TON Fellowship Stories

Starre Vartan Explores the Understudied Power of the Female Body in The Stronger Sex

Skyler Ware

Red-handled scissors cut through a 100-dollar bill in front of a sky-blue background.

How to Make Science and Health Funding Cuts Resonate with Readers

Lucila Pinto

Close-up of person using a fan-like brush during restoration of ancient coins.

Isotopes, Archaea, and Cold-Water Physics—How to Sell Obscure Science Stories to Editors and Readers

William von Herff

Diversifying Your Freelance Work for Stability and Joy

Skyler Ware

Image of a fake abstract from a scientific paper with most words blurred except for a few phrases such as "We found no significant association," and "did not reach statistical significance."

Covering Null Results: How to Turn “Nothing” into News

Lucila Pinto

Multicolored, abstract people figurines connected with multicolored strings stand on a grid.

Outside In: Covering Communities as an Outsider

William von Herff

An illustration of two heads. The yellow and green one on the right has a speech bubble containing an exclamation mark coming out of it's mouth. The pink and blue head on the left has a question mark inside.

Crafting Clear and Conversational Q&As

Skyler Ware

Christian Elliott and Muriel Alarcón stand next to each other on a stony riverbank.

Christian Elliott and Muriel Alarcón Pivot While Covering a Patagonian Coral Milestone

Lucila Pinto

Sarah Cox Exposes the Tradeoffs of “Green” Energy in Canada

William von Herff

A sharpened yellow pencil and sharpener with some pencil shavings scattered nearby.

What Is Pre-Reporting—and Do You Really Need to Do It?

Emma Gometz

The lit-up bridge and buildings behind it are reflected in the calm river.

Building Bridges: Crafting Analogies to Help Guide Your Readers

Claudia López Lloreda

An illustration of a person standing in a large dark room looking at the giant, lit-up letters "AI."

Key Questions for Journalists to Consider Before Using Generative AI

Emma Gometz

Loving the Questions: Reporting for Essays

Kate Fishman

Two people stand amid the twisted wreckage of a collapsed structure.

Covering Science in the Context of Conflict

Claudia López Lloreda

People work with surveying equipment along a mountain river.

Weaving Indigenous Science into Reported Stories

Emma Gometz

Erica Berry Examines Fear Through Personal and Natural History in Wolfish

Kate Fishman

Roundtable: Navigating the Newest Social Media Era

Kate Fishman

Duaa Eldeib Investigates the Faulty Forensic Test Used to Convict Mothers of Murder

Claudia López Lloreda