Every Story Is a Science Story—That’s Why We’re Building a Resource to Help Journalists Integrate More Science into Their Coverage

We are passionate to announce this Open Notebook Is in contributions with Renaldis Journalism Institute To build a resource that helps journalists directly integrate more science into their daily work. These training modules and interactive tool cuts will provide effective and practical information to journalists, so even reporters can get reporters on the deadline that they need to provide accurate, proportional stories to add scientific data, sounds and perspectives.

Science covers almost every issue journalists. Stories about water and air pollution, extreme weather, vaccine, gun violence, reproductive health, education, artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and countless other topics that are clearly or not, are based on scientific evidence.

What are we making

The source we are developing is an extension of the ongoing work in our non -profit organization, Open NotebookHelping local journalists. Our aim is to help journalists understand how to immediately evaluate scientific claims and include science ideas with confidence in their reporting. Through design, resources will provide specific points and templates related to your questions, such as how to read scientific studies, how to interview scientists, and how to find Sid science.

You will also be able to choose how you interact with your urgent need. On the last date? Scan an easy list of modules to find or find what you are looking for by a general terms dictionary. Have you want to experience the reporting suspicion or want to experience a direction? Choose the way to follow and dig science.

Your own adventure style selection modules will allow you to develop your own way for example when you cover science news. We will also help you identify that you often face topics – heat waves, flu season, school starting hours, or traffic protection, for example – in science threads you can pull to enhance and deepen your coverage.

This source will continue Open NotebookThe website and our practice of providing free educational and training resources to the journalism community for almost 15 years will be independently accessible.

We will update you on our progress in the coming months, but now, please Fill this short survey To help us understand what you want to learn from this toolkit.

How did we get here

Local and community -based newsrooms, which make a large part of American media outlets, are on the first lines of health and science coverage. They are also the most trusted sources of news, which are about half -American To report that local media is very important For the welfare of their community.

It is very important that community reporters and editors are equipped to provide permanently accurate information, including science. Nevertheless, in our account, less than 3 % of journalists in the United States are trained to meet science, health or environment. And access to such training is less and incompetent.

at all Open NotebookSince 2010, we have been working to promote a supportive, diverse and comprehensive global community that enables reporters and editors to learn and achieve development. We have published an extensive library of more than 600 publicly available articles based on science writing skills and developed other training opportunities, including a series of free email courses and a series of guidance programs.

But it has become increasingly clear to us that there is a harmful and unnecessary gulf separating science journalism. Where reporters are often trained in sciences and writes for science shops.

We are trying to shrink the gulf by investing in a resource suit in the local journalism community, which aims at reporters who do not specialize in hiding science. We run a group of practice, for example, in which more than 100 local reporters and editors gather with experienced science journalists to learn and support each other as they try to tie more science in their reporting. Our new toolkit will fulfill these resources, and will only offer timely guidance for reporters who want to include scientific evidence and views in their stories.