by Chris Tachibana | Jan 4, 2014 | ScienceWire
…for giving us science writer Michelle Nijhuis. In the New York Times —a weekly pep talk for writers everywhere—Michelle tells her writer’s origin story. This lovely essay could end up in an anthology of next year’s , just like Michelle’s essay for Scientific American...
by Chris Tachibana | Jul 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
Priscilla Long closes out “Science Frictions,” her column in The American Scholar, with a lovely on the rewards and demands of an assignment with a weekly deadline. Her final column is a must-read for anyone considering a regular writing gig on general science topics....
by Chris Tachibana | May 2, 2013 | ScienceWire
Reitha Weeks and Susan Adler are cultivating new science writers. Reitha, Susan, and colleagues at the (NWABR) hold an annual “Biomedical Breakthroughs and My Life” that gets middle schoolers to think—and write—about science. Read the winning entries from 454 students...
by Chris Tachibana | May 2, 2013 | ScienceWire
Bryn Nelson tells us how to keep it real in the new : Everything You Need to Know to Pitch, Publish, and Prosper in the Digital Age. In a section called in The Sane Science Writer, Bryn has a chapter on Avoiding Domestic Disasters. Must be working. Bryn’s New York...