Indian Science Journalists' Collective
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We are an informal community of science journalists — based in India or connected to it by roots — who come together for peer support and collaboration Subscribe for post alerts! 💌 scijournoindia@gmail.com 💙 https://tinyurl.com/SciJournoIndia
Two truths and a lie: 1. Our Science Reporting Navigator was developed with @rjionline.bsky.social. 2. There are three ways to explore the Navigator: learning paths, topic-based lessons, and a resource library. 3. The Navigator is only for science journalists. Find the lie below 🧵👇
Our session will introduce you to 3 free to use tools we built. Luz, our sojo trainer chatbot, the Wordslaw Guide (launching soon!) to help you conduct live storytelling events and the J-SOS app, a safety app for journalists built by journalists. schedules.ire.org/accessfest-2...
🚨Pitch OpenMind @openmindjournal.bsky.social 🔹Disinformation, controversy, cognitive manipulation & conspiracy theory in science 🔹$1.5k for reported essays or features (1200-2000 words) 🔹$500 for an opinion piece, cultural review, or essay #ScienceJournalism #freelanceGig www.openmindmag.org/about
ABOUT US
OpenMind Magazine is a digital magazine tackling controversies, distortions, and deceptions in science.
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📣Pitch details: The Xylom @thexylom.com 🔹Global health and environmental disparities 💰300 USD per piece for reported stories, and 150-200 USD for reported essays and op-eds #ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #freelanceGig www.thexylom.com/submissions
Submissions | The Xylom | United States
A big thank you for expressing your interest in writing for The Xylom. Here are some rules to ensure our smooth sailing.
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🚨Pitch details: Brain Facts @brainfacts.org 🔹Open to all neuro-related pitches 🔹long (1000-1200 words), medium (700-900 words), and short-form (500-800 words) 🔹$1 per word dollar (USD) per word #ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #freelanceGig www.brainfacts.org/about/how-to...
Pitch Us
A guide for freelance science writers to sucessfully pitch BrainFacts
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🚨Pitch details: The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social 🔹Neuroscience and related fields 🔹~1,000-1,200 words 🔹Scientist-written essays come with a $1,000 honorarium 🔹Journalists: $1 per word #ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #freelanceGig www.thetransmitter.org/editorial-po...
Editorial Policies
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🚨Pitch contacts: Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelanceGig www.linkedin.com/posts/robin-...
Update: Scientific American is alive and well (post-layoffs and post-sale to LabX). As always, they are taking pitches for online and mag, same freelance budget, same rates. Key editors to pitch:… | R...
Update: Scientific American is alive and well (post-layoffs and post-sale to LabX). As always, they are taking pitches for online and mag, same freelance budget, same rates. Key editors to pitch: Clai...
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Himalaya Solutions Huddle @soljourno.bsky.social @mongabayindia.bsky.social 🔹3-day workshop in Himachal Pradesh 🔹Upto 15 journalists based in or working in India's Himalayan states on 26-28 Oct 2026 ⭕Deadline: 2 Oct 2026 #ScienceJournalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelanceGig lnkd.in/p/gANKhtrr
The Science Journalists Association of India, in association with the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), is bringing journalists, scientists and practitioners together to explore nature-based… | Scie...
The Science Journalists Association of India, in association with the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), is bringing journalists, scientists and practitioners together to explore nature-based solutio...
