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Warm greetings from our community of Indian science journalists!🌸

We’re back with the December edition of our newsletter to support your science journalism journey🌟

Have something to share for future editions? Send it our way — we’d love to include it!😊

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Indian Science Journalists’ Collective
Edition: December 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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📣Pitch Call by MIT Technology Review

🌏Broad theme: NATURE

🔹Range of topics related to the natural world and/or the nature of our world

💰$1 to $2 per word

📧rachel.courtland@technologyreview.com

#ScienceJournalism #journalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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In 2024, a team of science writers at AAAS ran a long-term experiment to see if ChatGPT could cut it writing news items about scientific research. Here's what they learned. Worth a look. 🧪 #scicomm
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Can ChatGPT help science writers?
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September 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University

▶️Residence program at Stanford from Sept 2026- May 2027
⭕Apply by: 1 p.m. Pacific time, Dec 3, 2025

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #fellowship
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November 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Knight Science Journalism Academic-Year Fellowship 2026-27

▶️Full-time journalists, whether on staff or freelance
🔹at least 3 consecutive years covering science, health, tech and environmental reporting
💰$85,000 paid out in installments over 9.5 months

⭕January 9, 2026

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November 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Pitch call by The Break-Down (1/2)

🔹Submissions for 3rd print issue, Airborne
💰£650 for ~3000 words
📧pitching@break-down.org
⭕Friday 5th December
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
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Pitching
What We Publish We’re interested in original ideas and clear, compelling writing that breaks down complex subjects for an engaged but non-expert audience. The best guide to what we might like is to l...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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📣Hiring call by Medscape

🚨Immediate opening for a full-time contract writer on our neuroscience/neurology team

📧Contact: Caroline Cassels at ccassels@medscape.net

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #job #writer #neuroscience
#Brain
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Fascinated by how the mind works and exciting advances in brain science? Medscape has an immediate opening for a full-time contract writer on our neuroscience/neurology team. Experience covering… | D...
Fascinated by how the mind works and exciting advances in brain science? Medscape has an immediate opening for a full-time contract writer on our neuroscience/neurology team. Experience covering heal...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Pitch call by Noema Magazine

> Ways humans relate to the nonhuman world
> AI Evolution
> Climate crisis
> Profound transformations shaping the 21st century and more
📧pitch of c.400 words to francis@noemamag.com
💰 $3000

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
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**Call for pitches** — Noema Magazine seeks pitches for essays that offer original and compelling ideas and arguments on/around the following: > The future of crisis-afflicted political, economic...
**Call for pitches** — Noema Magazine seeks pitches for essays that offer original and compelling ideas and arguments on/around the following: > The future of crisis-afflicted political, economic an...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Pitch Reader’s Digest
🔹Essay (family relationships)
🔹Trend-response stories (travel, science, entertainment, sports, politics..)
🔹Explainer pieces (govt., money and history, TikTok Trends, etiquette and wellness)
📧dawn.yanek@tmbi.com
#ScienceJournalism#freelanceGig
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Hi, everyone! I'm building out Reader's Digest's freelance pool, and I'm looking for strong writers, thorough researchers and all-around-excellent journalists in a variety of categorie...
Hi, everyone! I'm building out Reader's Digest's freelance pool, and I'm looking for strong writers, thorough researchers and all-around-excellent journalists in a variety of categories. They include...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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📣Pitch Call by MIT Technology Review

🌏Broad theme: NATURE

🔹Range of topics related to the natural world and/or the nature of our world
📧rachel.courtland@technologyreview.com

⭕Deadline: Friday, Dec 5
#ScienceJournalism #journalism #SciWri #freelanceGig #Nature
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#writingopportunity | Rachel Courtland | 20 comments
#WritingOpportunity: MIT Technology Review is seeking pitches for an upcoming print issue. The theme is Nature. We're looking for pitches for longer pieces: narrative features, compelling investigati...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Tarbell Fellowship
🔹1yr June 8, 26 to May 31, 27
🔹9 month placement at a major newsroom
🔹10-week course covering AI and journalism fundamentals
🔹Weeklong journalism summit in the San Francisco Bay Area
💰 $60K - $110K (depending on exp)
⭕Jan 7, 26
#sciencejournalism
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Tarbell Fellowship
A one-year program for journalists interested in covering artificial intelligence.
www.tarbellcenter.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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📣Pitch call by New Scientist @newscientist.com

