He walked through ape sanctuaries trying to understand when and how HIV first entered human bodies. Back then, he traveled to remote villages where some of the earliest Ebola outbreaks took place. It was a world away from Quammen’s reality when he was researching Spillover, his 2012 account of how viruses jump from animals to humans, wreaking havoc in the process. If he hadn’t pushed me to ask him for a Zoom tour of his office, I wouldn’t have learned that, just outside the frame, a wild animal was lying in a glass tank. Degree Programs in Science, Health, or Environmental Writingĭavid Quammen When I called science writer David Quammen in early March, he was in the same spot where he’d been most of this pandemic year: at home in Montana, facing his computer camera, which presents the viewer with an office that Quammen calls “a cave lined with books.” By the end of the interview, I had not only learned about his newly acquired remote-interviewing techniques, but had put them into practice-on him. Science Writing Resources (Elsewhere) That We Like.Guide to Using Alt-text to Make Images More Accessible.Sample Script & Survey for Tracking Source Diversity.Finding Diverse Sources for Science Stories.Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Resources.Tip Sheet for Newcomers to Science Writing.Where to Get Started at The Open Notebook.The Covering Science Slack: A Peer-Mentoring Community.Sharon Dunwoody Science Journalism Mentoring Program.Virtual Workshop Series: The Craft of Science Editing.Navigating the Science Journalism World.
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