Writers, bring your 1-minute pitches for live feedback from editors on November 9 @1:30pm in Chicago at Pitch Slam. @sciencewriters.org #NASW #SciWri25

🔗View the program 👇
sciencewriters2025.org

🖥️ Registration opens September 4.

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Psychedelics and the Texas Trip is live on @texaspublicradio.bsky.social. The three-part podcast series explores the complex history of psychedelics, their potential health benefits and risks, and why they’re mostly illegal in the U.S. and how that’s changing.

🔗 Links are in the comments.

Attention #print & #audio #reporters:

Apply for the Ferriss - UC @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship.

💰 $10K awards support in-depth stories on the fast-evolving field of #psychedelics 🍄

** Applications due Jan. 31 **
👉 fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/bcsp/

My latest story “Unusual Suspects” is about the potential of #psychedelic #therapies to help #veterans and patients with #depression and #PTSD, why #bipartisan partners are uniting, and legal obstacles that have essentially blocked research and access to psychedelics for decades.

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🖥️ Missed #SciWri24 Virtual Pitch Slam?
🔗Watch it: lnkd.in/gcuSxdv8

@gristnews.bsky.social @motherjones.bsky.social @theatlantic.bsky.social @vox.com editors offered advice on narrowing topics into stories, & identifying audiences & elements for freelance pitches for a range of publications.

Save your sticker, @jswatz.bsky.social

We voted today at the LBJ School on UT’s campus around 5pm. The line was short but steady.

TEXAS FRIENDS! Early voting begins Mon, October 21 and runs through Fri, November 1.

Vote EARLY to avoid the lines.

Have questions, including where to vote and what's on the ballot? View these resources:

www.votetexas.gov/mobile/votin...

www.texastribune.org/2024/08/21/t...

Today, Fri. 10/18 is @sciencewriters.org Virtual Pitch Slam!

Bring your 1-min. pitch to receive live feedback from:

Jess Stall @gristnews.bsky.social

Maddie Oatman @motherjones.bsky.social

@slaskow.bsky.social
@theatlantic.bsky.social

@paigeblank.bsky.social
@vox.com

Apply for the Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Psychedelic Documentary Journalism Fellowship

Due: Oct. 30th by 12:00pm PST

The fellowship supports filmmakers exploring the science, policy, business and culture of psychedelics. lnkd.in/gcHySicY

Fri, 10/18 @ 4pm ET bring your 1-min. pitches for live feedback from editors during Virtual Pitch Slam @sciencewriters.org #NASW #SciWri24

View the program and register 👇
sciencewriters2024.org

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Are you attending #SciWri24? If so, which editors do you recommend for the Pitch Slam panels?

Sarah Scoles, @virginiagewin.bsky.social, and I are producing virtual & in-person Pitch Slams. We welcome your suggestions. Thank you!

sciencewriters2024.org
@sciencewriters.org

The 2024 Ferriss – UC Berkeley Journalism Fellows have been announced. The fellows will produce "in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business, and culture of psychedelics."

fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/bcsp/2024-fe...

Thank you, @sciencewriters.org. I received my copy this week in Austin, Texas. The conference was an excellent opportunity to share ideas and make connections with colleagues, including members of regional groups. Thank you for your continued support.