Events

Northwestern's Medill journalism school offers a specialization in health, environment, and science. "From the latest medical research to health care reform to climate change, the Health, Environment and Science specialization prepares future journalists to cover the hottest topics. Medill’s strong focus on reporting provides the tools you need to cover this fast-moving, complex and multi-faceted …

The science communication master's program at the University of California, Santa Cruz is one academic year long, focusing entirely on practical training through rigorous coursework and diverse internships. It's the only graduate science writing program in the U.S. that requires a degree in science and experience in research.

"This summer program is designed for undergraduate students who are deeply committed to diversity and interested in pursuing journalism as a career. Interns spend 10 weeks working in the news room at Science Magazine, covering the scientific and technological issues that shape our global community." "The program is a paid, 10-week experience under the guidance …

Graduate student organization that connects students with local educators and students to teach them about their thesis research. "Baylor Present Your PhD (PyPhD for short) is a graduate student organization with the vision to bring professional-level science into classrooms and the community. While the group title may say “PhD”, graduate students from various PhD and …

STAT publishes daily news, investigative articles, narrative projects and more focused on health, medicine and life sciences. The Disability in Health Care Reporting Fellowship, a 12-month program starting in 2024, "is aimed at journalists interested in covering disability issues while learning the basics of health and science reporting. This fellowship is meant to focus on …

"This new one-semester fellowship, hosted by the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, was inspired by the life and career of Egyptian science journalist Mohammed Yahia. The fellowship is designed to enrich the training of a journalist from Africa or the Middle East so they can contribute to a culture of high-quality science and health …

Science Talk is an annual conference by the Association of Science Communicators. The 2023 iteration includes in-person and virtual programming, featuring talks, workshops, networking, and more.

The World Conference of Science Journalists takes place every two years, and is the largest international event for science journalists to gather as peers, helping one another learn, grow, and thrive. It brings together some of the World Federation of Science Journalists’ 15,000 members in 53 countries. Its first iteration since the COVID-19 pandemic was …

Wissenschaft im Dialog (the German science communication organization) organized this one-day conference in spring 2022. A video recording of the panel discussion, ""How to institutionalize SciComm in Europe?", a summary of the conference, and other materials are available at the link.

AHCJ's annual conference includes workshops, panels, and other sessions geared toward health journalists. News briefs covering the 2023 event are available online.