Shraddha Chakradhar (@scchak) 's Twitter Profile
Shraddha Chakradhar

@scchak

@NewsfromScience. Bibliophile, ice cream maker, India-born Kentuckian. She/her. How to say my name: bit.ly/2TTMIqV

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Ok, here we go: Much of my work concerns the history and return of scientific racism. I’ve written extensively about attempts to resurrect the shuffling corpse of race science and eugenics for many years. Bigotry dressed up as biology. 1/n

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14 years ago this week, The Open Notebook made its debut in the world. Today, we celebrate how far we’ve come, and the pending debut of our second, expanded edition of The Craft of Science Writing. theopennotebook.com/2024/10/23/its…

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News from Science Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar Indra NEW in News from Science's series on global equity in science: A deeply-reported feature by @sandeeprtweets on Indigenous data sovereignty - where Native Peoples and communities control if/how/when their data is shared - gaining steam in Western science: science.org/content/articl…

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So grateful to you, Dr. Krystal Tsosie, PhD, MPH, and all the other voices listed here for speaking with @sandeeprtweets for this important piece! We at News from Science are thrilled to be have been able to feature so many Indigenous experts.

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Including Indigenous sources who are experts in both Western and Indigenous science (sometimes called “two-eyed seeing”) can help synthesize those perspectives in your piece, writes Emma Gometz. theopennotebook.com/2024/10/29/wea…

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New: It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened. Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.” She's one of at least two Texas women who died under the state's abortion ban. propub.li/40rAXvw

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🎉🎉🎉 It's a momentous day—the day the world has been waiting for! I refer, of course, to the publication of the second edition of THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING from The Open Notebook! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

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If you work in mainstream media, my advice based on the blur and trauma of Those Four Years: - what you don’t cover ends up being more important than what you do; - you don’t represent another “side,” rather the public/audiences; - the lies outperform the fact-checks; - find a

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Leadership at the largest mainstream newsrooms completely botched this and, in part, made way for today. I'm struggling to find the words at this moment, but if you aren't, you should pitch The Objective. We pay .50 cents per word. objectivejournalism.org/pitch-us/

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+1 to this. And while hiring, newsrooms should consider: Is the hire going to be the only/one of very few BIPOC? Are you setting the hire(s) up with support + tools for success and inclusion? Is the newsroom prepared to hear/make space for/nonwhite voices and experiences?

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Christopher Pollon Greystone Books IN THE SCIENCE REPORTING CATEGORY: "Should Beetles Be Named After Adolf Hitler?" By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega (Rodrigo Pérez Ortega), staff writer at Science Magazine (News from Science) science.org/content/articl… #SciWriAwards #SciWri24 💚🧪📝 [3/n]

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reminder, HHS includes: NIH FDA CDC Medicare Medicaid CHIP Affordable Care Act Health Resources and Services Administration Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Administration for Children and Families Indian Health Service (and more)

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Apply for the 2025 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship with Science Magazine! This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism with a demonstrated interest in covering science topics for general audiences:

Apply for the 2025 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship
with <a href="/ScienceMagazine/">Science Magazine</a>!

This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism with a demonstrated interest in covering science topics for general audiences:
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Just about a month to go before applications are due. Budding science journalists - take a look at the application 👇🏾and please apply!