New Features Editor looking to build a roster of writers

🔹Articles on health and medicine
📧Mail to olivia.goldhill@newscientist.com

#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelanceGig

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Are you an incredible freelance journalist writing on health and medicine? I recently started as features editor at New Scientist and I'm looking to build up my roster of writers. I'm interest...
Are you an incredible freelance journalist writing on health and medicine? I recently started as features editor at New Scientist and I'm looking to build up my roster of writers. I'm interested in bi...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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❇️Hiring call by Down To Earth

Reporters 📣

🔹Environmental magazine
🔹Based in Delhi, requires extensive travel across India
🔹Must have four to five years of experience in reporting for the print medium

⭕Deadline : Nov 14th, 2025

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #job

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Reporters for Down To Earth
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October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Virtual Workshop on Climate Change and India's Private Sector @earthjournalism.bsky.social

▶️Open to all communicators
▶️10 am to 12 noon every day (IST) Dec 8 to 12
⭕Deadline: Nov 13 2025, 11:59 PM (Asia/Kolkata)

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #workshop #freelance

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Virtual Workshop on Climate Change and India's Private Sector for Communicators
A five-day virtual workshop during the week of December 8, 2025, for communicators in India reporting on business, industry, energy and environment.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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⭕Deadline: October 31, 2025
Duration: 3 to 6 months starting in spring 2026

Visit: ista.ac.at/en/institute...
to know more...

#SciWri #sciencejournalism #storytelling
scijournoindia.bsky.social Indian Science Journalists' Collective @scijournoindia.bsky.social · Sep 10
ISTA is now accepting applications for its 2026 Journalist in Residence program

▶️Location: ISTA’s campus, Klosterneuburg (near Vienna, Austria)

▶️Eligibility: Experienced science or technology journalists (all formats welcome)
#sciencejournalism #storytelling
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Calling all Science & Tech Journalists

ISTA’s Journalist in Residence program is now accepting applications!

Duration: 3 - 6 months, starting spring 2026
Compensation: €15,000 + travel expenses

Ready to be a voice that bridges science and society? Apply by Oct 31.
More: https://bit.ly/3sFmLjJ
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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📣Job Opportunities @mongabay.com

1️⃣Wire Reporter – Asia: lnkd.in/dUHxFGfR
2️⃣Engagement Editor: lnkd.in/dcu8MsWi
3️⃣Contributing Editor-Ocean Desk: lnkd.in/dDkbe56T

#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #job #opportunity #pitch #story #apply #freelanceGig

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Mongabay is hiring! If you want to come work with us, check out these three new opportunities: Wire Reporter – Asia: https://lnkd.in/dUHxFGfR Engagement Editor:… | María Ángeles Salazar Rustarazo
Mongabay is hiring! If you want to come work with us, check out these three new opportunities: Wire Reporter – Asia: https://lnkd.in/dUHxFGfR Engagement Editor: https://lnkd.in/dcu8MsWi Contributin...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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📣Pitch call by UpBeat

🔹Send your pitch to writetoupbeat@gmail.com
💰10,000 INR for approx 1300-1500 words +a small travel budget ++ Special bonus fees for data-based stories

#ClimateChange #agriculture #ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #freelanceGig

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#hopewithevidence #climatechange #solutionsjournalism #agriculturalsystems #foodgrowers | Swati Sanyal Tarafdar
Are you a journalist with a deep understanding of our agricultural practices, in the Indian subcontinent? Are you a science reporter exploring effects of climate change on our food systems? Are yo...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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📣Pitch call by ZME Science

