Science journalism – guides and tipsheets

• Getting Started in Science Journalism, The Open Notebook (TON) [EN, SP] – https://www.theopennotebook.com/getting-started-in-science-journalism/ 
• Tip Sheet for Newcomers to Science Writing (2021), Shira Feder, The Open Notebook (TON) [EN, SP] – https://www.theopennotebook.com/2021/04/13/a-getting-started-guide-for-newcomers-to-science-writing-2/ 
• How to become a science writer – an ABSW guide (2022), Mun Keat Looi, Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) – https://www.absw.org.uk/resources/how-to-become-a-science-writer-an-absw-guide– 
• Resources to help you cover the health care beat, Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) – https://healthjournalism.org/resources/ 
• Script – Training by SciDev.Net – https://scripttraining.net/ 
• Lo que todo periodista deve saber sobre la labor científica, Red Mexicana de Periodistas de Ciencia (RedMPC) e Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – https://www.c3.unam.mx/pdf/periodistas/E6_DosierPr283233_PERIODISTAS.pdf 
• International Journalism Network – https://ijnet.org/ 
• Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas [EN, ES, PT] – https://knightcenter.utexas.edu/ 

• Guidelines to help newsrooms treat freelancers fairly, IJNet – https://ijnet.org/en/story/guidelines-help-newsrooms-treat-freelancers-fairly 
• A manifesto on freelance science writing for editors and freelancers, (2019), Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) – https://www.absw.org.uk/resources/2-a-manifesto-on-freelance-science-writing-for-editors-and-freelancers 
• Information Access Standards (2018), National Science Writers Association (NASW) – https://www.nasw.org/infoaccessstandards 
• Freelance Day Rate Guide 2023, Produced by Katharine King in association with Andrew Bibby, Creators’ Rights Alliance (CRA) – https://www.creatorsrightsalliance.org/freelance-day-rate-guide-2023 
• Calculating Rates and Fees, Creators’ Rights Alliance (CRA) – https://www.creatorsrightsalliance.org/resources-for-calculating-rates-and-fees

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