San Diego Science Writers Association
By Monica May Shutterstock Many of us want to include more people who are underrepresented in science in our stories, but may not know where to begin. To help this process become easier—and hopefully at some point second nature—SANDSWA’s Social Justice in Science Writing club recently read the Open Notebook piece “Finding Diverse Sources for …
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By Deborah Bright My husband found out he had cancer for the third time at the age of 25. I didn’t know him then, and I’ll be forever grateful to the team of doctors at the Mayo Clinic for saving his life. But even though he’s been cancer-free for five years now, he still wakes …
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By Kelly Quigley Most science writers already appreciate the actor Alan Alda for much more than his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV show M*A*S*H. For more than a decade, Alda’s been training scientists to become better communicators — both through his New York-based center and his bestselling book, “If I Understood You, Would …
By Jackie Liu It’s 2019 and women still remain underrepresented in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce. Why is this still a thing? And what can we do? Earlier this month, I participated in a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, co-hosted by the Salk Institute, SAID in Stem, SANDSWA, and …
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By Mike Price I didn’t grow up a dog person. For the majority of my life, the closest things I had to pets were short-lived betta fish (I graduated to aquatic frogs in college). I married a dog person though—when my wife and I moved to San Diego, getting a dog was her top priority. …
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