Episode summary introduction: Sujata Gupta is Social Sciences Reporter at Science News. Sujata is an alum of Cornell University and Johns Hopkins.

In this podcast, Sujata gives us a peek into the world of Science Journalism, and how one goes about becoming a Science Journalist.

In particular, we discuss the following with her:

• What is Science Journalism?
• How do you become a Science Journalist?
• How to distill a Study into a News Story?
• Advice to Aspiring Journalists
  

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Sujata Gupta, Social Science Journalist [0:57]
• Professional Background [3:29]
• Johns Hopkins’ Science Journalism [7:35]
• Journalism under Duress  [10:16]
• Arduous Route to Journalism [11:44]
• The Freelance Mode [13:43]
• How a Study becomes a News Story [19:08]
• Advice for Aspiring Journalists [27:00]
• The Realities of being Journalist [34:06]
  

Our Guest: Sujata Gupta is Social Sciences Reporter at Science News. Sujata graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Masters degree from Johns Hopkins University in Science Writing.

Memorable Quote: Sujata Gupta: “Good to think of my career as a spiral, what we hope is going up. Sometimes, [it’s] hard to tell when you are in the middle of a spiral”.

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