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So you want to be a science writer

The Internet destroyed the ecology of traditional science journalism, drying up ad revenues and pushing “old school” mass media toward extinction. But the new technology opened a wider landscape for digital science writers, online “content curators,” and scientists to chronicle the wonders and worri...

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Autores principales: Fleischman, John, Szalinski, Christina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4072566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24970484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E14-04-0857
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spelling pubmed-40725662014-09-16 So you want to be a science writer Fleischman, John Szalinski, Christina Mol Biol Cell Perspective The Internet destroyed the ecology of traditional science journalism, drying up ad revenues and pushing “old school” mass media toward extinction. But the new technology opened a wider landscape for digital science writers, online “content curators,” and scientists to chronicle the wonders and worries of modern science. For those thinking of a career in science writing, here is a flash history, a quick overview, some advice, and a few cautions. The American Society for Cell Biology 2014-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4072566/ /pubmed/24970484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E14-04-0857 Text en © 2014 Fleischman and Szalinski. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). Two months after publication it is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0). “ASCB®,” “The American Society for Cell Biology®,” and “Molecular Biology of the Cell®” are registered trademarks of The American Society of Cell Biology.
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