science reporter

Research news writer

A science reporter is a journalist who covers scientific research, discoveries, and developments for general audiences.

Science reporters translate complex technical findings into accessible news stories, working for newspapers, websites, television, or radio.

The role requires balancing accuracy with readability: The science reporter explained the new climate study in terms anyone could understand.

Related

interview · on the record · laboratory · discovery · breakthrough · research · byline · deadline · breaking news · editor · anonymous source · microphone · press · investigation · curiosity · facts · expert · fact check

Opposites
role in knowledge production

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One who conducts trials

scientist · researcher · primary source · lab director

subject matter coverage

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Journalist covering celebrity rumors

opinion columnist · sports reporter · entertainment reporter · fashion journalist · political commentator

relationship to truth and evidence

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One who suspects cover-ups

quack · snake oil salesman · anti-vaxxer · disinformation agent · propagandist

Family

science, reporter, sciences, scientific, scientifically, scientist, scientists, scientism, pseudoscience

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G