NYU Stern is accepting applications for the NYU Stern Climate Economics Journalism Fellowship. Selected fellows will travel to NYU Stern's Greenwich campus to learn from globally recognized experts in the emerging field of climate economics. Deadline: April 20th www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-s...

Freelance journalists and writers: @technologyreview.com has a new call for pitches, for its Kids issue. Pitches due Friday April 3. Please share! More details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/rcourt...

New feature digs into the age check tech that Discord endorsed following widespread backlash. Bottom line: On-device checks—if they work as they claim—are more privacy-preserving, but privacy advocates still don't think age verification laws are effective enough to justify any of it:

🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @nature.com is hiring a Reporter to pitch and write news articles about science and the research community each week for publication in print and online. NY or DC-based hybrid role. Deadline: March 27th tinyurl.com/47a7vmhn

edit: this forest project was in Oregon, but it was the largest in California's carbon market!

What exceptionally long-lived animal can teach us about how to age better - but this story could also just be called Nature is bonkers! (especially rockfish?) wapo.st/4lvPy1x

Iris Crawford-Maskell, GPSW Class of '22, and Angely Mercado give a crash course on how to cover food sovereignty stories:

Here's the latest installment in my story of what it takes to drag a science book kicking and screaming across the publishing finish line. theartfulamoeba.substack.com/p/publishing...

New piece from @pratik-p.bsky.social on the frightening increase in parents now declining the Hep B vaccine for their newborns. www.vox.com/health/48175...

wrote about something very important www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...

DUE IN ONE WEEK: ScienceWriters2026 is a meeting for science writers, by science writers, and we need your help! Submit your idea by March 10: www.nasw.org/article... Learn what makes a great session: www.nasw.org/page/ho...

This is a great awards program for science communication. Enter now (before April 3) and/or please encourage others to do so. Categories include researchers (early, mid- & late career), journalists, independent & institutional. From @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social

Thread: imagine you're a historian surveying 16th century copies of the world's most famous ancient astronomy book, and you see one where somebody with handwriting VERY similar to GALILEO (!?) has transcribed... a psalm. "Galileo, a prayer? That's something that doesn't work," Ivan Malara thought.

Love to see it!

While emergency repairs to DC Water's broken sewer line could be completed by mid-March, there’s *no timeline* for how long it will take to clean up the environmental damage caused by the spill. My latest @bloomberg.com (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A billion years of missing time continues to confound geologists. For @science.org, I covered a new find in northern China that complicates debates on the source of the Great Unconformity:🧪⚒️

Hey birdbrains (complimentary), Next Sunday at 3 PM, I’ll be speaking on Zoom with Adam Nicolson about his book “Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood.” It's a lyrical and unusual book that really wraps you up in birds. join us, signup link here: www.bostonbirdingfestival.org/posts/bird-s...

For @insideclimatenews.org, Alex Megerle, '26, reports on the rise of ranavirus and how researchers in New Jersey are taking action insideclimatenews.org/news/1702202...

Put this on next week's calendar! Weds 18 February at 6pm US ET, I'll talk to Mallary Tenore Tarpley about her book SLIP, on eating disorder recovery. Part of the @emorycshh.bsky.social Health Storytelling series, free with registration here: humanhealth.emory.edu/events/livin...

FDA refuses to review Moderna’s application for first mRNA flu vaccine www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/... @rachelroubein.bsky.social

Congratulations to @celinaz.bsky.social, '25, for winning the inaugural Starks-Murcutt Prize for Excellence in Science Journalism. The award honors an early-career Science News intern or fellow. You can read more about Celina and the award here: www.societyforscience.org/blog/science...

