The first every science journalism workshop at the 2013 Meeting of the National Association of Science Journalists.
July 31-August 4, 2013
Orlando, Florida
2. Session Presenters
Jamila Bey @jbey
Reporter, Voice of Russia Radio
Robin Lloyd @robinllyod99
News Editor Scientific American
David Kroll @davidkroll
Director of Science Communications, North Carolina
Nature Resource Center
Ivan Oranksy @ivanoransky
Executive Editor, Reuters Health
Danielle N Lee @dnlee5
Science Blogger Scientific American Blog Network
3. Resources for Journalists
• Training & Professional Development
– AAAS Minority Science Writers Internship
– Association for Health Care Journalists
– National Association of Science Writers
– Reporting on Health – Technically Speaking
“Overcoming the Challenges of Reporting a Highly
Technical Article”
By Katherine Eban
California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship
• http://www.reportingonhealth.org/resources/lessons/techni
cally-speaking
4. Resources for Journalists
• Finding Sources
– The National Science & Technology News Service
– Professional Science Societies
• NSBE, National Society of Black Physicists, NOBCChe, Black
PhD Network
– Minority Science & Health Journalists
• https://twitter.com/DNLee5/minority-sci-journalists
• Expose yourself to more Science
– ScienceSeeker.org
– Eureka Alerts
5. Where to Pitch your Science Pieces
• Scientific American SA Incubator
• Scientific American Guest Blog
• American Chemical Society Guest Blog
• Scientific American Magazine
• Slate
6. Next Generation Possibilities
• A New Narrative
(http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbt
oday_article.aspx?id=47578)
– Dr. Natasha Brooks (ASBMB May 2013)
• Connecting to Editors and Producers of
regional newspapers, radio programs
• Offer Science, Health and Agriculture Science
Journalism courses at HBCU Journalism
Schools