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Are you part of an organization that could benefit from a training event for science journalism or science communication? We’d love to help you learn! Read more about the trainings we offer: www.theopennotebook.com/trainings-wo...
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to our work. Browse our DEI resources, including style guides, tips for reporting on underrepresented communities, and advice for finding diverse sources, here: www.theopennotebook.com/diversity-eq...
Created with @rjionline.bsky.social, our Science Reporting Navigator is a flexible tool that helps journalists bring science into any beat. 🧪
Choose to follow a learning path, explore by topic, or browse our library of resources. 🔍️
Even if you cover science regularly, we know it can be a process to figure out what questions to ask scientists.
In our Science Reporting Quick Tips series, we’ve compiled some questions to get you started...
It’s been many months since I filed the final draft of The Best Science Stories and How They Work to my editor at @uchicagopress.bsky.social. What a pleasure to be reunited with it in ✨physical form✨ with the arrival of an advance copy, and to spend an evening revisiting these stories in my hammock!
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Our new book releases this July! 📚️
The collection features 11 exemplary pieces of science journalism with commentary from other journalists about what makes them work.
Learn more and pre-order below.
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Our sample course syllabus pairs perfectly with our book, The Craft of Science Writing! If you’re looking for teaching materials, check out the syllabus and consider how our resources can help your class take shape. 💡
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Siri Carpenter
Bring Scientific Evidence into Any Beat Every story is a science story. From education and public health to transportation and local policy, science intersects with every beat journalists cover. The…
We've published dozens of articles and resource guides that center diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in science journalism. Browse our DEI-focused resources here.
Sometimes, you don’t have a lot of time to prepare for an interview, or you might not know where to start with an unfamiliar topic. Use this list of questions as a template when planning your…
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The Open Notebook offers a variety of training options and consultations to help science journalists, editors, newsroom teams, and scientists advance their skills.
The Open Notebook's International Students Slack community is for science writers who are current, past, or aspiring international students to share information and advice about university…
An invitation to engage with some of today’s most respected science journalists as they take readers beneath the surface to tell the stories behind eleven of the best science stories.
Master your craft with our free Science Journalism Master Classes. These short courses, delivered by email, are made possible by a grant from The Kavli Foundation.
Science journalists often learn the tricks of the trade by trial and error. But here at The Open Notebook, we firmly believe the basics of covering science, and covering it well, can also be taught.…
