MIT OpenCourseWare: Science Writing and New Media: Science Writing for the Public
This is a free course offered on MIT's OpenCourseWare (OCW) site.
Science Writing and New Media: Science Writing for the Public is the latest version of this course, taught in the Spring 2018 term.
Sadly, the online course does not currently have video lectures; instead it has a full reading list and assignments. It does mean it's rather like learning from a book - or lots of books - but for those wishing to improve their science writing it does have some useful resources.
When I was more plugged into the science communication circuit in London, it was interesting to see how press releases could be turned into many different stories. Science writing for the general public combines elements from detective stories as well as prevailing over difficult odds. If you can get an original quote from any of the researchers, then kudos to you! This may seem "dumbed down" but anybody who really wishes to know the details then either knows them already (as they are in the same field) or can be led to the press release and thence to the original paper.
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Thanks for the article. It looks like an interesting course. Too bad there are no videos, though. I've had the opposite problem in the past, where the lecturer in the video referred to the text book, and I didn't have a copy. I guess having just the text is marginally better than having just the lecture. I've also been thinking recently that it would be interesting to experiment with a learning model where a group of Steemizens goes through an open course of this type with an informal "guide" to the subject posting a lesson and assignment at a scheduled time, then discuss each week's lessons and assignments on the block chain throughout the week as the group learns.
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That's great, thank you! There was an education platform attempted on Steem - can't even recall its name - with lessons and a forum. But that's a lot of up-front work for the tutor. Your idea may be better: for someone to lead a session as extra support but using a ready-made third-party lecture course.