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📣 CCNow is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! Our awards program honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the climate story. Together, their work constitutes the leading edge of climate storytelling. ...🧵↓
Journalist-in-Residence: ISTA 💰15K Euro plus travel expenses 📍ISTA’s campus, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria 🔹Eligibility: Experienced science or technology journalists working in any format 🔹English is ISTA’s working language but journalists who work in other languages are also encouraged to apply
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)@istaresearch.bsky.social · 2mo agoScience & tech journalists: come explore research up close! Join ISTA’s 2027 Journalist in Residence program near Vienna, Austria. Duration: 3–6 months Apply by 1 Nov 2026: https://www.ista.ac.at/en/institute/residencies/ #ScienceJournalism
Are you a science journalist ready for your next story? Apply for the HITS Journalist in Residence Program: 3–6 months, exchange with researchers, and a €6,000/month stipend. 📅 Apply by 15 October 2026. We'd love to hear from you! #HITSJIR2027 https://ow.ly/63cC50ZvHMi Image AI modified
Haven't applied for the 2027 HITS Journalist in Residence Program yet? Don't fret. There's one month to go! Apply now or share with your network. 👇 #HITSJIR2027
HITS - Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies@hitsters.bsky.social · 3mo agoAre you a science journalist ready for your next story? Apply for the HITS Journalist in Residence Program: 3–6 months, exchange with researchers, and a €6,000/month stipend. 📅 Apply by 15 October 2026. We'd love to hear from you! #HITSJIR2027 https://ow.ly/63cC50ZvHMi Image AI modified
🚨Pitch call: Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social 🔹1200 to 2800 words 🔹lively, authoritative, and well-illustrated information about the science and hobby of astronomy 🔹Figures and events in astronomical history #ScienceJournalism #freelanceGig #story skyandtelescope.org/writing-for-...
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🚨Pitch call: Distillations 🔹Science’s impact on our world past and present 🔹writers with a background in historical research or magazine feature writing; unearthing little-told history; historical angles to contemporary topics #ScienceJournalism #freelanceGig www.sciencehistory.org/stories/pitc...
Pitch a Magazine Story
We are looking for features, essays, and historical profiles that relay the history of science in ways that surprise and inform our audience.
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🚨Pitch call: STAT News @statnews.com 🔹Health, medicine, and scientific discovery 💰$1 per word #ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #opportunity #pitch #story #research#freelance #freelanceGig www.statnews.com/pitch-guidel...
STAT Pitch Guidelines
Thanks for your interest in working with STAT. Here's our guide to pitching us a story idea. What sorts of stories does STAT assign freelancers? And what
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Our 5-week Editing Forensics course is only one month away from kicking off! 🎉The workshop will take place entirely online, featuring expert presentations, interactive activities, class discussions, and take-home resources. Sign up: www.theopennotebook.com/editing-fore...
Editing Forensics: A 5-Week Virtual Course - The Open Notebook
Great writing depends on great editing—and great editing is a skill that can be learned. In this highly interactive 5-week course, participants will develop practical editing techniques that…
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🚨New webinar Journalists worldwide are facing fake copyright complaints designed to silence their work online. Join experienced journalists and a technologist to unpack how to spot these complaints, respond, and hold scammers and platforms accountable. 🗓️ Sept. 22, 2026 https://twp.ai/9Ob4CI
📣Pitch call: MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com 🔹Theme: Fringe 🔹 Stories about disruption, taboos, what’s happening at the margins, and the people and ideas driving for change from the outside in ⭕Deadline: Sep 11 #ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig www.linkedin.com/posts/rcourt...
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#Freelance journalists: MIT Technology Review is seeking pitches for an upcoming issue. The theme is Fringe. We're looking for feature-length stories along that theme—stories about disruption, taboos,...
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Fellowship: 2027 Ocean Reporting Network, Pulitzer Center 🔹Salary Support: 1-year salary commensurate with experience ⭕Application Deadline: Sep 13, 2025 #ScienceJournalism #Sci_Wri
Pulitzer Center@pulitzercenter.org · 3mo agoApplications for the 4th Ocean Reporting Network (ORN) Fellowship cohort are open! We're seeking eight experienced journalists for projects on underreported ocean issues. Deadline: Sept. 13, 2026 AMA and applications: https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/our-ocean-journalism-has-built-new-reporting-beat
Today @theopennotebook.bsky.social and @emmalgometz.bsky.social partnered with @iniwil.bsky.social at OpenNews' Source to review AI policies at newsrooms like @theguardian.com, @apnews.com, @technologyreview.com & others. www.theopennotebook.com/2026/08/11/c...
Creating a Public AI Policy for Your Newsroom - The Open Notebook
Whether your newsroom uses AI or not, sharing a public AI policy can help bring audiences from a state of skepticism and mistrust to one of openness and curiosity about your process. Many newsrooms ha...
