When Siri Carpenter, who runs The Open Notebook (TON), and Kristin Lewis, who runs the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship (MMF), first met, they immediately wanted to collaborate: TON provides advice, tools, and resources for science journalists, and the MMF places science students or recent graduates in newsrooms for 10 weeks.

The subjects dominating American news coverage, including the coronavirus and protests against systemic racism, will make this a unique summer for the new AAAS Mass Media Fellows.