I'm excited to head to New Orleans this week for #AEJMC2026, on behalf of @theopennotebook.bsky.social. I'd love to connect! Email me at siricarpenter@theopennotebook.com to set up a time to chat, or find me in to New Orleans!

🚨 Last day to register! We’re so excited to host our editing workshop on 8/21 before #OWAA26 in Madison, WI, this year. Grab your spot while you still can! www.theopennotebook.com/editing-fore...

Editing Forensics: Hands-On Workshop to Strengthen Editing and Writing - The Open Notebook

Great writing depends on great editing—and great editing is a skill that can be learned. In this highly interactive 6-hour workshop offered in partnership with the Outdoor Writers Association of…

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Hey, #ESA2026 attendees! Visit @uchicagopress.bsky.social’s booth at @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social’s annual conference now through 7/31 to order our new book at a discounted price! Not attending in-person? Check out the virtual booth here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/vi...

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Subject catalog for The Chicago Booth at ESA.

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This editing workshop looks amazing! Self-editing is an art and a struggle for anyone who puts pen to paper. Educating the inner critic feels so empowering.

The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · last wk.

Registration closes Friday! Our 8/21 pre-#OWAA26 editing workshop will be an informative experience for editors, but it can also help science writers of all kinds interested in learning or honing the art of self-editing (your editors will thank you!).

In this week’s article, @elisecutts.bsky.social hosts a roundtable on science journalism residencies. If you’ve been curious about how a residency could shape your career, this conversation is for you. (1/2) www.theopennotebook.com/2026/07/28/h...

There are still spots left for the editing (and self-editing) workshop I'm leading on August 21! If you're in Madison or can get here easily, please consider signing up! It'll be chock-full of practical, actionable stuff. (BONUS: Join me for 🍨 and shop talk on the Memorial Union Terrace afterwards.)

The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 2w ago

Attention #OWAA26 attendees! Ready to level up your editing? We’re hosting a workshop in Madison on 8/21 to teach TON's trusted technique, Editing Forensics, to help you unlock and address the most common issues in drafts. Less than a week left to register!

“The craft skills showcased in the best science journalism are essential for reporting effectively across all beats, not just traditional science coverage,” @siricarpenter.bsky.social writes in our new book. Buy now: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

The Best Science Stories and How They Work: A Collection with Commentary - The Open Notebook

An invitation to engage with some of today’s most respected science journalists as they take readers beneath the surface to tell the stories behind eleven of the best science stories.

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"We envisioned a book that would appeal to anyone who takes joy in great science writing... who wants to sharpen their own craft," writes @siricarpenter.bsky.social. Learn more about what inspired our new book—and what you can expect to find inside!—in this highlight from @sciencewriters.org.

Siri Carpenter—The Best Science Stories and How They Work: A Collection with Commentary

Seeing a story deconstructed as you read it can help you both appreciate compelling science reporting and acquire new skills, Siri Carpenter notes in _The Best Science Stories and How They Work: A Col...

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In this interview, @siricarpenter.bsky.social talks about early-career advice, constructive criticism, and the makings of our new book, The Best Science Stories and How They Work. Thanks @munkeatlooi.bsky.social and @absw.bsky.social for the conversation!

‘Craft still matters’: Siri Carpenter on learning from the best science stories

Mun Keat Looi, ABSW member, interviews Siri Carpenter, co-founder of The Open Notebook, about the "Storygrams" format and the future of journalism.

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“Science journalism is not just about explaining science. It is about showing how science matters for our lives, our decisions, and our shared future, as well as how it's a source of awe and joy,” writes @siricarpenter.bsky.social in our new book’s intro.

The Best Science Stories and How They Work: A Collection with Commentary - The Open Notebook

An invitation to engage with some of today’s most respected science journalists as they take readers beneath the surface to tell the stories behind eleven of the best science stories.

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It was a lot of fun (as you can tell from my big smile) to talk with @munkeatlooi.bsky.social for the @absw.bsky.social about @theopennotebook.bsky.social's new book and the joys of dissecting great stories.

