Freelancing

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Repurposing Story Ideas for Multiple Venues

Alla Katsnelson

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

Christina Selby

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Making the Most of a Writers’ Association Membership

Christina Selby

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Unlocked: How to Push Past a Career Barrier

Lucas Laursen

The Science Byline Counting Project: Where Are the Women—and Where Are They Not?

Cynthia Graber and Katharine Gammon

Ask TON: How Much Time Should I Spend Preparing a Pitch?

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

Julia Rosen

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Paying for It: Getting Grants and Fellowships

Geoffrey Giller

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What Is Science Journalism Worth? Part II

Kendall Powell

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What Is Science Journalism Worth? Part I

Kendall Powell

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Surviving the Grind of Fact-Checking

Heather Pringle

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The First Critic Is You: Editing Your Own Work

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Ask TON: How Soon to Repitch an Editor?

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Tools: Planner Pad, the Funnel of Focus

Christie Aschwanden

Ask TON: How Much Editing to Expect?

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Show Me the Money: The Economics of Freelance Science Journalism

Rose Eveleth and Rachel Nuwer

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Pictures and Prose: When Photographers and Writers Work Together

Erik Vance

Ask TON: Reconnecting After a Disruption

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