MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing

EXCLUSIVE: The new EPA proposal to ease methane controls on oil and gas operations is dropping tonight. Trump is set to make formal announcement at a rally in Lubbock, Texas Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🍁 Attention freelance journalists 🍁 Canada's @nationalobserver.com is looking for your pitches. We have a healthy freelance budget (think potential travel), and are looking to fund interesting, ambitious reporting that dives deep into Canada's climate, energy, and politics.

I have the good fortune to teach in @mitsciwrite.bsky.social. One of the perks of the job is to see our alums do good work. As here, from Andrew Moseman. Andrew: we bask in your reflected glory.

If you're a climate scientist who has received similar requests and would like to talk my Signal is @jamesnesw.44 🧪

My investigation for @nature.com finds a surge of open records requests from groups with ties to the energy industry targeting climate attribution researchers. They come as the field plays a growing role in lawsuits suing big emitters for climate-related damages. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A little good news in the reintroduction realm 🦒 Big thanks to the experts who lent their insights to this story for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/09/firs...

@celinaz.bsky.social, GPSW '25, for the win

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Wasted Opportunity: The EU eyes pausing parts of its methane regulation to combat rising energy prices stemming from the Iran war. However, stronger methane regulations could have the opposite effect, increasing supplies by reducing wasted gas. Graph by @paulhornographic.bsky.social Article ⬇️

The proposed rule is from OMB, the office run by Russell Vought -- who has a history of opposing government efforts to expand access to voting.

In my latest story for the Smithsonian, I was lucky enough to get to know the American paddlefish – a threatened fish that predates the dinosaurs and has incredible sensory capabilities thanks to its long snoot. s.si.edu/4y7NGS7

My latest for @thetransmitter.bsky.social looks at what lineage tracing reveals about how neural stem cells behave inside cortical organoids — and where those models still differ from the developing brain.

What would you want to learn if you could report on health care in another country? 🌎 AHCJ’s International Health Study Fellowship gives experienced journalists the opportunity to explore health care systems in the U.K. or France. Apply today: healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...

Tree-planting programs in East Africa often prioritize non-native timber over native food trees. A new paper highlights how scaling native, food-bearing species can simultaneously combat malnutrition and biodiversity loss across local communities. @cgeib.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

“Instead of holding polluters accountable, the EPA under Trump has been focused on reversing and deleting efforts aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions,” @schiff.senate.gov told @bloombergnews.bsky.social. Full story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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We are THRILLED to see @alexip718.com's thesis work being honored. Read his series here:

In today’s edition of @science.org Magazine, @michaelgreshko.bsky.social expertly highlights the potential of in-space biomanufacturing.🚀 Some (entertaining!) quotes from our team at Cedars-Sinai and from friends and colleagues working in this rapidly growing field. www.science.org/content/arti...

There's been a lot of news about natural gas megaprojects tied to data centers recently, and it's getting hard to keep track. I put together a list of the 10 biggest projects, (according to their developers' aspirations, at least,) and the status of each. heatmap.news/energy/10-bi...

💰 What’s happening with the $50B Rural Health Transformation Program? Join AHCJ Aug. 26 at 1 p.m. ET to learn what journalists need to know — and how to follow the money. Register: healthjournalism.org/training-eve... #HealthJournalism #RuralHealth

Science journalism had a rough summer: Sci Am was sold, Research Professional News is being shut down, etc. etc. Against this backdrop, some of us are likely pondering "going independent." So I invited @alexip718.com @thexylom.com to chat about the realities of running a small indie newsroom.

Congratulations to @sciwriabdul.bsky.social, '23, and Amy Nordrum for colaunching the Defrontera Newsroom Fellowship for Global Health Journalism. The new fellowship provides graduates of science and medical fields with support to reporting on public health in Kenya: defrontera.org/articles/ann...

Anthropic didn't want to answer my questions about the new Claude watermarks, but luckily my editor-in-chief is very knowledgeable about the EU's AI Act and helped me break down why they seem to be largely meaningless and go beyond what the law requires: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

In March, I joined a group of scientists on a descent into one of the deepest mines on Earth in search of subsurface life that, improbably, breathes oxygen. Story out today in @newyorker.com. Deep Breath...

