A regional affiliate of @sciencewriters, we are writers and editors who cover science and medicine as well as PR pros who promote science. Pronounced swine-ee.
New York, NY
Joined January 2009
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NASW Members: The @ScienceWriters Freelance Committee is back with another #SciWriBizChat on June 1! Member volunteers @ScienceHuber @EllenKuwana are hosting the "Virtual Business Chat: Apps and the Freelance Science Writer"—open to current NASW members: nasw.org/events/nasw-science…
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This is the most unexpected and fascinating policy manifesto you'll read today
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Today is “Rare Disease Day,” 40 yrs aftet Congress created a law to encourage pharmaceutical firms to develop so-called ‘orphan drugs’ to treat small patient populations w/ rare genetic diseases
— Today, half of all new drugs approved by the FDA are orphans
— They are the most expensive, w/ huge profit margins. The orphan market is forecast to double to $66 billion in the next decade
In “Billion-Dollar Orphans,” chp 50 of my book, PHARMA, I expose how drug companies have learned to game the Orphan Law
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Don't miss your change to enter for this year's Victor K. McElheny Award for local science journalism! Submissions end January 31st: ksj.mit.edu/award/
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First, folks caught @CNET quietly publishing machine learning-generated stories. Then came the revelation that the AI-generated content was “riddled with factual errors.” Now, it appears the site’s AI has “been a serial plagiarist—of actual humans' work.” futurism.com/cnet-ai-plagiar… – at Los Angeles, CA
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Dear freelancers, are you pitching stories and tempted to use ChatGPT? Don't. I promise you that editors can tell.
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Have a question for me about the opioid epidemic? Anything from Oxy to Fentanyl? Your chance is my Jan 19 conversation, “The Opioid Crisis in America,” w/ @SWINY + host @Dlloydlevine. Register at us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Submit a question in advance at form.jotform.com/22089339067…
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As a freelance writer, sometimes you may need to hire an editor. But, before hiring, how can you properly assess an editor's work?
janefriedman.com/before-hiri…
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journalism friends: just putting it out there that I would really like to take on some editing and fact-checking work in 2023! my niche is COVID-19 data but I am open to other science/health/data topics. :)
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Carl Zimmer visits the Incubator to record a wide-ranging conversation about #COVID19 including origins, vaccines, public health responses, and impact on society bit.ly/3vmYtJr
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So proud of the amazing visual journalism ProPublica has produced this year. Have a look at the best of the best. propublica.org/article/year-…
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How Journalists and Scientists Can Deal with Science Denialism. My interview with @carlzimmer at the
@sciencejf representing #swiny
vimeo.com/778488391
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Health/medical/science journalists and PIOs: free, in-person 3.5 day Washington DC workshop to help hone your skills in reporting on medical research. Details and application form at: lisaschwartzfoundation.org/a…
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Congratulations to @carmendrahl and @EllenKuwana —winners of the 2022 @ScienceWriters Diane McGurgan Service Award 🥇
Details here: nasw.org/article/science-wri…
This further confirms what we 🐥🐥🐥 always knew—that @carmendrahl —our @DCSWA Board Member— is super cool 😎 awesome.
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Looks like the NIH has set up a new website so that people in the US can finally report home test results: makemytestcount.org/
Hopefully these results will be made public soon, and are factored into policymaking, as current data may be undercounting by as much as 20x.
Rapid #COVID19 test results could help guide public health responses, but these results are not typically reported.
Now, NIH has launched a website to anonymously report the results of these at-home tests in a secure manner. Check it out: bit.ly/3GDZmo2
#MakeMyTestCount
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Cracking the code to what different publications want requires some trial and error, but here’s a start. From TON/@BWFund @cogcelia, with @ahannahseo, @weischoice, @slaskow, @ClaraMoskowitz, and others. theopennotebook.com/2022/11/…
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Don’t you wish someone would pull together a whole bunch of amazing science writing resources and put them in one place for all to find? So do we … so we did! Behold! theopennotebook.com/resource…
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Have we got a story for u. Join us this Wednesday, Nov 2 at 8p ⏰ for a @DCSWA 🐥 panel on story telling 📖 moderated by @RachelLense 🎙 ft. Sumanth Prabhaker @Orion_Magazine @EcologyOfShane @ThirdPod Nancy Lord & Wayne Curtis @AAPHopkins
Details here: dcswa.org/event/telling-the-…
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It was the the honor of a lifetime to co-lead NYC's COVID contact tracing program with @KatBlaney. We published results of this effort in @JAMANetworkOpen today.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Hey @ScienceWriters @absw @sciwritersitaly. @PhysicsMagazine is looking for freelancers to write news pieces for us on physics related stories. We are also open for pitches for features. If you are interested, send me a DM and we can chat.