If you've ever been curious about the newsroom and how to write nonfiction stories that sell, you won't want to miss our conversation with Senior Editor Shannon Palus at Slate, a progressive online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture. Shannon covers health, wellness, science and more for Slate, and her work has appeared appeared many other places including Popular Science, Scientific American, the Atlantic, and Wirecutter.

You'll hear about all this and more:

• Ways to break into news writing

• Where to look for work

• Where to find science ideas and how to pitch them

• How to write accessible nonfiction stories about science

• And more!