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The Open Notebook

The Open Notebook is a “non-profit organization that provides tools and resources to help science, environmental, and health journalists at all experience levels sharpen their skills.” They welcome pitches for brief guides, story-behind-the-story interviews, and reported features. According to their guidelines, they pay $1,800 for interviews (1,500 to 2,000 words), and $2,500 for reported features (1,500 to 2,000 words). To learn more, refer to their submission guidelines.

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Friday, September 18th 2026

The Open Notebook Early Career Fellowship Program

This is an international opportunity for early-career science journalists. The fellowship is remote and part-time. Fellows will pitch, report and write four articles for publication at The Open Notebook with the guidance of a mentor who will help shape story ideas, provide reporting and writing guidance, edit final copy, and offer career-development mentoring. Each fellow will receive a stipend. The fellowship is open to early-career science writers with less than three years of regular professional science writing experience. (Internships and student work do not count toward this requirement). Please note, though this is part-time, it requires significant time commitment – see their guidelines for details.
Value: $6,000
Deadline: 31 October 2026; letters of recommendation due 7th November 2026.
Open for: Early-career science journalists
Details here.

Deadline: October 31st, 2026

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