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Kathleen D. Solis is a communication specialist/writer with a strong background in development communication and communication research. Her professional experience includes planning and management of publications, technology promotion activities and events, information campaigns, and research activities. She has published several articles in newspapers and science and agriculture magazines in the Philippines. She was also editor-in-chief of a science and technology magazine while training junior writers at the same time.

Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to write a news or feature story based on a scientific paper

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A scientific paper can be a good news and feature story material if one knows how to use it. Some writers, however, are too lazy to dig into facts and just quote whatever is written in the paper. To effectively use a scientific paper for a story, consider these tips: 1. Make sure you get a copy of the paper. If it was presented in a conference, the secretariat should have a copy. Check also if it was published in a scholarly journal and if so, you can get it from a library. 2. Even if you scribbled some notes during the author's presentation, it is important to get a copy of the paper to b...

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