
Erika Check Hayden
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My dream: to help you achieve yours. Director @UCSC_SciCom Science Communication Program: scicom.ucsc.edu. she/her/hers
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Breaking — highway 17 between Santa Cruz and San Jose is shutdown in both directions. Winter storm causing chaos for thousands of drivers being forced off the freeway KRON4 News

#SAPeCCT2023 is real and ready and starting Monday! Thanks to the World Federation of Science Journalists Spark Grant Initiative ACHIPEC, EurekAlert!, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, National Association of Science Writers (NASW), CASW, Pfizer Inc., Periodismo UNAB and other amazing SAPeCCT Chile partners for helping make this dream a reality.



Originally trained in biomedical science, award recipient Rodrigo Pérez Ortega (Rodrigo Pérez Ortega) has focused his career in journalism on issues relating to diversity in #STEM. Learn more about his work: rodrigoperezortega.com


¡Ayer comenzó el Simposio para Avanzar en el Periodismo y las Comunicaciones de las Ciencias y Tecnología en Chile! Es un honor ser parte del comité científico, representado a la Escuela de Periodismo U. Andrés Bello y ACHIPEC. Más información 👉🏽 sapecctchile.com SAPeCCT Chile


Submissions are now open for a science communications award program, given by @thenasem in partnership with Schmidt Futures, that recognizes the work of science journalists, researchers, and science communicators. Learn more about the application process: ow.ly/R6I650NzhLo


Here are 5 things Martin Enserink has learned about covering research misconduct #SAPeCCT2023 News from Science


"No necesitas tener un inglés perfecto para hacer periodismo de ciencia en inglés. Necesitas tener habilidades periodísticas y trabajar con buenos editores", dice Emiliano Mega en SAPeCCT Chile.


Partimos nuestra tarde con el panel "¿cómo trabajar en medios periodísticos Internacionales?" donde responderemos esta interesante pregunta de la mano de importantes comunicadores internacionales de la ciencia, instancia moderada por la periodista internacional Lindzi Wessel


Alum Lindzi Wessel moderating today’s panel SAPeCCT Chile on how Latin American journalists can write for international pubs - representation of Latin American science & journalists is increasing but still a long way to go say Martin Enserink Emiliano Mega Meghie Rodrigues Fermín Koop

.Erika Check Hayden says she’s particularly eager to see more students from #LATAM in the UCSC SciCom program. Check it out!

Cerramos este gran simposio con presentaciones de distintos Modelos internacionales de formación en periodismo científico moderado por aleida rueda 🇲🇽 Y la participación de Erika Check Hayden 🇺🇲Ginna Morelo 🇨🇴 Efraín Bámaca-López 🇨🇱 Gema Revuelta 🇪🇸 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Universidad Austral de Chile UCSC SciCom


SciCom students had an illuminating discussion over lunch with the incomparable Ezra Klein! Thank you for sharing so generously of your time and expertise. We had a blast.


Very proud of this year’s UCSC SciCom class of 2023! Thank you @AnnieRothNews for the video UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz Science


We’re excited to announce that UCSC SciCom alums Jesse Kathan ‘21 and Luis Melecio-Zambrano ‘23 were selected for the the inaugural cohort of the California Local News Fellowship!
