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How to Write About Scientific Debates
Scientific debates often make for compelling stories, with a rich cast of characters and plenty of built-in drama and intrigue—but covering them with balance and context can be tricky. Writers must...
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Isotopes, Archaea, and Cold-Water Physics—How to Sell Obscure Science Stories...
Getting a story about unfamiliar and obscure fields such as geology, organic chemistry, or quantum mechanics off the ground often means jumping over hurdles—for editors and readers alike—that might...
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Christian Elliott and Muriel Alarcón Pivot While Covering a Patagonian Coral...
During a reporting trip to Patagonia, science journalists Muriel Alarcón and Christian Elliott teamed up to cover a scientific milestone: a successful lab reproduction of cold-water corals originally...
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Loving the Questions: Reporting for Essays
In a reported essay, journalists can think through a question in writing—and take a roaming, potentially unexpected path in their reporting. Nailing the reported essay requires a well-thought-out...
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Chris Muronzi on Covering the Women Battling “Man-Made Starvation” in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean journalist Chris Muronzi shares his journey of writing about a group of Mwenezi women who tackled food insecurity in their region. His story for Climate Home News chronicles resilience and...
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Rebecca Boyle Finds the Narrative Arc of the Moon
Rebecca Boyle spent years pondering the moon’s impact on Earth and humanity, then wrote a book that centers the moon as a character. Katharine Gammon interviewed her about how she pictures the moon,...
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How to Steer an Interview So You Get What You Need
Conducting interviews that provide everything you need for an article, eliciting details from experts for color and juicy quotes, and building rapport with sources are essential skills for any...
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Storygram: B. “Toastie” Oaster’s “Pacific Lamprey’s Ancient Agreement with...
In October 2022, Indigenous affairs journalist B. "Toastie" Oaster wrote a High Country News feature about the fate of Pacific lamprey. This lushly written story explores how Indigenous peoples in the...
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Casey Parks and Washington Post Pollsters Depict Trans Life in the U.S.
Amid rising anti-trans rhetoric and legislation, Washington Post social-issues reporter Casey Parks teamed up with pollsters Emily Guskin and Scott Clement to capture what it’s truly like to be trans...
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Five Documentary Films That Make Science Shine
Documentary filmmaking offers a powerful alternative to print or audio for storytelling but might go overlooked by science journalists. Though the filmmaking process might seem daunting at first,...
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Wudan Yan Digs into the Hidden Costs of Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies make frequent headlines, but the noise pollution caused by the computers that produce them often remains hidden. In a feature for Popular Mechanics, science journalist Wudan Yan...
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Using the Ladder of Abstraction to Elevate Science Stories
Specific details and abstract ideas are both essential pieces of vivid, narrative-driven stories. But it’s not always easy to partner the two. A tool called the ladder of abstraction can help writers...
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Storygram: Fletcher Reveley’s “In El Salvador and Beyond, an Unsolved Kidney...
In his complex feature for Undark, Fletcher Reveley recounts the story of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) and the two main competing theories of the disease’s origin. Here, freelance...
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Choosing Unconventional Main Characters
Beyond the leading scientist behind a new discovery, whom should science journalists star as central characters in their reporting? Unconventional characters can take a story to greater depths,...
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How to Cultivate Narrative in Stories of All Lengths
We often reserve storytelling’s basic elements—characters, plot, scene, theme, and dialogue—for long-form work, where they can take root and bloom through intensive research, reporting, and editing....
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Jamie Lauren Keiles Follows the Surgical and Philosophical Journey of...
In a piece for The New York Times Magazine, Jamie Lauren Keiles chronicles one patient’s phalloplasty, the years-long, multi-stage surgical construction of a penis. Keiles talked with Celia Ford about...
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Ankur Paliwal Tells the Tale of a Rare Genetic Disorder and People Who Live...
In some remote places in India, a rare genetic disease called spinocerebellar ataxia has been affecting entire families and communities. Journalist Ankur Paliwal explored the disease, the politics of...
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Juli Berwald’s Life on the Rocks Meditates on Coral Reefs, Motherhood, and...
In Life on the Rocks, scientist-turned-writer Juli Berwald paints a bittersweet portrait of coral reef loss and the scientists working against all odds to stop it. As she writes about corals, she...
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Getting Personal: When and How to Write Yourself into Your Story
The first-person voice can make a science story more engaging or relatable. However, not every article will benefit from a personal touch, and putting one’s own experiences on the page may be...
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Getting Started in Freelance Audio Journalism
With its immersive and intimate feel, audio storytelling gives print journalists new ways to invite an audience into a world. Radio shows and podcasts can use sound to convey the scientific process...
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