So many important things this week! Historic nobel prize announcements, national coming out day, and I listened to 56 episodes of Drilled. Here’s a video of a quokka trying to wrap its head around juggling.
jobs & internships
Florida Sea Grant is looking for someone to produce and manage web and social media content. Apply by Oct 20!
California Sea Grant is also looking for a SciComm specialist. Web content, outreach, and education work. Apply by Oct 20!
Write one/two stories per day and participate in pitch meeting as part-time science reporter for Inverse (via @ClaireHCameron)
Work on social media campaigns for NASA including writing copy, tracking metrics, and working events. Weirdly there doesn’t seem to be a direct link to the listing, so go here and search for “Social Media / Communications Specialist” or “AFHC-10173”.
Not specifically SciComm, but ProPublica is hiring reporters and fellows in the South, Southwest, and Midwest.
This Digital Editor position for NOVA is part science writing, part audience engagement. They’re looking for someone with proven digital journalism skills. (via Sonia Weiser)
If you have PhD in a biomedical science field, consider applying for this science writer position in Oklahoma. You’d be working on manuscripts, grants, reports, and presentations. (via AAAS Science Careers newsletter)
hu$tle tips
According to @DrAnnaFunk: “Discover has a new Digital Editor, Megan Schmidt (mschmidt@discovermagazine.com), and we’re ramping up our web content. (Generally, $300 for a 600-1,000 word story, mostly evergreens.)”