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These are a few of our favorite reads: 2013 edition
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Survey Results: A decade of health insurance hell for freelancers
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Missed the #AmtrakResidency? Get aboard these unexpected writing opportunities
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Work-life balance: Unplugging after hours
In mid-April, various media breathlessly reported France’s “new labor laws,” which, they said, prohibited hundreds of thousands of unionized employees from checking their email after 6 p.m. It turned...
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“Super Source” Shout-Out
Building relationships with scientists is at the heart of being a science journalist. Finding just the right source to laud or lambaste the latest ‘breakthrough’ can make or break a story. While we...
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A Procrastinator’s Creativity Rush
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Small stuff: Size comparisons in science writing
A flea is a few millimeters long–gargantuan compared to a ribosome at 30 nanometers. One of the best ways to bring science writing to life is to make a vivid size comparison between whatever you’re...
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Rituals Between the Writing
I’ll let you in on a little secret. Though I believe in the importance of getting dressed in real clothes each day, I rarely do it before I’ve clocked a few hours in my home office. Over time the...
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SciLance Spotting (verb): The act of publicly calling attention to a great...
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These are a few of our favorite reads: 2013 edition
Top science stories, circa 1958.While schmoozing at the New England Science Writers recent holiday party, a fellow writer asked me what I’m reading these days. My answer? Playful Parenting, How To Get...
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Survey Results: A decade of health insurance hell for freelancers
Credit: Wellcome Library, London“The life insurance office” Results are in for the survey on freelancers and health insurance! Back on October 30, I asked people to provide numbers on how their health...
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Missed the #AmtrakResidency? Get aboard these unexpected writing opportunities
You’ve heard the news, I imagine: Amtrak is offering writing residencies. The plan is the brainchild of novelist Alexander Chee, and it’s brilliant, but it’s been tweeted and posted so far and wide...
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Work-life balance: Unplugging after hours
In mid-April, various media breathlessly reported France’s “new labor laws,” which, they said, prohibited hundreds of thousands of unionized employees from checking their email after 6 p.m. It turned...
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“Super Source” Shout-Out
Building relationships with scientists is at the heart of being a science journalist. Finding just the right source to laud or lambaste the latest ‘breakthrough’ can make or break a story. While we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Procrastinator’s Creativity Rush
If you procrastinate like I do, especially with summer distractions in full swing, my friend Ilyse might help you change your outlook. She changed mine. Many years after college, Ilyse is back in...
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Small stuff: Size comparisons in science writing
A flea is a few millimeters long–gargantuan compared to a ribosome at 30 nanometers. One of the best ways to bring science writing to life is to make a vivid size comparison between whatever you’re...
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Rituals Between the Writing
I’ll let you in on a little secret. Though I believe in the importance of getting dressed in real clothes each day, I rarely do it before I’ve clocked a few hours in my home office. Over time the...
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SciLance Spotting (verb): The act of publicly calling attention to a great...
SciLance Spotting: A quieter way to give a shout-out One of my favorite SciLance traditions is SciLance Spotting — giving an email shout-out to a story by one of our members or a member of a fellow...
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