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The KSJ Science Editing

Handbook

The insights, knowledge, tips and resources all editors need to meet the highest standards for quality of science journalism.

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Written by some of the most widely celebrated science editors and reporters working today, this book will empower you to ask the right questions, enable you to spot faulty reporting, and educate you on best practices.

– Deborah Blum, Director, Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT
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About this Book

This handbook is a product of the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT and is made possible thanks to support from the Kavli Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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