Please reshare! Here's the first in a series of #sciencewriting resources I'm posting to my website: A list of science writing/communication internships and fellowships.

https://brittanytrang.com/science-journalism-fellowships-and-internships/

#sciencejournalism #scicomm #scicommjobs #journalismjobs #journojobs #sciencecommunication #sciwri #stem

A new technique for detecting unknown and unlooked-for chemicals is revealing dozens of contaminants in alligators, sea lions and condors

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/how-gators-and-condors-help-track-down-pollutants

#knowablemagazine
#sciencejournalism

Open Letter to Anti-Trans Science Journalists

Posted by Matthew R. Francis over on Bluesky. I searched for a Mastodon account for him, but no luck.

#ScienceJournalism

https://galileospendulum.org/2025/06/05/open-letter-to-anti-trans-science-journalists/

"While the tone and style of ChatGPT summaries were often a good match for human-authored content, "concerns about the factual accuracy in LLM-authored content" were prevalent, the journalists wrote. Even using ChatGPT summaries as a "starting point" for human editing "would require just as much, if not more, effort as drafting summaries themselves from scratch" due to the need for "extensive fact-checking," they added.

These results might not be too surprising given previous studies that have shown AI search engines citing incorrect news sources a full 60 percent of the time. Still, the specific weaknesses are all the more glaring when discussing scientific papers, where accuracy and clarity of communication are paramount.

In the end, the AAAS journalists concluded that ChatGPT "does not meet the style and standards for briefs in the SciPak press package." But the white paper did allow that it might be worth running the experiment again if ChatGPT "experiences a major update." For what it's worth, GPT-5 was introduced to the public in August."

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/science-journalists-find-chatgpt-is-bad-at-summarizing-scientific-papers/

#AI #GenerativeAI #Science #ChatGPT #LLMs #Chatbots #Journalism #Media #News #ScienceJournalism

The types of programs mandated for domestic abusers need an overhaul, many experts think.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/the-mind/2025/new-strategies-to-reduce-intimate-partner-violence

#knowablemagazine
#sciencejournalism

Some nice news: We are FOLIO: 2025 Awards finalists!

Please join us in congratulating the recognized writers and artists, and be sure to explore their excellent work.

#FolioAwards
#ScienceJournalism
#KnowableMagazine

I thought this #Guardian / #WaPo piece by some Peter Brennan might be worth a glance, though expecting only 60% stuff everyone knows (or should know), and 40% tedious irrelevant human interest guff. Which just proves that you can never set one's expectations low enough.

Well, I made it as far as the fourth sentence before deciding I'd be better off slamming my genitals in the fridge door.

"Seeing as it’s all carbon-based life here on Earth, these extreme disruptions to the carbon cycle express themselves as, and are better known as, “mass extinctions”.

/o\

*thud, *thud, *thud goes head on desk.

I fucking despair sometimes, I really do. How is it that clueless fuckwits get paid good money to generate such atrocious rubbish?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/19/a-climate-of-unparalleled-malevolence-are-we-on-our-way-to-the-sixth-major-mass-extinction

#climateCrisis #scienceCommunication #scienceJournalism