PART 2: Simulated.\u00a0 assignment: Write a study story<\/strong><\/p>\nParticipants will be provided with a selected story to \u201ccover\u201d and will also be provided simulated transcripts of completed interviews to draw on in writing their stories. Job sim participants will \u201cfile\u201d their completed study stories to the instructor by October 18, 2023<\/b>. They will be invited to append a note of up to 200 words explaining any aspects of the assignment they found particularly challenging or that they have questions about that they hope can address during the upcoming feedback session.<\/p>\n
PART 3: Office hours with Siri Carpenter <\/strong><\/p>\nDuring this period of time, the instructor will hold three one-hour Zoom \u201coffice hours\u201d periods, and participants may drop in to ask questions or seek help during as few or as many of these periods as they like.<\/p>\n
Dates of scheduled office hours (all held at 1pm via Zoom)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Thursday, September 28<\/li>\n
- Monday, October 2<\/li>\n
- Monday, October 16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PART 4: Feedback event October 31, 2023 via Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\nA second, one-hour session will be held during which the group will receive feedback on assignments. The purpose of this session won\u2019t be to deliver individual feedback or edits sufficient for participants to revise their stories. Rather, the purpose is to help interpret their experience and reinforce their understanding of what reporting and writing a study story to a publishable editorial standard entails. During this session we\u2019ll also discuss what editors\u2019 expectations tend to be for the editing process and how reporters can respond effectively to edits. For example, what should they do if they don\u2019t understand the reason for an edit, or if they disagree with? If an editor asks questions in their edits, where and in what form should they respond? What amount of editing is \u201cnormal\u201d and to be expected?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Covering study stories is a common entry point into the field for many science journalists. Despite the limitations of the form \u2014 notably that study stories risk overhyping or elevating an individual result beyond the significance it deserves \u2014 understanding how to \u201creport out\u201d and write about an individual study is a fundamental skill, and a building block for writing about science in other, more complex formats, such as in longer feature articles, profiles, or investigations.<\/p>\n