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Start Writing ASAP

Start Writing ASAP

By Jill U Adams on November 18, 2014 | 2 Responses

You pitch a story, get an assignment, sign a contract, and start reporting. When do you start writing? When I was first starting out, I would find sources, read papers, […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in Ask SciLance | Tagged Alison Fromme, Andreas von Bubnoff, Emily Sohn, field reporting, Jessica Marshall, reporting, Robert Frederick, skilled, writing | 2 Responses

Eric Mennel, of North Carolina Public Radio, gets a first-hand look at an issue he'll cover the rest of his career.

Field reporting: Why there’s no substitute to being there

By Adam Hinterthuer on March 25, 2014 | 1 Response

Somewhere between soaking my boots in the frigid surf as the Atlantic chewed away at a beachfront vacation home and being blasted in the face by sand traveling fifty-miles-per-hour upon […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in General | Tagged field reporting, Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, North Carolina, Science Writers Handbook, sea-level rise, Society of Environmental Journalists | 1 Response

Top science stories, circa 1958.

These are a few of our favorite reads: 2013 edition

By Jennifer Cutraro on December 20, 2013 | Leave a response

While schmoozing at the New England Science Writers recent holiday party, a fellow writer asked me what I’m reading these days. My answer? Playful Parenting, How To Get Your Kid […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in General | Tagged Amanda Mascarelli, best of science writing 2013, California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship, Doug Fox, field reporting, freelance, Helen Fields, Laura Helmuth, NASW, reporting, skilled, The Open Notebook, Virginia Hughes, writing | Leave a response

Friday Snapshot: Find My iPhone

Friday Snapshot: Find My iPhone

By Michelle Nijhuis on September 20, 2013 | 7 Responses

On a Friday evening last month, while on a reporting trip in western North Dakota, I managed to drop my phone out of an airplane. That’s right, folks. Chris Boyer […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in Friday Snapshot | Tagged Bakken, Chris Boyer, field reporting, iPhone, Kestrel Aerial Services, lanyards, LightHawk, north dakota, reporting catastrophes | 7 Responses

The USC Annenberg Health Journalism Fellowship program

Non-ultralight field reporting: With baby in tow

By Amanda Mascarelli on August 21, 2013 | 4 Responses

In mid-June, I got word that I had received a National Health Journalism Fellowship from the California Endowment. This was wonderful news, of course, but it presented some logistical tangles. […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in Writing With Children | Tagged baby, child care, fellowship, field reporting, National Health Journalism Fellowship, sane, travel | 4 Responses

Approachable demi-gods.

Talking Narrative @ WCSJ 2013

By Anne Sasso on July 24, 2013 | 1 Response

Assemble demi-gods of the science writing pantheon like Maryn McKenna, Ed Yong, and Helen Pearson to talk about narrative, get the Guardian’s Alok Jha to moderate, and you know it’s […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in News You Can Use | Tagged Alok Jha, Ed Yong, field reporting, Helen Pearson, interviewing, Maryn McKenna, narrative, reporting, Roy Peter Clark, seredipity, skilled, time, WCSJ 2013 | 1 Response

Alison searches for (and finds) a timber rattlesnake.

A story to die for?

By Alison Fromme on July 22, 2013 | Leave a response

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with science writers and journalists about The Science Writers’ Handbook during an event in NYC. Here’s a story I told there. Last fall, I […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in Ask SciLance | Tagged field reporting, fracking, local reporting, rattlesnake, sane, storytelling | Leave a response

Friday Snapshot: Sightseeing in Guyana

Friday Snapshot: Sightseeing in Guyana

By Hannah Hoag on July 12, 2013 | 2 Responses

For the past couple of years, my annual business plan has included a somewhat vague, but very important, goal: Travel to two interesting locations for stories. I shamelessly swiped the […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in Friday Snapshot | Tagged assignment, business plan, Discover, field reporting, freelancing, gamble, georgetown, goals, guyana, jaguars, juggling, jungle, sane, science news for kids, skilled, travel | 2 Responses

Our 100th post

Our 100th post

By Monya Baker on June 24, 2013 | Leave a response

At the beginning of the year, we launched this blog as a virtual water cooler for science writers. We have showed you our home offices and favorite coffee shops. We’ve […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in General | Tagged bryn nelson, contracts, editor, favorite, field reporting, Jill Adams, kids, mentoring, negotiation, pitch | Leave a response

Photographer Mark Schrope says never put off taking the shots you'll need for a story

Improve your craft with photography, part 2

By Mark Schrope on May 24, 2013 | Leave a response

Photography has not been a terribly lucrative part of my business.  The main value comes in making assignments possible, or improving spreads where the publication might otherwise go with  generic […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in SciLance Hacks! | Tagged camera equipment, field reporting, Mark Schrope, photography, skilled, solvent, sources | Leave a response

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