Free Online Writing Workshop for Scientists
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This post is adapted from a Stony Brook University press release:
Expert voices are needed more than ever in conversations of national and global importance. Scientists can help people understand the many ways that science shapes our lives and our understanding of the world — and, critically, their evidence-based findings and perspective can help in creating sound, scientifically informed public policy.
Scientific American and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, in partnership with the Kavli Foundation, are offering an online workshop aimed at helping scientists write blogs and op-eds for magazines, newspapers, and other news outlets. Two dozen scientists will receive mentoring on writing over this fall and next spring, with successful assignments to be considered for publication as a Scientific American guest blog. The program will culminate with a special gathering in New York City in Fall 2018, where course participants will network with instructors, science communication experts, and peers as well as staff from the Alda Center and Scientific American.
This program is free to scientists and engineers; participants will be selected competitively.
This online workshop and mentoring program will be a companion to a new and open web series to debut this fall that is co-produced by the three partners. During this 10-week public series, valuable insights into science writing and communication will be presented by the editors and writers at Scientific American, the Alda Center, and a selection of special guest speakers. Program details for this series will be announced in September.