Reported Features

Sharon Begley’s Brief Guide to Writing Medical News

Sharon Begley

Close-up of several seed pods as seen through a phone screen.

Ready for Its Close-Up: Shooting Video with a Smart Phone

Lisa Strong

The Human Element: Bringing Science to Life with Profiles

Esther Landhuis

Time Traveling: Writing Graceful Flashbacks

Mason Inman

Good Endings: How to Write a Kicker Your Editor—and Your Readers—Will Love

Robin Meadows

Narrative X-Rays: Looking at Stories’ Structural Skeletons

Julia Rosen

Writing Young: Crafting Science Stories for Kids

Elizabeth Preston

Charles Seife’s Brief Guide to Writing Opinion

Charles Seife

How to Tell Science Stories with Maps

Greg Miller

Susan White’s Brief Guide to Investigations

Susan White

Beyond the Press-Release Rat Race: Fresh Ways to Cover Science News

Julia Rosen

Good Beginnings: How to Write a Lede Your Editor—and Your Readers—Will Love

Robin Meadows

A spiderweb hanging between some yellow flowers. The spiderweb and a few flowers are in focus; the rest of the image is blurred.

Explaining Complexity

Carl Zimmer

Talking for Radio

Julia Rosen

Trading the Pipette for the Pen: Transitioning from Science to Science Writing

Julia Rosen

Congratulations, You’re an Editor! What Do You Do Now?

April Reese

A woman stands in a barren landscaping taking photos of something unseen in the distance.

Image Is (Almost) Everything: How to Find Great Story Art

Julia Rosen