Mun-Keat Looi@munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 2w ago

‘Craft still matters’: Siri Carpenter on learning from the best science stories

"June Huh, High School Dropout, Wins the Fields Medal" by @jordanacep.bsky.social is featured in this anthology of science stories from @theopennotebook.bsky.social with an author Q&A and annotations by writer and mathematician Dana Mackenzie. Get your copy: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

The Best Science Stories and How They Work: A Collection with Commentary - The Open Notebook

An invitation to engage with some of today’s most respected science journalists as they take readers beneath the surface to tell the stories behind eleven of the best science stories.

theopennotebook.com

Our new book is out today! Edited by our own @siricarpenter.bsky.social, the collection contains 11 exemplary science stories with commentary. Thank you to our authors and annotators, @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, and @uchicagopress.bsky.social. Order here: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

Honored to be a small part of this extraordinary and enlightening compilation, edited by @siricarpenter.bsky.social and featuring contributors like @edyong209.bsky.social @maryroach.bsky.social @sabs.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @amymaxmen.bsky.social and more!

The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our new book is out today! Edited by our own @siricarpenter.bsky.social, the collection contains 11 exemplary science stories with commentary. Thank you to our authors and annotators, @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, and @uchicagopress.bsky.social. Order here: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

🎉 Today is the big day! @theopennotebook.bsky.social's new book THE BEST SCIENCE STORIES AND HOW THEY WORK: A COLLECTION WITH COMMENTARY is out! Curating and editing these annotations and interviews was such a joyful act; I hope the book brings you joy, too.

The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our new book is out today! Edited by our own @siricarpenter.bsky.social, the collection contains 11 exemplary science stories with commentary. Thank you to our authors and annotators, @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, and @uchicagopress.bsky.social. Order here: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

Spaces are still available for @theopennotebook.bsky.social's Editing Forensics workshop, which I'll be leading in Madison, Wisconsin on August 21! You'll leave this hands-on, full-day workshop with practical, actionable tools for editing your writers' stories (or self-editing your own). Join in!

Editing Forensics: Hands-On Workshop to Strengthen Editing and Writing - The Open Notebook

Great writing depends on great editing—and great editing is a skill that can be learned. In this highly interactive 6-hour workshop offered in partnership with the Outdoor Writers Association of Ameri...

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Carmen Drahl@carmendrahl.bsky.social · 3w ago

2022: I'd like to level up my editing. @siricarpenter.bsky.social and @rachelzamzow.bsky.social taught me to diagnose drafts humanely. 2026: Editing is now most of my biz 💰. How about you? IRL @theopennotebook.bsky.social editing workshop 8/21. Snag a spot: www.theopennotebook.com/editing-fore...

RSVPs open now! @siricarpenter.bsky.social and @kellyperil.bsky.social are hosting an event for our new book, The Best Science Stories and How They Work, at Mystery to Me Bookstore in Madison, WI. Join us 9/15 at 6 pm: www.mysterytomebooks.com/events/56535...

Siri Carpenter in Conversation with Kelly Tyrrell | Mystery to Me

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“I hope this book will find its way into your hands, and that you’ll soon be scribbling your own notes in the margins, adding to—maybe even arguing with—the annotations already there.” Read more from @siricarpenter.bsky.social in today's post: www.theopennotebook.com/2026/07/14/a...

Cannot wait to share this book—including @amymaxmen.bsky.social's probing annotation of @edyong209.bsky.social's @theatlantic.com story "Fatigue Can Shatter a Person"—with the world! Coming July 21 from @uchicagopress.bsky.social!

The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 3w ago

Out next week! Our new book, The Best Science Stories and How They Work, features @edyong209.bsky.social’s “Fatigue Can Shatter a Person,” originally published in @theatlantic.com, with annotations by @amymaxmen.bsky.social. Pre-order: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

If you'll be in Madison, WI on Aug. 21, consider joining the editing workshop I'll be teaching for @theopennotebook.bsky.social. You'll leave with oodles of practical tools and tricks for editing (or self-editing). PLUS! Join me after for ice cream + shop talk on the Memorial Union Terrace!

