SciXchange is the C3 Program's science news portal. Each cohort of Hughes Research Fellows and Science Journalism Interns helps populate the site with personal blog entries about their research experiences, and articles or multimedia projects covering everything from on-campus seminars to recently published papers to mainstream pop science news.
See the latest stories at: http://scixchange.missouri.edu
Looking for internship opportunities in science and health communication? We've gathered a list of some programs here.
Who's posting this semester? (Spring 2012)
Hughes Research Fellows
Hughes Research Fellows are undergraduates working on laboratory research projects in the life sciences. In addition to supporting their lab work, HRFs interact with MU School of Journalism faculty and students to learn how to communicate science more effectively to a public audience. Learn more about the current fellows on the Hughes Research Fellowships page. Click on a fellow's name below to view all SciXchange posts by that student.
Derek Benham
Jackie Carrico
Leslie Chiang
Jessica Flynn
Martial Fotso
Justin Grayer
Danni Habtu
Andy Horner
Emily Luebbering
Grace Olinger
Amanda Prasuhn
Drew Sawyer
Rebecca Skiljan
Josh Thompson
Science Journalism Interns
Nina Bolka Sarah Redohl Amanda Stevenson-Grund Alexandra Olgin
Science Journalism Interns are journalism undergraduate students who work on stories, videos and photo essays dealing with science for the SciXchange program. Working alongside the Hughes Research Fellows, the SJIs get a first-hand view of how things work in the sciences and then take their journalism knowledge to make these stories accessible to a public audience.
Nina Bolka
Alexandra Olgin
Sarah Redohl
Amanda Stevenson-Grund
SciXchange Graduate Students
SciXchange Graduate Students are journalism master's students who guide the Hughes Research Fellows and Science Journalism Interns in their work. They assist with learning the technology – from the SciXchange website to recording and editing digital video – along with helping the students through their thought process for writing stories, creating photo essays and videos.
Gina Cook - About Gina
Dustin Renwick - About Dustin
Steve Rich - About Steve
Internship opportunities in Science and Health Communication
National Science Foundation (NSF) Science Communication Internships
Special Opportunity for MU Journalism Students!
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Legislative and Public Affairs (OLPA) will offer internships for this summer for our J-School students. This is a unique opportunity that NSF is doing specifically for the Missouri School of Journalism. The person(s) would work at NSF in Arlington, VA (DC metro area) and have the opportunity to work on a variety of studio interviews and multimedia projects, including NSF news stories, video content for science360.gov, U.S. News and World Report and other websites, and podcasts. The position is unpaid, although NSF may be able to subsidize metro transport to and from the Foundation. Students could also work with the J-School undergraduate and graduate student offices about possible course credit for the internship.
Requirements: 1) Experience with video – Final Cut Pro or Avid specifically, 2) Experience and talent with writing, 3) Interest in science communication. Applicants may be undergrads or grad students (MA or PhD).
Applications are accepted annually through March 15. Applicants should send a resume and a letter explaining why they'd like to be considered for this internship to Jon Stemmle at stemmlej@missouri.edu.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - for current students http://www.cdc.gov/fellowships/StudentInternships.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - for recent graduates http://www.cdc.gov/fellowships/CareerInternships.html
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - internship and fellowship opportunities http://www.jobs.nih.gov/vacancies/student/default.htm
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - all training programs in the biomedical sciences https://www.training.nih.gov/programs
National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH - internship and fellowship opportunities http://www.cancer.gov/researchandfunding/cancertraining/atnci/programs
National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH - Health Communications Internship Program https://hcip.nci.nih.gov/hcip/
Public Health Foundation - Marketing and Communications Internship Program http://www.phf.org/AboutUs/Pages/Marketing_and_Communications_Internship_Program.aspx