need, so that we can better serve our community. Please help us out by taking our 5-minute survey.
The Science Storytellers booth at AAAS’s Family Science Days event will let kids become storytellers for the day. We’ll show the kids how to talk with scientists in the manner of science journalists: What’s your work all about? How did you get interested in that? Why does it matter? Then we’ll ask kids to share their stories with us. If you’re a scientist or a science writer who’d like to help kids become science storytellers, join us!
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. Congratulations and welcome, Rodrigo Pérez Ortega and Rachel Zamzow!
High-quality science journalism has never been more essential. The best science journalists provide critical context and analysis that help readers appreciate the cumulative nature of scientific advance, distinguish scientific controversy from politically motivated debate, and meet the human characters behind research endeavors. The Open Notebook is the only organization dedicated to providing science journalists with the tools to sharpen their skills. If TON has helped you, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to support science journalism.
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We are now accepting applications for the next two rounds of The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Fund fellowship for early-career science writers.
TON is thrilled to announce a new collaboration that we hope will benefit science writers at all levels of experience, from students to veterans. With support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Open Notebook and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing are partnering to produce a series of Storygrams: annotated stories aimed at shedding light on what makes some of the best science writing so outstanding.
The Open Notebook is thrilled to welcome Jane C. Hu as the latest fellow in the TON/BWF early-career fellowship program. We look forward to great stories to come!
Today, The Open Notebook is pleased and proud to announce a partnership with the authors of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide. The book, forthcoming on March 1 from Yale University Press and funded by grants from the Sloan Foundation and from the National Association of Science Writers, is aimed at science journalists, scientists, and anyone else who has something to say about science and wants to do it on a blogging platform.
We are thrilled to introduce Christina Selby, the latest recipient of our fellowship for early-career science journalists, made possible by a generous grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
We are now accepting applications for The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Fund fellowship for early-career science writers.
We’re thrilled to announce that TON is joining forces with the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT in a new funding collaboration that will allow us to build substantially on the resources we offer to science journalists. We couldn’t be prouder to call KSJ our flagship supporter.
We are delighted to announce the latest recipients of our second round of fellowships for early-career science journalists, made possible by a grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. In a large pool of outstanding applicants, Geoffrey […]
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