@embo.orgLast week at the EMBO Fellows' and Members' Meeting #EMBOFMM26, Holger Breithaupt from EMBO Press hosted a session on #ScienceJournalism and public trust with science journalists Kai Kupferschmidt and Ioanna Soufleri, who is also a Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellow. 🧪
@embo.orgDeadline extended! European-based journalists have until 30 October to apply for financial support from the Maria Leptin | EMBO #ScienceJournalism Fellowships. 🧪
More info:
https://www.embo.org/features/science-journalism-fellowships-deadline-extended/
#funding #LifeSciences #ScienceCommunication
@hansonmark.bsky.socialIf you're at #ECSJ2026, please come to "The Peer Review Crisis."
This is complex, but so important. It's not just the billions spent on APCs, it's also the billions spent on diluting signals of quality science. What are we doing?
@ofygh.bsky.social🧪 Science Journalism Fellowship 2027
💰 $6,600 stipend
🌍 Open worldwide
💻 Fully remote
🤝 Mentorship + publishing
⏰ Deadline: Oct 31, 2026
🔗 wp.me/p23f03-nib
@scijournoindia.bsky.social🚨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
@scijournoindia.bsky.social📣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
@scijournoindia.bsky.social🚨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
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@scijournoindia.bsky.social🚨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...
@scijournoindia.bsky.social🚨Pitch contacts: Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelanceGig
@scijournoindia.bsky.socialHimalaya 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
@scijournoindia.bsky.social🚨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-...
@scijournoindia.bsky.social🚨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...
@scijournoindia.bsky.social🚨Pitch call: STAT News @statnews.com
🔹Health, medicine, and scientific discovery
💰$1 per word
#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #opportunity #pitch #story #research#freelance #freelanceGig
@istaresearch.bsky.socialScience & 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/
@genbio.bsky.socialAfrica’s next science journalists need fact-checking training, editorial immersion, mentorship, cross-country peer exchange and opportunities to produce African science stories. Learning should happen through real assignments. #RisingVoices #ScienceJournalism
@genbio.bsky.socialHamadou Tidiane Sy says collaboration between scientists and journalists must respect journalism’s independence. Journalists are not simply channels for conveying institutional messages — they must question, verify and explain scientific claims. #ScienceJournalism #AGBCWebinars
@fleemanator.bsky.socialHello! Knowable Magazine is hiring a Temporary Editorial Assistant. Check it out 👇 #journalismjobs #scicomm #sciencejournalism
@absw.bsky.social@absw.bsky.socialJoin us today, Tuesday, 8 September 2026, at 13h30, on Discord's ABSW Coffee Shop.
@infonile.bsky.socialWhat does it take to turn scientific evidence into environmental policy action?
That's the question at the heart of this Wednesday’s #NileWellPolicyForum discussion.
🗓️ Wed, 9 Sept | 4–5:30pm EAT
Register: shorturl.at/PL6fg
