Aisling Irwin
@Aisling_Irwin
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Science and environment journalist writing for Nature, New Scientist, British Medical Journal, SciDev & others
Joined November 2009
Learn about ❓ interviewing,⚾ pitching,⌨️ feature-writing 🎤 You-tubing AND *meet the editors* King's College London (sign up by June 13)
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A one day event at King's College London on June 26, 2025
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June 26 is our Science-Writing Summer School. If you are:🧪Considering a career in science journalism 🔭Returning after a career break ✍Thinking of moving to the science or tech beat. This one-day meeting (London / online) is for you #abswss25
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#ABSWawards 📰 Feature of the Year: specialist audience Published in print or online in any title that targets specific, specialist audiences such as scientists, health professionals, chemists or engineers. Enter now! 🔗 https://t.co/PEFVWQfd0c
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Haaretz is an excellent newspaper under immense pressure. If you have a bit of spare cash, why not subscribe to support them
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Lovely to see the grouse moors all ablaze above #Weirdale today. If this were the Amazon rainforest we’d all be up on arms. But this is for hobby shooting, so it’s really important and quite ok.
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Yesterday 44 of the world’s leading climate scientists wrote an open letter about collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation (AMOC) When I interviewed one of them about the consequences of AMOC reaching a tipping point he could barely keep it together. 🧵
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Maybe go ahead and review it?
Oh dear... I was just asked by a (quite respectable) scientific journal to review my own manuscript (that we submitted some weeks ago). I know finding reviewers is increasingly difficult, but this seems a bit desperate 😅 What is the funniest way to respond?
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📝 Workshopping at the @FRONTIERS_media training sessions celebrated in Barcelona. 🤝The 7 science journalist who have become the first #FRONTIERSfellows gather for a full two-day training workshop delivered by @ccupf Want to know more? 👉 https://t.co/FjBzwrtdIF
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#UKCSJ24 🎤 One story, three features #Auditorium1 @Aisling_Irwin If another journalist publishes a story before you, you haven’t (necessarily) been scooped. Different audiences want different information — rework your piece to make it relevant to your readers. 🗨 @BenjPlackett
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Really looking forward to chairing this session. We'll be dissecting how freelancers pivot their research and writing for different publications at #ukcsj24
(...continue) #UKCSJ24 Parallel session 👀 🎙️One story, three features: How three journalists tackled the same story for very different publications Meet the Speakers 2/6 + chair @Aisling_Irwin and get to know more about this session👇
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(...continue) #UKCSJ24 Parallel session 👀 🎙️One story, three features: How three journalists tackled the same story for very different publications Meet the Speakers 2/6 + chair @Aisling_Irwin and get to know more about this session👇
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So much of my week is spent finding out about #biomaterials made from #wood & #fungi that I decided to visit Nuuksio forest at the weekend, where I found these beauties #mycelia #fungi #frontiersfellowship #Helsinki
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The carefree, fun stage of experimenting with new #biomaterials. At the launch of Designs for a Cooler Planet, I found things made from industrial algae waste, roadside mowings, seaweed, wheatgrass roots, lignocellulose and even banknotes. #Frontiersfellowship @AaltoUniversity
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I've begun my #FRONTIERSFellowship at @AaltoUniversity in unseasonably warm and sunny Finland. I'll be looking at the weird things scientists are making with biomaterials. Watch this space for #trees, #seaweed, leeks & mushrooms as you've never seen them before.
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A super nice article by @Aisling_Irwin in @newscientist featuring subterranean biodiversity conservation and the DarCo project! https://t.co/t1XDtvO486
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Up to 100,000 extraordinary species, from spiders and beetles to salamanders and fish, live in subterranean caves and cracks. They aren’t as safe down there as we thought
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