Enter the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which is hoping to change these negative perceptions with a fellowship program that sends science and engineering graduate students to work as reporters, re- searchers, and production assistants at mass media organizations.
The AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program has two primary objectives: to strengthen the relationship between scientists and the media and to sharpen scientists' skills in communicating technical information.
Applicants to AAAS' Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program need not have any previous journalism experience. What is required, however, is an ability to write and a commitment to conveying a better understanding of science to the public. Applicants must be enrolled as students to qualify. While priority will be given to graduate students in the natural and social sciences and engineering, outstanding undergraduate and postdoctoral students also will be considered. Generally, the fellowships begin during ...