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New journalist interview: Sandeep Ravindran, Science Journalist. I talked with Sandeep about the new book to which he contributed "The Best Science Stories & How They Work," produced by @theopennotebook.bsky.social Hope you'll listen #sciencejournalism podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
📣Call for pitches: MIT Technology Review #ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig www.linkedin.com/posts/charlo...
Calling all freelance tech reporters - I'm seeking news and analysis pitches for MIT Technology Review! If you've got a compelling, original story idea that tells us something new and interest...
Calling all freelance tech reporters - I'm seeking news and analysis pitches for MIT Technology Review! If you've got a compelling, original story idea that tells us something new and interesting abou...
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📣Call for pitches: The Life of Science 🔹Labhopping is commissioning 3 about the Indian science ecosystem 💰Rs 8K for stories not over 2500 words ⭕Last date for Pitches: 31 Jul 2026 🔹200–300 Pitch #ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig thelifeofscience.com/2026/07/07/2...
Labhopping is open to pitches!
Labhopping is commissioning three deeply reported stories about the Indian science ecosystem, and we want to hear from you!
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🚨Job Alert! @mongabay.com Associate Editor – Story Transformer 🔹At least two years of professional experience in journalism and/or a relevant bachelor’s degree 🔹environmental reporting #ScienceJournalism #SciWri #opportunity mongabay.org/opportunity/...
Associate Editor - Story Transformer - Environmental Journalism and Education
Overview Founded in 1999, Mongabay is an award-winning environmental science and conservation news organization, which publishes original news on a daily basis in an objective (does not advocate), acc...
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🚨Job Alert! @mongabay.com Senior Video Story Editor 🔹5+ years of experience in editorial video storytelling and production 🔹environmental reporting #ScienceJournalism #SciWri #opportunity mongabay.org/opportunity/...
Senior Video Story Editor - Environmental Journalism and Education
Overview Founded in 1999, Mongabay is an award-winning environmental science and conservation news organization, which publishes original news on a daily basis in an objective (does not advocate), ac...
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Call for pitches: Climate Action Live🌏 🔹AI, data and the climate transition 🔹Grassroots innovation and climate resilience 🔹Emerging climate technologies 🔹Global climate transition 📧info@climateaction.live #ScienceJournalism www.linkedin.com/posts/madhur...
#climatejournalism #solutionsjournalism #climateactionlive #firstdraftofthefuture | Madhur Singh | 25 comments
Call for pitches! Climate Action Live is India's first climate solutions journalism platform. We tell stories that move beyond the climate crisis narrative, exploring what is being built, tested and ...
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PREM BHATIA JOURNALISM AWARDS: Excellence in Environmental Journalism🏆 🔹Journalistic work, done in the period January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025 🔹Individual or Team 🔹English or any Indian language 💰Rs 1,50,000 ⭕Deadline: June 30, 2026 #ScienceJournalism editorsguild.in/award-for-ex...
Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism - Editors Guild of India
PREM BHATIA JOURNALISM AWARDS Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism This award honours sustained and impactful reporting on environmental issues, climate change, conservation, and ecologica...
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Just and Sustainable Transitions (JUST) Fellowship 2026 🔹4-month fellowship (July–October 2026) 💰Rs. 40k 🔹Travel support up to Rs. 10k 🔹Indian citizens with 2–3 yrs of exp in livelihoods, labour, environment, ecology or related fields ⭕14 June 2026 #ScienceJournalism www.cenfa.org/just-and-sus...
Just and Sustainable Transitions (JUST) Fellowship 2026 - Centre for Financial Accountability
Documenting grounded pathways of transition from communities, landscapes, and lived realities An initiative by Samata and Centre for Financial
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Call for pitches: Quanta Magazine — Biology📣 📧hwaters@quantamagazine.org #ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #pitch #freelance #freelanceGig
Hannah Waters@hanner.bsky.social · 5mo agoHey science journalists! I preparing to send out a call for pitches for Quanta's biology section. If you have facility with and interest in neuroscience, molecular biology, biophysics, cell biology, evolution - please shoot me a private message with your email address to be added to the list.
