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Popular Myths About Climate Adaptation Journalists Should Know. Adaptation is not a substitute for mitigation. Cutting emissions remains indispensable to preventing the worst outcomes of climate change.
New AI Safety Tool expands critical safety guidance for journalists and editors in the U.S. Two leading organizations dedicated to press freedom launched JESS (Journalist Expert Safety Support), an AI-powered tool designed to give journalists, editors, and news organizations working across the United States greater access to essential safety information and guidance.
Guidebook: Climate Communications to Drive Collective Action. By addressing self-perception, vision, and perceived impact, climate communications can move people from inaction to engagement.
Reporting on discovery of life beyond Earth: A toolbox to help journalists to report about the search for life in space.
How Christian Elliott landed a feature story in National Geographic Magazine: A tale of persistence... and luck.
A conference taught me that scientists and journalists must work together to protect research: Science sleuth Lonni Besançon realizes that he has sometimes misunderstood what the media want from him and his researcher colleagues.
How science journalists and scientists work together (or not). Another peek behind the scenes of science journalism, but this time from a scientist’s point of view.
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Science Media Amplifies Male Scientists’ Voices Over Female Ones. Analysis of more than 2,500 science stories revealed that men were quoted more often than women, highlighting systemic gender bias in science communication.
After COVID, audiences demand less panic, more practical information from Ebola coverage. Audiences reject both scary stories and stories that dismiss their concerns.
MIT science writing students collaborate with The Associated Press. Students developed and pitched local climate stories, then worked with visual journalists from the AP over an intensive four-day weekend.
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