Today @theopennotebook.bsky.social and @emmalgometz.bsky.social partnered with @iniwil.bsky.social at OpenNews' Source to review AI policies at newsrooms like @theguardian.com, @apnews.com, @technologyreview.com & others. www.theopennotebook.com/2026/08/11/c...

for @wired.com, i looked into our current understanding of the mental workings of the octopus, arm by arm: www.wired.com/story/octopu... featuring eight fun, clickable buttons, to help you feel octopodian

APPLICATIONS DUE TODAY: Do you need financial support to participate in SciWri2026 in person or virtually? Grants of up to $1,200 are available, supported in part by member contributions' to NASW's Community Fund. Apply by Aug 5 at 11:59 pm ET: sciencewriters2026.o...

Incredible reporting by Zoe Beketova, '26, copublished on @thexylom.com and @thenation.com on the healthcare crisis older people face in US prisons: www.thexylom.com/post/washing...

Fire suppression in Europe has led to an overall decline in wildfire since the 80s, despite a global warming-fueled rise in risky fire weather. That can't last. "This is the kind of trend that is unstoppable." New in @nature.com:🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A deep dive from @lisalsong.bsky.social on the harm of the proposed OMB fed financial assistance rule examining whether we could have achieved Nobel Prize level breakthroughs like the Higgs boson under such policies. www.propublica.org/article/fede...

Thrilled to see one of our student documentaries published in @mongabay.com. Story by @alexmegerle.bsky.social, film by Alex, @theanageorgescu.bsky.social, Laura Martin Agudelo, and Lucie McCormick: news.mongabay.com/2026/07/why-...

Reporters—covering heatwaves this summer? Learn how they impact community health and infrastructure at our July 21 (1 p.m. ET) media briefing with @krisebi.bsky.social @uwsph.bsky.social and Dr. Line Roald @uwmadison.bsky.social plus on-the-record reporter Q&A: bit.ly/44DVXAg @aaas.org

!!!! Congratulations, James!

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There's still time to apply for our Data Fellowship! 🔗 Visit bit.ly/2026DataFellowship (Deadline: 7/22) Hear what last year’s Data Fellows shared during their in-person training in Los Angeles. @uscannenberg #ASCJ #DataReporting #JournalismFellowship #InvestigativeJournalism

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Professor of the Practice Alan Lightman writes about his early career and falling in love with science for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/alan...

Hey folks...I just had a great book conversation w. @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social at the legendary @politicsprose.bsky.social. We talked vaccines, current lethal folly, & how a historical approach to story telling might just be a way to break through the squid-ink spray of grifters' vaccine disinfo:

Stay tuned for our forthcoming story by @cgeib.bsky.social on Miami's urban corals and the underwater feed that gets called "the happiest place on the internet" 🪸🐠🐡🤿

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By @cjgiaimo.bsky.social, GPSW '15

Thanks to the New York Public Library for the chance to talk about my research on the history of deep Earth geoscience. The library has been such a fantastic place to work. Can't beat the feeling of opening books that seem as though they haven't been read for a century. www.nypl.org/blog/2026/06...

Just got off a fun Zoom talk on A Pox on Fools w. NESW: the New England Science Writers. Thanks to my host, @mitsciwrite.bsky.social alumna Saima Sadik. A reminder: if you have a group or a book club or whatever, and you're interested, I'm happy to talk to anywhere Zoom (equivalents) can reach.

Today! Join our colleagues at the National Press Club Journalism Institute for a free webinar on public health reporting in an increasingly politicized landscape. Register for the 11 am ET/ 8am PT webinar:

This is an amazingly well-reported story by @joshuasokol.bsky.social. And a wonderful use of "synecdoche". www.science.org/content/arti...

In April I reported on some concerning conduct within the GHG Protocol. Now, Danny Cullenward, a member of its oversight board, has resigned in protest, accusing GHGP of handing standards development over to “a secret, industry-dominated drafting process.” heatmap.news/carbon-remov...

Guess who's on @scifri.bsky.social this week?! www.sciencefriday.com/segments/par... 🧪

This week on the @science.org podcast, Joshua Sokol talks about the intense discussion happening in the astrophysics community as AI and ML become increasingly powerful www.science.org/content/podc...