Where Do Science Writers Come From?

Journalists interested in specializing in science might want to read this open thread at Discover magazine’s Not Rocket Science blog.

In it, science journalists like Steve Silberman (Wired), Carl Zimmer (NYT, Discover) and Maggie Koerth-Baker (Boingboing) share how they got their start in the field.

Zimmer: “A couple years out of college, intent on finding a magazine job, I took a test to be a copy editor at Discover. I proved to be a terrible copy editor, but I was allowed to cling to a job, fact-checking and then starting to write short pieces.