Writing for the Science World

Writing for the field of “bioethics” or, just writing for the science world, has many types of opportunities available and like with any job in the market today you just have to know how to look for them. Although one thing that did show up through the little bit of research that I did, is that many of the places require some kind of background knowledge in the subject of science. However as English majors when it comes to tackling a new topic with research we are pros at it.

A few places that talk about what is required when it comes to writing in, or for, the science field are, http://casw.org/casw/guide-careers-science-writing where they talk about some of the different requirements, how it works, and what is needed to get in. It gives a good general idea to help someone who is in the process of looking, or just wants to get a feel for what it's like. Another link on the web that also gives a good general idea of what is available, when it comes to looking in the field is http://www.msu.edu/~wrac/pw/careers/specificwriting.html it splits things up into different categories, tells what each one does, different job titles, what is required and even gives an idea of what job salaries are, which is always a bonus.

Then if you're looking for places that might offer some kind of internship in the science field for writers this web-site helps give a good start to what is available to those of us who are just writers and want to write. http://www.nasw.org/resource/beginning/

Things are always happening in the science world, the public wants to know what is happening, and that is when as writers we step in so that those of us who can write down what is being said by the scientist into a language that can be understood by everyone. As English/ Writing Majors there is always a need to have someone who can read, understand, and make it so that it is able to be understand. If you find yourself looking for something different to do, take a look into the world of science, it might lead you one direction and then onto another you just have to look.
-Rasena Meier