NASW news

  • Aug 28 2009

    Early bird workshops rate ends September 1

    Save $25 on your ScienceWriters 2009 registration. Sign up online by Tuesday, September 1, for the early bird rate. For registration and complete program information on the meeting, including the bonus field trip and full-day multimedia workshop, see www.sciencewriters2009.org. Registration closes October 1. The meeting kicks off Friday night, October 16 in Austin, Texas.

  • Aug 12 2009

    Career Development Grants awarded

    We are pleased to announce the recipients of NASW's first Career Development Grants, developed to support education, training or other activities that help established science writers continue or advance their careers in today's rapidly changing media environment. The grant offers reimbursement of up to $2,500 for proposed activities. The program is supported by funds that NASW receives as part of the Authors Coalition of America, which distributes royalties on US copyrights collected overseas. Fifty-one applicants submitted requests totaling over $84,000.

  • Aug 11 2009

    NASW Update, Aug. 11, 2009

    News about Boston, Austin and Cairo conferences, and the new membership roster is in the mail. Read it here.

  • Aug 11 2009

    NASW Update, Aug. 11, 2009

    NASW Members: Time to register for ScienceWriters 2009 and other matters of business and geography from your board.

  • Aug 4 2009

    Registration for ScienceWriters 2009 is open

    Hands-on experience with the latest multimedia tools, insight into how social media affects your career, in-depth sessions with scientists, an evening with a bat colony, and presentation of some of the science writing field's top honors are just a few of the elements on tap for ScienceWriters 2009 that begins on October 16.

  • Jul 11 2009

    NASW Update, July 10, 2009

    NASW Members: Set your sights on Austin . . . and other news about activities your board is working on. Available fellowships, Victor Cohn deadline, resources for struggling freelancers, and plans for a Cairo conference. Read it here.

  • Jul 10 2009

    NASW Update, July 10, 2009

    NASW Members: Set your sights on Austin . . . and other news about activities your board is working on.

  • Jul 4 2009

    Future of science journalism

    Read this excellent report in the Columbia Journalism Review from CASW president and NASW member Cris Russell about the excitement and optimism surrounding the future of our craft at this week's World Conference of Science Journalism.

  • Jul 1 2009

    Partnership lands conference bid

    Announced this morning in London: The Arab Science Journalists Association, in a historic first co-bid, has, together with NASW, landed the bid for the next World Conference of Science Journalists to be held in spring 2011 in Cairo. Our two associations will work together to build exciting programs, reporting opportunities, and field trips for science journalists from all over the world. Over 900 science writers from approximately 70 countries are currently attending the 2009 World Conference of Science Journalists in London. Stay tuned for developments, specific dates, and ways to get involved.

  • Jun 17 2009

    NASW career development grants

    This summer, the National Association of Science Writers will award grants of up to $2,500 each to support education, training or other activities that help established science writers continue or advance their careers in today's rapidly changing media environment. The size and number of the grants will depend on specific proposals received; NASW will award up to $25,000 of our Authors Coalition funds for this purpose.