Compared with the 1st year of previous admins, including Trump’s 1st term, the current admin has taken fewer polluters to court & settled fewer existing court cases, per a new review of federal court records by the nonprofit EIP. Story @bloomberg.com w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Join us TONIGHT at 6PM ET for an info session about the Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy (MONA) Fellowship. Last year's fellows will share their experiences with the fellowship! The new deadline for applications is 02/08 at 11:59 PM. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I edited a @thexylom.com story which cited research that found the tear gas concentration in Portland during George Floyd protests was high enough to cause severe and irreversible health effects, including asthma, shortness of breath, and panic. And in Nepal, hospitalizations more than doubled:

Oh hey! MIT science writing alum @rokazmier.bsky.social chats with @indiejournalists.bsky.social about her work @scifri.bsky.social. The death metal story mentioned here is by our associate director, @ohyeahitscouch.bsky.social www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dea...

Experts told me that TikTok users freaked out by "bugs" censoring anti-Trump content are not paranoid, they're just used to platforms manipulating what they see. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

DEADLINE ALERT: Enter your best work from 2025 in the National Association of Science Writers' Science in Society Journalism Awards or Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards by February 1, 2026. Discounted entry fees for members. Membership not required:

Looking for sources for a @nature.com story about how researchers are coping in the midst of current events: If you're a PhD or other academic who's struggling to focus with everything that's happening in the world and would like to be interviewed for this story, please get in touch ASAP!

Still thinking about this gross catch-22 where the quickest way to remove images is to ask Grok but if you ask Grok and the images don’t come down, the act of asking Grok to remove them may make it harder to sue.

Scientists grew tiny models of our nasal airways, complete with mucus-secreting cells and cilia that beat rhythmically to understand how our bodies fight the common cold wapo.st/4qzFZQY

Got great health reporting from 2025? Enter the AHCJ Awards for Excellence! Early-bird deadline: Jan. 16 at 5 pm ET. Don’t wait! 🏅 healthjournalism.org/awards-for-e...

What an excellent idea for a Starter Pack, in these days of #AISlop spilling everywhere - here is a bunch of outlets you can trust. Hats-off to @alexip718.com. go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

I talked with @beebrookshire.bsky.social about GLP-1's

Alumna @lisalsong.bsky.social, '09, covers how the EPA is questioning its own ability to adjust pollution rules when new science emerges. Published in @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/air-...

Stellar work from Zoe Beketova, Class of 2026:

We need your help! So far, we’ve raised $28,000 from 103 donors (incl. matching funds), which tells us that many of you understand the importance of this work. We report on global health and environmental disparities. Our goal is to raise $30,000 by Dec. 31st. Can you support our work?

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has been a member of the deep-sea club for almost 2 decades. New research might revoke its water world card. 🪐 🌊 My 2nd #AGU2025 story of the week for @science.org : www.science.org/content/arti... #space #titan #nasa

What’s better than giving to something you care about? Having what you give count twice! Before the end of the year, we’re hoping you consider supporting The Open Notebook. Your donation will be matched by a group of generous donors, up to a total of at least $7,500. 🧪

🔥Scientists discover oldest evidence of human-made fire — a 400,000-year-old English hearth wapo.st/4aaP3GM

For Farm School NYC, federal funding cuts have "put their work with various community partners in jeopardy." Uprooter Iris M. Crawford for @npquarterly.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/if-farm-scho...

Program announcement! Join us for a short virtual session on December 12, to learn about the past, present and future of efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay. To register, send an email to [email protected] and we'll send you the link!

I spoke with @thebaltimorebanner.com today about being evacuated from Concourse A at BWI. Happy to say I’m on my plane now. www.thebanner.com/community/tr...

DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/

In light of policy arguments over the cost of climate action, a trio of economists ask: how much is climate change costing Americans right now? heatmap.news/economy/clim...

This is really good. You have to make readers care, and that means connecting the science to something they know, or something they can relate to.

In case you missed it, catch the recording of the recent SHERF informational webinar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5vu... Apply by Dec. 19: healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...

🎉 The SHERF Fellowship is BACK! Science, health & environment reporters — this is your chance to level up your skills, get mentoring and deepen your expertise. Applications now open! Apply here ➡️ healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...

Join us for our fall information session at 3pm today. Registration is here: mit.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Trump's EPA is proposing rule changes that if approved would result in fewer ponds, streams and wetlands being protected from development and pollution under clean water rules. Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...