How to kick off your career as a scientific journalist?
To start as a science journalist, initiate by polishing your writing portfolio. There are many platforms where a journalist can easily upload, arrange and share writing clips. You can start by registering an account.
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Skills and qualities
To succeed as a science journalist, several qualities are more vital than qualifications. According to some of the best directors of science journalism courses, while screening through the applications, they give preferences to candidates with the following skills as well as attributes:
- A flair for writing with knowledge of the difference between academic and science writing.
- Experience writing for a website, local newspapers, blogs, and several digital platforms.
- You must have good knowledge of the field and be committed to making a career in it.
- A proper sense of what makes a science story, a carelessness in doing conversation with new people, capability to rapidly read and blend a mass of scientific data, good skepticism and capability to chase a story.
