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I'm considering trying to become a science journalist. I love to write, and believe I'm fairly good at making science accessible to the layman. I think it'd be a pretty neat job, and would be rather rewarding.
Does anyone have any tips on how to... get started? There seems to be a rather serious catch-22 in the way science journalism operates: you need to conduct interviews to get material with which to practice and build a portfolio, but no one will agree to an interview with an unknown writer.
Also, I'm not exactly looking forward to years of silent rejection by publishing companies, but I will submit if I must.
Does anyone have any advice?
- Warren
Does anyone have any tips on how to... get started? There seems to be a rather serious catch-22 in the way science journalism operates: you need to conduct interviews to get material with which to practice and build a portfolio, but no one will agree to an interview with an unknown writer.
Also, I'm not exactly looking forward to years of silent rejection by publishing companies, but I will submit if I must.
Does anyone have any advice?
- Warren