Stereotypical academic writing is rigid, dry, and mechanical, delivering prose that evokes memories of high school and undergraduate laboratory reports. The hallmark of this stereotype is passive ...

Science journalism faces a crisis worldwide. From a precipitous drop in funding to the rise of disruptive technologies such ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American It's time to step my game up. I mean that ...

This guide provides a brief introduction to writing in political science for prospective and current students. It includes: A statement about the fields of political science A statement of threshold ...

This resource provides a brief introduction to writing in the field of Family Science and Social Work through the lens of threshold concepts. It includes: An overview of what writing characteristics ...

Writing in science -- Science writing as story telling -- Making a story sticky -- Story structure -- The opening -- The funnel : connecting O and C -- The challenge -- The action -- The resolution -- ...

Kristel Tjandra is a chemist-turned-journalist based in the U.S. She graduated from the science communication master’s program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2024, and writes broadly ...

Effective communication by scientists helps to bridge the gap between science and society, ensuring that the public understands and values the contributions of chemistry to improving quality of life ...

Jon D. Franklin, two-time Evening Sun Pulitzer Prize winner and award-winning author who taught journalism at the University of Maryland, died Jan. 21 at the Hospice of the Chesapeake in Pasadena, ...

The editors of this year’s The Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology—and special guest journalists and writers—will take the virtual stage to reflect on their favorite stories from last ...

Readers disagree with criticism of recent opinion pieces in The New York Times about the origins of Covid-19 and the public health response to it. In a recent science opinion piece, Gregg Gonsalves ...

What qualifies an essay for each year’s “best of” list? What do last year’s stories tell us about our present and future? And what might we expect to see in next year’s roundup? The editors of this ...