Here’s what I wrote for New Scientist in June: First article (web, assigned, 500 words): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17271-japanese-probe-set-to-crash-into-moon.html First article of my own initiative (web, 500 words): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17278-junk-food-gives-crow-chicks-a-weight-problem.html First interactive piece(1200 words and some video/HTML editing): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17341-explore-how-climate-change-might-affect-the-us.html First bylined print article (400 words): http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227133.900-health-clues-found-in-big-tobaccos-files.html First story turned around in one day (500 words): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17371-us-grandparents-smarter-than-uk-counterparts.html First physics article [...]
Last week I checked out the MIT Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT Careers Office. Jonathan Fildes, Science and Technology reporter for BBC News, Karen Weintraub, Deputy Health/Science Editor for the Boston Globe, and Trisha Gura a freelance science and medical journalist and author of Lying in Weight spoke about a range of issues [...]