Science journalist and editor. Bibliophile, ice cream maker, India-born Kentuckian. She/her. How to say my name: https://xitter.cf/t.co/Vmw6pE16xo
Boston, MA
Joined October 2012
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In the interest of keeping up with that sharing, here it is: youtu.be/y3gpZLKh0jI
Just about a month to go before applications are due.
Budding science journalists - take a look at the application 👇🏾and please apply!
Apply for the 2025 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship
with @ScienceMagazine!
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism with a demonstrated interest in covering science topics for general audiences: bit.ly/3CJo867
Months of planning, dozens of conversations, hours of work - all led up to the launch of this new series from @NewsfromScience that will look at how the scientific enterprise is reckoning with its colonial roots. Our intro to the series here: science.org/content/article/…
NEW in @NewsfromScience's series on global equity in science: A deeply-reported feature by @sandeeprtweets on Indigenous data sovereignty - where Native Peoples and communities control if/how/when their data is shared - gaining steam in Western science: science.org/content/article/…
NEW - and final- in @NewsfromScience's series on global equity in science: @sofiamoutinhoBR on Latin American platforms boosting the region's many open access journals - in a model that aims to bring more visibility to Global South scientists and research: science.org/content/article/…
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Apply for the 2025 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship
with @ScienceMagazine!
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism with a demonstrated interest in covering science topics for general audiences: bit.ly/3CJo867
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reminder, HHS includes:
NIH
FDA
CDC
Medicare
Medicaid
CHIP
Affordable Care Act
Health Resources and Services Administration
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
Administration for Children and Families
Indian Health Service
(and more)
Hey, come find me on the other place: bsky.app/profile/scchak.bsky…
And drop me a note if I should find you there, too :)
Here’s @rpocisv getting his award from newly-appointed NASW Prez @sandeeprtweets!
IN THE SCIENCE REPORTING CATEGORY:
"Should Beetles Be Named After Adolf Hitler?"
By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega (@rpocisv), staff writer at Science Magazine (@NewsfromScience)
science.org/content/article/…
#SciWriAwards #SciWri24 💚🧪📝 [3/n]
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IN THE SCIENCE REPORTING CATEGORY:
"Should Beetles Be Named After Adolf Hitler?"
By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega (@rpocisv), staff writer at Science Magazine (@NewsfromScience)
science.org/content/article/…
#SciWriAwards #SciWri24 💚🧪📝 [3/n]
+1 to this. And while hiring, newsrooms should consider:
Is the hire going to be the only/one of very few BIPOC?
Are you setting the hire(s) up with support + tools for success and inclusion?
Is the newsroom prepared to hear/make space for/nonwhite voices and experiences?
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Leadership at the largest mainstream newsrooms completely botched this and, in part, made way for today.
I'm struggling to find the words at this moment, but if you aren't, you should pitch @ObjectiveJrn. We pay .50 cents per word. objectivejournalism.org/pitc…
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If you work in mainstream media, my advice based on the blur and trauma of Those Four Years:
- what you don’t cover ends up being more important than what you do;
- you don’t represent another “side,” rather the public/audiences;
- the lies outperform the fact-checks;
- find a group of non-work friends to lean into every Friday night, when you’ll be most in despair and exhausted;
- assess whether you can keep on with your employer (financially, emotionally, morally) and plan your next moves accordingly. – at Queens, NY
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🎉🎉🎉 It's a momentous day—the day the world has been waiting for! I refer, of course, to the publication of the second edition of THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING from The Open Notebook! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books…
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New: It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened. Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.” She's one of at least two Texas women who died under the state's abortion ban. propub.li/40rAXvw
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hey, it's 10 years since Serial and @niemanlab has a package for you on crime news now! we'll be running stories all week if you want something fun and interesting to read besides, you know (1/)
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Including Indigenous sources who are experts in both Western and Indigenous science (sometimes called “two-eyed seeing”) can help synthesize those perspectives in your piece, writes @monkey_cabinet. theopennotebook.com/2024/10/…
So grateful to you, @kstsosie, and all the other voices listed here for speaking with @sandeeprtweets for this important piece! We at @NewsfromScience are thrilled to be have been able to feature so many Indigenous experts.
For the 2nd time this month, Tsosie Lab is featured in @ScienceMagazine @NewsfromScience. This article beautifully highlights the biodiversity and genomics work of postdoc fellow Dr. Leke Hutchins (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi) @IndigenizeSci. Also great voices: @rosiealegado @scbegonias @LocalContexts @YrachetaJM @NativeBio @IndigiData
science.org/content/article/…
On birthdays we have cake. Or chocolate torte. Happy birthday @Open_Notebook! Here’s the one-and-only @SiriCarpenter enjoying a celebratory treat!
14 years ago this week, The Open Notebook made its debut in the world. Today, we celebrate how far we’ve come, and the pending debut of our second, expanded edition of The Craft of Science Writing. theopennotebook.com/2024/10/…
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NEW in @NewsfromScience's series on global equity in science: A deeply-reported feature by @sandeeprtweets on Indigenous data sovereignty - where Native Peoples and communities control if/how/when their data is shared - gaining steam in Western science: science.org/content/article/…
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14 years ago this week, The Open Notebook made its debut in the world. Today, we celebrate how far we’ve come, and the pending debut of our second, expanded edition of The Craft of Science Writing. theopennotebook.com/2024/10/…
