Evidence-based reporting—whether it’s centered on updated COVID-19 vaccines, coastal flooding, or new images from the James Webb Space Telescope—can help audiences understand and make decisions about the world around them. Some reporters specialize in covering science, often bolstered by their own scientific background. Others weave science into stories spanning a range of other beats, for international to hyperlocal audiences.
To cover science well, journalists have to enter the scientific world a bit themselves, by reading research papers, interviewing scientists, and evaluating evidence. Whatever your background, these are concrete skills that any journalist can sharpen. To pave the way, The Open Notebook and SciLine have teamed up to distill key science reporting skills into a series of quick-hit resources for journalists with deadlines to meet.
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