SEJ2024 - Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference
2026-06-24 18:00 UTC
“SEJ’s annual conference brings together journalists, scientists, government officials, advocacy leaders and others to explore the many facets of environmental stories in order to improve the quality and accuracy of environmental reporting. Annual conferences are open to both SEJ members and those who are not members.”

ScienceWriters2023 - Annual conference of the National Association of Science Writers and Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
2026-06-24 18:00
ScienceWriters, an annual conference combining the workshop program of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and research updates curated by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW), brings together science writers, editors, and communication professionals for professional development and networking.
The conference is hosted at a different research institution every year; in 2023, it will be at the University of Colorado Boulder and CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

Science Talk 2023
2026-06-24 18:00
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.

12th World Conference of Science Journalists
2026-06-24 18:00
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 in spring 2023.

Inclusive SciComm Symposium
2026-06-24 18:00
“The biennial symposium brings together people who work to shift science and science communication toward a just, equitable, and inclusive future. Attendees work across diverse disciplines and settings, such as practitioners, researchers, teachers, students, community organizers, engineers, medical and technical professionals, and more.
“The next symposium will take place both virtually and in-person. The in-person part of the conference will take place at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A., October 19-21, 2023; dates for virtual sessions will be forthcoming.”

Health Journalism 2023
2026-06-24 18:00
AHCJ’s annual conference includes workshops, panels, and other sessions geared toward health journalists. News briefs covering the 2023 event are available online.

Conference of Social Communication of Science - CCSC2023
2026-06-24 18:00
“The Conference of Social Communication of Science is one of the most important scientific, health and environmental communication and journalism events in Spanish. Every two years, it invites more than 400 professionals, including scientific, health and environmental journalists and communicators in the media and social networks, universities, research centres, science museums, public administration and the private sector.
“This edition’s theme is: “Unity makes science”. The event aims to join all those who work to disseminate knowledge from professional and academic fields and create a dialogue with the participative and decisive society and the science it demands.”

Science Journalism Forum
2026-06-24 18:00
“SJF is a fully virtual global event where science journalists, writers, publishers, scientists, students, and academia can share new ideas and thoughts in science journalism. The forum aims to empower all stakeholders with new tools that help them communicate, network, and learn from their peers all over the world.”

National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships
2026-06-24 18:00
Journalists interested in building careers reporting on science, health and the environment are eligible to apply for these cross-disciplinary fellowships designed to provide training, networking, mentoring, new sources and story ideas, while allowing them to stay at their jobs. The program is primarily aimed at journalists in their first decade of professional work. It includes training programs, free trips to conferences, mentorship, and more.

USC Annenberg Health Journalism Fellowships
2026-06-24 18:00
“Each year, we train competitively selected professional journalists from leading print, broadcast, ethnic and online media during three all-expenses-paid journalism institutes, one for California journalists and two for journalists from across the nation.”
The two national fellowships focus on data reporting and national health equity issues. Fellows receive training at the USC campus, mentorship, and reporting grants for their projects.

Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism
2026-06-24 18:00
“Are you a journalist ready to take your career to the next level? Come spend a year at the University of Colorado as a Ted Scripps Fellow. You’ll deepen your understanding of environmental issues, hone your craft, and enjoy a break from deadlines while living at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. As a fellow, you’ll audit classes and pursue an independent project of your own design. You’ll also attend weekly seminars and participate in field trips to learn what’s new in the realm of environmental science and policy. Fellows receive a stipend of $80,000 and will travel (expenses paid) to the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference.”
Applications are due March 1.

The Open Notebook/Burroughs Wellcome Early Career Fellowship
2026-06-24 18:00
“Every year, The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time fellowship program for early-career science journalists. During the course of this fellowship, fellows work with a mentor to plan, report, and write articles for publication at The Open Notebook and become part of the TON editorial team. This ten-month program offers fellows the opportunity to explore their career interests and passions and to sharpen their skills as part of a talented, supportive, diverse community of past and present fellows and mentors. This fellowship is made possible through the generous support of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, which has supported this program since 2012.”
This remote fellowship typically lasts for 10 months (part-time), from January through November. It includes a stipend of $7,500. Applications are typically accepted in September-October.

Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT
2026-06-24 18:00
“Every year, the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT offers academic-year fellowships to 10 science journalists, to give them an opportunity to explore science, technology, and the craft of journalism; to concentrate on a specialty in science; and to learn at some of the top research universities in the world.”
Applications typically occur in the fall, then fellows spend the next academic year (fall-spring) in Cambridge studying at MIT and other Boston-area universities while pursuing an independent research project. The fellowship comes with a stipend of $75,000.

Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellowship
2026-06-24 18:00
“STAT, the leading health and science news publication, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are accepting applications for the Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellowship, which has the goal of diversifying the ranks of science and health journalists and fostering better coverage of science that is relevant to all people. It combines a paid reporting position at STAT with an educational component through MIT’s prestigious Knight Science Journalism (KSJ) program. The one-year fellowship is intended for early-career U.S. journalists from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the profession and will prepare them for a successful career in science journalism.”