Send pitches along with a brief bio and clips to

andrei@zmescience.com

💰fees ~ $150

#ScienceJournalism #science #journalism #SciWri #pitch #story #freelanceGig #tech
mareacaspica.bsky.social Andrei Mihai @mareacaspica.bsky.social · Oct 15
Get your submissions in! ZME Science is looking for pitches. We're specifically looking for underreported science stories with a "wow" factor, whether they're about forgotten discoveries, bizarre natural phenomena, or the strange, unexpected applications of new technology.
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Pulitzer Center

▶️Reporting grants: Funding for in-depth journalism projects (No deadline)
▶️Fellowships: Funding; training; data and research support. (See individual Fellowship page for deadlines)
🌎Open to all
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #fellowship #freelanceGig
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Reporting Grants & Fellowships
The Pulitzer Center partners with individual journalists and news organizations to support in-depth, high-impact reporting projects. We provide support through short-term grants and yearlong reporting...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Hiring call by Dialogue Earth (South Asia Managing Editor)

🔹Full time 40 hrs per week
🔹freelance, fixed term (1yr), with potential for extension/renewal
🔹Fee £1,875 per calendar month
🔹Start time: ASAP
⭕Deadline: 3rd Nov, 9am
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
dialogueearth.bsky.social Dialogue Earth @dialogueearth.bsky.social · Oct 8
🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY ALERT 🚨

HIRING: South Asia Managing Editor
📍Remote role – South Asia

⌛ Deadline: 3rd November 2025.

🔗 : https://loom.ly/tX7bMl0
Jobs
South Asia Managing Editor at Dialogue Earth
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October 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Pitch a story to Rest of World

Key coverage areas:

1️⃣EV Revolution
2️⃣China Outside China: tech rivalries and shifting alliances, rising startups.
3️⃣Tech Giants
4️⃣Innovation

▶️Pitches of 300 words or less; must be pre-reported

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig

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How to pitch a story to Rest of World
We cover most of the countries outside the West, with a focus and presence in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
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October 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Apply for Travel Grant

🔹Applications for travel grants to attend the World Conference of Science Journalists 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa are now open
🔹Conference period: 1 to 5 Dec 2025

⭕Deadline: 15 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT+2.

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #conference

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Grants – WCSJ 2025
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October 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Hiring call by The Print

👀SCIENCE REPORTER

🔹 3-4yrs of work experience
🔹Science, technology, space, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, environment, start-up sectors

▶️Send your resume to careers@theprint.in

#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #job #freelanceGig

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ThePrint is looking for bright individuals with 3-4 years of work experience in reporting and writing stories on science, technology, space, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, environment and the… | TheP...
ThePrint is looking for bright individuals with 3-4 years of work experience in reporting and writing stories on science, technology, space, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, environment and the start-u...
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October 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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▶️Lead coverage of India’s climate and energy transition @dialogueearth.bsky.social

▶️CV with references, a covering letter, 2 pitches: one for multimedia and one for a standard written article, and at least 3 recent, relevant clippings to: apply@dialogue.earth
#climate #sustainability #FreelanceGig
scijournoindia.bsky.social Indian Science Journalists' Collective @scijournoindia.bsky.social · Oct 11
Hiring call by Dialogue Earth (South Asia Managing Editor)

🔹Full time 40 hrs per week
🔹freelance, fixed term (1yr), with potential for extension/renewal
🔹£1,875 per calendar month
🔹Start time: ASAP
⭕Deadline: 3rd Nov, 9am
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
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Jobs
South Asia Managing Editor at Dialogue Earth
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October 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Hiring call by Dialogue Earth (South Asia Managing Editor)

🔹Full time 40 hrs per week
🔹freelance, fixed term (1yr), with potential for extension/renewal
🔹£1,875 per calendar month
🔹Start time: ASAP
⭕Deadline: 3rd Nov, 9am
#ScienceJournalism #SciWri #freelanceGig
dialogue.earth/en/jobs/sout...
Jobs
South Asia Managing Editor at Dialogue Earth
dialogue.earth
October 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM