2022: I'd like to level up my editing. @siricarpenter.bsky.social and @rachelzamzow.bsky.social taught me to diagnose drafts humanely. 2026: Editing is now most of my biz 💰. How about you? IRL @theopennotebook.bsky.social editing workshop 8/21. Snag a spot: www.theopennotebook.com/editing-fore...

Who was into the pyramids growing up?🙋‍♀️ @skylerdware.bsky.social 's latest in @sciencenews.bsky.social rekindles my🏺 interest. Something I loved working with her? She confirms the most important tweaks she made in her email, so my harried editor brain keeps up. www.sciencenews.org/article/egyp...

Happy #TON15, @theopennotebook.bsky.social ! I'll speak from experience: even TON mentors can learn from this wonderful organization about journalistic rigor and empathy. Donations today will be matched by orgs like my former newsroom @cenmag.bsky.social www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...

This is pure inspiration for kids to want to become scientists. Bravo @beebrookshire.bsky.social for balancing joy and pragmatism in a story about a small clinical trial. A pleasure to edit you!

Tomorrow 1PM ET: My colleague @sarahderouin.com will be hosting a supportive virtual gathering for caregivers who are members of @sciencewriters.org . Join me! 
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Un placer editar a Lucila Pinto mientras entrelazaba dos voces en este Q&A.

A step toward a Tony Stark-like 3D display you can manipulate? @sciencenews.bsky.social is here for it. Say hi to @elanaspivack.bsky.social , the newest team member on the Investors Lab newsletter, and subscribe for more insights. www.sciencenews.org/investors-la... 🧪 #space #bioplastic

The question I should've asked: where can I go to see #neuroscience and ethics expert @narayansankaran.bsky.social play some jazz guitar? My latest story for @kavlifoundation.org . 🧪 #neuroskyence www.kavlifoundation.org/news/wire-th...

When I was a staff journalist, it felt like someone pitched a new #graphene advance every week. So it was delightful to work with @stephenornes.bsky.social on one aspect of this field that might enable #greenelectronics. My first edit for @pnas.org : #chemsky 🧪 ⚛️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I'd never heard of the saola until I edited Tom Metcalfe's piece for @sciencenews.bsky.social . Now I'll be keeping tabs on what their fate will be. www.sciencenews.org/article/gene... 🧪

I want to believe that costs could decrease for custom gene editing like KJ's. But the current landscape has me pessimistic. Great to work w @thsaey.bsky.social, who ably lays out this story for @sciencenews.bsky.social : 🩺🧪https://www.sciencenews.org/article/personalized-crispr-gene-edit-therapy

This was chock full of pithy quotes, like: “People say, ‘We got to the moon, why can’t we do this?’ Well, the moon didn’t suddenly move out of the way." Fun to get to edit my former @dcswa.bsky.social prez @econover.bsky.social for @sciencenews.bsky.social ⚛️ 🧪

ICYMI, here's @skylerdware.bsky.social in @sciencenews.bsky.social explaining a possible alternative to #PFAS chemicals in certain surfactant applications. I enjoyed editing and finding the fabric art: www.sciencenews.org/article/alte... #chemsky 🧪

Soot from fires in the Amazon that traveled through atmospheric corridors could have reached the Antarctic, where it would darken snow and ice to hasten melting. My first time editing @meghier.bsky.social for @sciencenews.bsky.social : www.sciencenews.org/article/anta... #GreenSky 🧪

Read all the way to the end of Meghan's thread. I covered alpha gal in 2017 and scientists have learned a lot since then. Grateful to be able to catch up by editing her story. 🧪 #publichealth

Join DCSWA members on April 19 to enjoy a fun science trivia night with food and drinks! No registration is needed, just show up and have a good time with us! 📌 Closest metro station: Shaw - Howard University.

This is the kind of story that takes a LOT more work and reporting behind the scenes than shows up in the final product. Bravo, McKenzie (who is a dream to edit, BTW). #Immunocompromised #MedSky #PublicHealth #SDoH

Who bears responsibility for the big questions that emerge from world-changing science? Proud to tell these awardees' stories. #chemsky 📈 ⚛️ 🧪 🔭 🧮 #AcademicSky

@andreatamayo.bsky.social and I dug into the numbers to give context to the headlines about an 18-year survivor of CAR-T cell therapy for neuroblastoma. Story in @sciencenews.bsky.social : www.sciencenews.org/article/car-... #medsky

“Men are doing quote, unquote ‘women’s work,’” closing U.S. gender gaps in time spent on tasks like meal prep and tidying up. I edited Sujata Gupta's story for @sciencenews.bsky.social : www.sciencenews.org/article/marr...

Watch this space - I'll be developing four stories with Lucila Pinto over the course of her @theopennotebook.bsky.social fellowship. Echen un vistazo al reportaje de Lucila en @lanacioncom.bsky.social sobre el problema de ilustrar reportajes sobre #IA. #journalism #science #AI

ANNOUNCEMENT: The National Association of Science Writers once again welcome entries for its journalism awards and its institutional writing awards. Submit #SciWriAwards nominations on behalf of yourself, peers, colleagues, or mentees by February 1, 2025: www.nasw.org/article...#SciWriAwards💚🧪📝

I have never felt happiness in my liver. But as @bittelmethis.bsky.social 's story explains, that concept came up quite a bit 3,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. Latest edit for @haleyweiss.bsky.social @sciencenews.bsky.social .🏺#langsky 🧪 www.sciencenews.org/article/link...

Coming up in 20 minutes...

Please help spread the word to #FirstGen college juniors & seniors. Paid #mentorship opp over 5 wks starting 1/8/2025! Applications due Dec 17th. Only three spots available! Gratitude for grant funding from @sciencewriters.org See sites.google.com/uri.edu/disc...

I'm once again emcee'ing trivia for @sciencewriters.org. 💚🧪📝 There will be science questions, but expect some pop culture thrown into the mix. THIS THURSDAY, 1PM ET:

I'm back from @sciencewriters.org #SciWri24 meeting in Raleigh. Lots of inspiration to go around, including the conversation I had at the #sciwrimentoring session with Alex Music and Ashleigh Jones. Thanks to Czerne Reid for sparking these connections.

@elandhuis.bsky.social and I are looking forward to greeting caregivers at #SciWri24. Join us and guest Lauren J. Young of @sciam.bsky.social for an off-the-record gathering Saturday, November 9, 2:30-3PM, Room 304 in the Convention Center.

I'm excited to be moderating a special plenary on Hurricane Helene with reporters from Blue Ridge Public Radio, who will share what it's like to cover a catastrophe while living through it. If you're in Raleigh for the conference, join us! Saturday, November 9th, 8:00 to 8:45 am.

Beyond proud to announce a new resource for basic research #scicomm that I shepherded from start to finish with @kavlifoundation.bsky.social and US DOE Office of Science. 🧠📈 ⚛️ 🧪 🔭 🧮 #chemsky

Coming up on Wednesday, October 9 at 1PM ET. I've missed chatting with NASW's caregivers and I'm looking forward to welcoming you.

As an editor, I help people say what they mean--and not say what they don’t mean. Here are some common not-quite-right words or expressions that I often see. This is not to embarrass anybody--I've made many of these mistakes myself. Please share your favorite fixes at the end of the thread. (1/n)

If you are AT the NASW meeting @sciencewriters.org in Raleigh, we will have the in person #sciwri4hire on Saturday at 4:30 pm! Editors and PIOs looking for freelancers: Show up and check in with Sarah and I! Writers and PIOs who want to meet editors? Be there or be quandrangular.

EARLY RATE ENDS October 1: For journalists. For PIOs. For writers, editors, authors, multimedia creatives, communications managers — anyone who translates science for the non-scientist. Join us for our #SciWri24 national conference this fall! sciencewriters2024.o... sciencewriters2024.o...#SciWri24💚🧪📝

Tonight at 6PM ET! #greensky 🌍 #watersci

Caregivers, parents, @sciencewriters.org has a virtual meetup for you. 10/9, 1PM ET. Please join me, @elandhuis.bsky.social @sarahderouin.bsky.social and @sciam.bsky.social 's Lauren Young and @tanyalewis.bsky.social for off-the-record convos and camaraderie. www.nasw.org/events/nasw-...

"Four thousand years ago, on an island off the coast of what is now Siberia, the world’s last woolly mammoth took its final breath." This week, I edited #AAASMassMedia fellow Claire Yuan's first embargoed story for @sciencenews.bsky.social: www.sciencenews.org/article/last... #paleontology 🧪

This was just about the most perfect story for me to edit. #Spain? Check. Enigmatic ancient culture? Check. Tx Javier Barbuzano for reporting and Macon Morehouse @sciencenews.bsky.social for the assignment. www.sciencenews.org/article/lost... 🏺🧪

🧪 Start your day with the intricately patterned wings of this tiger beetle. Stay to hear the sound it makes to ward off hungry bats. @jakebuehler.bsky.social with another fascinating @sciencenews.bsky.social story! #insects #predator www.sciencenews.org/article/tige...

TOMORROW is the last day to register for the D.C. Science Writers Association Professional Development Day. There will be no on-site registration. Check out the program, sign up, and I'll see you at the sign-in table! #scicomm #sciencejournalism #conference #DC dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-5643066

She sees beauty in proteins at the atomic level. And she’s used her skills to take on neglected diseases while mentoring the underrepresented. Meet Oluwatoyin Asojo of @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social Cancer Center. My latest @sciencenews.bsky.social 🧪👩🏿‍🔬 🛟 #Chemsky www.sciencenews.org/article/hook...

In a column I edited for @sciencenews.bsky.social Meghan Rosen covers a flurry of studies zeroing in on #longcovid #biomarkers . At least one of the researchers is spending a lot of time on some other, more emotional labor too. www.sciencenews.org/article/long... 🧪 🩺 #Chemsky

#Hurricanes weaken once they make landfall, right? Not always-and that's a challenge for weather forecasting. Carolyn Gramling at @sciencenews.bsky.social explains an effect that makes storms pick up steam and cause unexpected #flooding. 🧪 #climatesky www.sciencenews.org/article/wate...

Just a few more days left to sign up for this pilot. Thrive together with your fellow caregivers in @sciencewriters.org !

Join us on Feb 21 for a virtual Q&A about the future of Science 🧪Communications #scicomm #SciWri ft. Dr. Francis Collins--the longest serving Director of the NIH-- moderated by @bruceylee.bsky.social journalist, scientist 🩺 & Professor @cuny.bsky.social Register here: dcswa.org/event/the-fu...

NASW Members: Your NASW Freelance Committee has launched the "Peer Support for Caregivers" project, with signups due Feb. 29. Member volunteers @elandhuis.bsky.social and @carmendrahl.bsky.social explain their vision for helping writers in need connect with each other: www.nasw.org/article/nasw...

You've probably heard of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. There's also sudden unexplained death in childhood, or SUDC. Go inside parents' and researchers' quarter-century search for answers. By Aimee Cunningham for @sciencenews.bsky.social , edits by me www.sciencenews.org/article/chil... ⚕️🧪

Will I see you there?

During the pandemic @carmendrahl.bsky.social set up occasional Zoom calls for NASW members who work while tending children & loved ones. Now we're offering a way to find a peer buddy to connect 1:1 — for all #caregiving NASW members, not just freelancers. Check it out! www.nasw.org/article/nasw...

You might have missed some stunning sky glow images in Maria Temming's @sciencenews.bsky.social story about the perplexing phenomena known as STEVE (and no, they're not auroras). www.sciencenews.org/article/stev... 🧪 🔭