Getting Started as a Science Writer

What some accomplished writers wish they’d known when they started out

Rob Brooks
The Writing Cooperative
6 min readJul 10, 2020

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There was a time when scientists left writing for popular audiences to a few professional writers. They might dash off a press release about their latest paper, hoping a journalist would take interest and not mangle the story. But writing for non-expert readers still seems unattainable…

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