Freelancing

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

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Navigating Conflicts of Interest

Rachel Zamzow

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Ask TON: Crafting a Winning Fellowship Proposal

TON Editors

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Going Digital: Inside New Science Journalism Outlets

Rachel Zamzow

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Activism and Science Journalism: Where Are Your Boundaries?

Shraddha Chakradhar

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When Science Reporting Takes an Emotional Toll

Wudan Yan

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

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega

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On Being a Science Writer and Managing a Mental Illness

Alex Riley

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Getting the Most out of Scientific Conferences

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega

Press Freedom

Reporting in Hostile Conditions: What U.S. Science Journalists Can Learn from Overseas Writers

Elizabeth Svoboda

Gender Differences in Pitching: Results from the TON Pitching Habits Survey

Jane C. Hu

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Get the Word Out: Start a Newsletter

Jane C. Hu

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Feeling Like a Fraud: The Impostor Phenomenon in Science Writing

Sandeep Ravindran

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Following a Story as It Unfurls

Jane C. Hu

Nusnin Akter

Including Diverse Voices in Science Stories

Christina Selby

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Repurposing Story Ideas for Multiple Venues

Alla Katsnelson

diverging tracks

How to Be (or Not to Be) an Advocacy Journalist

Christina Selby