The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 4w ago

Limited spots available! Join us for our pre-OWAA workshop for a full day dedicated to editing. Register by 7/31: www.theopennotebook.com/editing-fore...

Please believe me when I tell you that this @defector.com story by @sabs.bsky.social and the annotation of it by @maryroach.bsky.social are DELIGHTFUL. You are going to want to curl up with this one! www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · 4w ago

The first selection in our new book is “How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Their Many Tiny Legs And Love The House Centipede” by @sabs.bsky.social (first in @defector.com), annotated by @maryroach.bsky.social. Pre-order: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

Thanks to @isthmusmadison.bsky.social for offering me the chance to talk about how @theopennotebook.bsky.social is working to take the intimidation out of bringing scientific evidence into local stories isthmus.com/opinion/from... (Sorry for MY GIANT HEAD!)

Science news blues

The hemorrhage of local journalists nationwide continues, according to the Local Journalist Index 2026, a project of Rebuilding Local News and Muck Rack.

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📚 If you're looking to order bulk copies of The Best Science Stories and How They Work for your team/interns/newsroom/class/whatever, just let us know via this form and we'll put you in touch with the good folks at @uchicagopress.bsky.social!

The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · last mo.

We have bulk discounts available for our new book! Interested? Fill out this form to pre-order in bulk: airtable.com/appZH14wBRiS...

I’m very excited to share our new book with Madison folks on September 15! If you’re in the area, please join me and @kellyperil.bsky.social for a super fun and fascinating conversation!

The Open Notebook@theopennotebook.bsky.social · last mo.

Mark your calendars! To celebrate our new book, @siricarpenter.bsky.social and @kellyperil.bsky.social will give a discussion-based talk at Mystery to Me Bookstore in Madison, WI. Happening 9/15 at 6 pm. www.mysterytomebooks.com/events/56535...

It’s so characteristic of the talented and compassionate @laurenjyoung.bsky.social that even in the midst of her loss she’s thinking about and helping secure the future of science journalism. If you have an opportunity to bring Lauren into your newsroom, don’t miss it!

Lauren J. Young@laurenjyoung.bsky.social · last mo.

I found out about the layoffs while teaching a science journalism class to high schoolers—a special bunch who kept me laughing and lifted me up. The past two weeks teaching reminded me how much we need rigorous, reliable and accessible science journalism. What we do is more important than ever.

Sign up now to attend this upcoming full-day editing (and self-editing!) workshop that @theopennotebook.bsky.social Notebook is hosting in Madison, WI on Aug. 21. Cost: $375 (includes lunch). Benefit: You won't feel so alone with your editing :) www.theopennotebook.com/editing-fore...

Editing Forensics: Hands-On Workshop to Strengthen Editing and Writing - The Open Notebook

Great writing depends on great editing—and great editing is a skill that can be learned. In this highly interactive 6-hour workshop offered in partnership with the Outdoor Writers Association of Ameri...

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Some friends who are mid-career science journalists have mentioned they’d like to connect w/ colleagues about career & creative challenges, so I thought I'd start a thread here to help people find one another. If you're someone who would like that, drop a reply or emoji here to be seen 🙋🏻‍♀️

💡 Put your thinking caps on, friends! The call for proposals has opened for #WCSJ2027, hosted by @absw.bsky.social and @wfsj25.bsky.social! Got a creative idea for a science journalism session that the world needs to see? Bring it! (Proposal deadline: 11/30) registration.wcsj2027.org/wcsj27/call-...

🚨Science writers! @siricarpenter.bsky.social (@theopennotebook.bsky.social)'s new book, THE BEST SCIENCE STORIES AND HOW THEY WORK, is available for preorder. Get your copy today! 🚨 www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

The Best Science Stories and How They Work: A Collection with Commentary - The Open Notebook

An invitation to engage with some of today’s most respected science journalists as they take readers beneath the surface to tell the stories behind eleven of the best science stories.

theopennotebook.com

It’s been many months since I filed the final draft of The Best Science Stories and How They Work to my editor at @uchicagopress.bsky.social. What a pleasure to be reunited with it in ✨physical form✨ with the arrival of an advance copy, and to spend an evening revisiting these stories in my hammock!