Do you love to write or edit and love biology? There are a number of career options that allow you to combine these two passions. First, ask yourself whether you love scientific writing or love ...

Editing can be challenging, especially when you’re deeply invested in your writing. Often, it’s hard to identify what needs fixing. AI tools like AutoCrit and ChatGPT are transforming the editing ...

As a team of one in the field of marketing and communications, editing my own work is a daily challenge. As time-consuming as it may be to check and re-check, it’s worth every last character not to ...

Writing essays can be tough. It requires good writing skills, the ability to research well, cite sources properly, organize ideas, and more. If you’re stuck and don’t know where to begin, consider ...

Be it for public purpose, professional success, or personal growth, no matter the form or the platform, clear and compelling writing is a universal value. For 50 years, the Poynter Institute has ...

For a scholarly writer, completing a draft of an article or book brings a great sense of accomplishment. Whether we are next passing our work to a supervisor, journal editor, book publisher or simply ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. AI tools promise faster, cheaper manuscript editing for global researchers, but new evidence shows they may introduce hidden risks that could reshape equity in scientific ...

This third entry in an occasional series from Roy Peter Clark, who witnessed the Poynter Institute’s founding, explores its history in honor of its 50th anniversary. It would be hard to estimate how ...

The actress and author Louise Brooks, who began her working life as a Jazz Age flapper and concluded it as an acclaimed essayist, described her writing process this way: “Writing is 1% inspiration — ...

Writing is innately personal. Even if the topic is entirely unrelated to you as a person, such as when you’re writing an op-ed or a report or journal article, the act of writing requires a level of ...