Viewing: Additional Reading and Resources
- Introduction
- How Science Works
- Sources and Experts: Where to Find Them and How to Vet Them
- Making Sense of Science Stats
- Editing for Story
- Editing Controversial Science
- Holding Science to Account
- Covering Health Care
- Climate and the Environment
- Fact-Checking Science Journalism: How to Make Sure Your Stories Are True
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Illustrating Complex Science Stories
- Introduction
- The Role of Visuals in Science Journalism
- The Process of Building Science-Centric Graphics
- Strategies for Using Visuals to Put Breaking Science in Context
- Special Considerations for Data Visualization
- Uncertainty and Misinformation
- Editorial Illustration, Photography, and Moving Images
- Additional Reading and Resources
- About the Author
- Social Media and Reader Engagement
- Popular Science
- Misinformation
- Op-Eds and Essays
- About This Handbook
Additional Reading and Resources
Advice for Editing and Writing
- Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing), by Jack Hart
- Nieman Storyboard — Articles from Storycraft, by Jack Hart
- Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide From the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University,
by Mark Kramer - You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction — From Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between, by Lee Gutkind
- The Open Notebook: A great resource for anyone learning to write about science.
Science Writing That Tells a Great Story
- “Into the Gulf Stream: A powerful current just miles from SC is changing. It could devastate the East Coast” (The Post and Courier)
- “Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19” (The Atlantic)
- “Hostile Waters: Orcas thrive in a land to the north. Why are Puget Sound’s dying?” (The Seattle Times)
- “The Pandemic Experts Are Not Okay” (The Atlantic)
- “The answer to lactose intolerance might be in Mongolia” (Popular Science)
- “Florida scientists are working to solve greening. They were too late for Cee Bee’s” (Tampa Bay Times)
- “This land is (still) their land. Meet the Nebraskan farmers fighting Keystone XL” (Popular Science)
And One Example That Forgoes Story
- “The most important science policy issue in every state” (Popular Science)