Sujata Gupta and Science Journalism: An Unusual Journey via Japan, Park Service to Johns Hopkins and Beyond.
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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