AAAS Mass Media Fellowships
2026-06-24 18:00
“This 10-week summer program places science, engineering, and mathematics students at media organizations nationwide. Fellows use their academic training as they research, write, and report today’s headlines, sharpening their abilities to communicate complex scientific issues to the public.”
The program typically accepts applications in the fall for a fellowship in the summer of the next year, which includes trainings in Washington, D.C., and placement at a media organization. Upper-level undergrad students, graduate students, and postdocs in science and engineering fields are eligible to apply.

USC Annenberg National Fellowship
2026-06-24 18:00
“Our National Fellowship helps journalists and their newsrooms report deeply and authoritatively on the health, welfare and well-being of children, families and communities. The program prepares fellows to report a major enterprise health or social well-being reporting project in the months that follow our initial week of intensive learning in Los Angeles.” Fellowships receive a week of training, reporting grants of $2,000 to $10,000, and mentorship on their reporting projects. The deadline for the 2024 National Fellowship is April 10.

Health Journalism 2024
2026-06-24 18:00
The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) will hold its annual Health Journalism Conference from June 6-9, 2024 in New York City.
HJ24 will “bring together journalists, health care professionals, policymakers and experts from various fields to explore and discuss the latest trends, challenges and innovations in health journalism.” The conference features “keynote speakers, interactive workshops, field trips, panel discussions and networking opportunities, providing a platform for attendees to deepen their understanding of crucial health issues and enhance their reporting skills.”

Environmental and Epistemic Justice 2024 Summer Institute Fellowship
2026-06-24 18:00
“The Wake Forest University Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative is a multi-pronged Mellon Foundation-funded research, teaching, and community engagement project. The 2024 Summer Institute will welcome 4-6 early to mid-career journalists to the second class of EEJI fellows with the goal of improving coverage of the many environmental justice issues, while aiding in diversifying the ranks of environmental journalism.” Journalists with at least one year of reporting and feature writing experience are eligible to apply. Fellows will receive $2,500 reporting stipends and covered expenses to attend the Summer Institute at Wake Forest University. The application deadline is March 8.

Complex Systems Summer School Journalism Fellowship
2026-06-24 18:00
“Santa Fe Institute (SFI) offers a journalism fellowship for accomplished reporters. National and international journalists with a demonstrated interest in and record of reporting about matters related to complex systems are encouraged to apply for this residential fellowship in Santa Fe, New Mexico.” Fellows participate in SFI’s Complex Systems Summer School, a five-week program with scientists collaborating across disciplines. The program includes a stipend of $6,250, housing for the program, and travel reimbursement. Journalists with at least seven years of reporting experience are eligible to apply. The deadline to apply for the 2024 program is March 3.

2024 Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists
2026-06-24 18:00
“Metcalf Institute’s Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists is for full-time journalists working in any medium who want learn more about research and topics relating to climate change science, impacts, adaptation, and justice. It’s designed to bolster your understanding of the methods, norms, and culture of science, with hands-on activities, field trips, and opportunities to develop relationships with scientific experts and with your other fellows! We welcome journalists of all beats, such as arts & culture, business, technology, policy, and politics, as climate change shapes all of these fields with ever-increasing urgency.”
The 2024 workshop will have a special focus on water issues and climate change. It will take place in person at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, RI. on June 3-8, and applications are due by February 12, 2024.

2024 Arab Forum of Science Media and Communication
2026-06-24 18:00
“The annual Forum aims to bring together science journalists, science communicators, researchers and scientists to exchange ideas and thoughts and empower the science communication industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Also we are gathering government, private sector and non-governmental organizations dedicated to media and science communication, as well as university students studying media, journalism, and science.” The 2024 Forum is the fourth annual event.

ScienceWriters 2024
2026-06-24 18:00
The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) will host their 2024 Science Writing conference in two parts: virtually on October 17 and 18 and in-person in Raleigh, North Carolina from November 8 through 11, 2024. This annual meeting serves science writing journalists, communicators, and other professionals with professional development sessions, updates on scientific research, networking opportunities, and more. Proposals for conference sessions are due on March 14.

NICAR 2024 (internal use only)
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IRE24 (internal use only)
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ONA24 (internal use only)
2026-06-24 18:00

SRCCON (internal use only)
2026-06-24 18:00

News Product Alliance Summit (internal use only)
2026-06-24 18:00

Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2024
2026-06-24 18:00
“The Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) Conference is the only large-scale, international conference for astronomy communication. The conference is targeted towards professionals from science communication, informal education, planetaria and science centres, as well as professional and amateur astronomers, journalists and creative personalities.”
CAP 2024 will be hosted by La Cité de l’espace, Toulouse, France.

Broad Institute 2024 Media Boot Camp
2026-06-24 18:00
“This annual program connects health/science journalists and editors with faculty from the Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and Harvard’s teaching hospitals for a two-day event exploring the latest advances in genomics and biomedicine. Journalists will explore possible future storylines, gain fundamental background knowledge, and build relationships with researchers. The program format includes presentations, discussions, and lab tours.”
The boot camp will take place in person at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass., on Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17. Apply by Friday, March 22.

AHCJ-Equity in Health Journalism Fellowships
2026-06-24 18:00
“AHCJ, with support from The Commonwealth Fund, provides financial assistance to journalists who write for media outlets serving under-resourced and/or underrepresented communities that want to attend AHCJ’s annual conference.” The fellowship includes conference registration, travel and lodging for the conference, and a year’s membership in AHCJ. The 2024 application deadline is April 5 for the conference taking place in New York City from June 7 to 9.
