TON Fellowship Stories

The letters PR in blue on a white background.

How to Vet Industry PR Claims

Knvul Sheikh

Elaina Plott Explores Everyday Life on a Sinking Island

Olga Kreimer

Lizzie Presser Reveals the Underground Work of Home-Abortion Providers

Aneri Pattani

Photo of what appears to be a graduation ceremony, we can only see the typical squared hats of the graduates.

Do You Need a Science Degree to Be a Science Reporter?

Aneri Pattani

Dylan Keefe in what appears to be a DJ or audio station inside a building.

A Guide to Translating Science to Audio

Aneri Pattani

A photo of some people trying to project the eclipse onto a white board through a cheese grater.

How to Cover Big Science Events: Lessons from the Great American Eclipse

Aneri Pattani

Adriana Gallardo

Adriana Gallardo Finds the Untold Stories of Black Mothers

Aneri Pattani

Alaina Levine standing in the Biosphere 2, a research facility of the University of Arizona.

How to Use Reporting Skills from Any Beat for Science Journalism

Aneri Pattani

A pie chart showing the results of a poll of freelancers’ opinions on pay rates. It shows that 47% of the them always succeed when asking for a higher pay, and 45% often do.

Asking for More: Negotiating Rates for Freelance Assignments

Rachel Zamzow

A navigation compass sitting on a page of numbers printed in columns.

Navigating Conflicts of Interest

Rachel Zamzow

Marshall Allen Unearths Waste in Health Care

Rachel Zamzow

A young woman sits on a denim beanbag looking at a laptop. On the table in front is a cellphone and a plant.

Going Digital: Inside New Science Journalism Outlets

Rachel Zamzow

A bird's eye view of a table with a laptop, mechanical pencil and blue notebook with large white numbers on the front cover.

Spotting Shady Statistics

Rachel Zamzow

Two women stand close to each other. One in a pink sweater and glasses is holding papers and smiling at the other woman. She is wearing glasses and a blue top. She is smiling in the direction of the camera and has facial features commonly seen in Down syndrome.

Writing Well about Disability

Rachel Zamzow

Lizzie Wade in large sunglasses and a red walking jacket with yellow trim smiles at the camera. In the background is a range of snow-topped mountains with flatter grasslands and a small lake just behind her.

Lizzie Wade Examines a Debate over the Origins of the Amazon’s Biodiversity

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega

A close up of a globe and a metal meridian running around it.

Why Is It So Hard for Foreign Journalists to Break into U.S. and European Outlets?

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega

Peter Andrey Smith and Sruthi Pinnamaneni Interview a Doctor Trying to Untangle ALS “Reversals”

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega

A large conference center with blue carpet. Rows of poster presentations fill the room and people are reading the posters.

Getting the Most out of Scientific Conferences

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega