Viewing: About the Author
- 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
About the Author
Yasmin Tayag is a science editor and writer. She previously led the Medium Coronavirus Blog and was a science editor at the science-tech website OneZero and the health-and-wellness website Elemental. She was the founding editor of Future Human, a site about using science to shape the future. She was also the senior science editor at Inverse. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Guardian, Quartz, Vox, and Slate. She lives in New York.