NASW news

  • Jun 8 2009

    Last reminder to vote

    Some members have asked for another copy of the link to the vote about amending the constitution to permit a later annual meeting. Here it is again (NASW member login required; student members do not vote). Details are in the President's Letter of the Spring ScienceWriters issue. Polls close on June 20.

  • Jun 5 2009

    NASW Update, June 5, 2009

    NASW members: Here's your latest update on NASW news and what your board is doing on your behalf: A skills-building workshop; annual meeting update; and voting on an NASW constitution change. Read it here.

  • Jun 5 2009

    NASW Update, June 5, 2009

    NASW members: Here's your latest update on NASW news and what your board is doing on your behalf.

  • May 19 2009

    New NASW Update posted in member area

    News about the ScienceWriters2009 meeting, a vote on amending the NASW Constitution, recipients of travel fellowships, and more in the new NASW Update (members login required).

  • May 19 2009

    NASW Update, May 19, 2009

    Here is the latest update from the NASW board on current matters of interest to members.

  • May 7 2009

    Buy tickets at the door for NYC regional meeting

    Seats will be available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis for the NYC Regional ScienceWriters Meeting. Cash or check made out to NASW only: members $18, non-members $25, full-time students $5. The NYC meeting will be held on Monday, May 11, from 1 to 5 p.m, focusing on "Artists and Science Writers: Finding Common Ground." It will be co-hosted with the Science & the Arts Program of the CUNY Graduate Center, and will take place at their building on Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.

  • May 1 2009

    Advance registration extended for NYC meeting

    NewsFlash: CUNY has reserved seats for the sold-out May 11 screening of Between the Folds especially for NASW members who attend the Regional ScienceWriters event that day. Select this option when you register online for the NYC Regional ScienceWriters event. Are your Monday schedules unpredictable? We're keeping online registration open until Friday, May 8, so that you can be sure to join us for this event.

  • May 1 2009

    Special student rate for NYC event

    Full time students can register for the NYC Regional ScienceWriters Meeting, an afternoon of Artists and Science Writers: Finding Common Ground, at the discounted rate of $5. Sign up here.

  • Apr 18 2009

    Help on Google Book Settlement claims

    If you have ever written anything published in book form, you need to check the terms of the Google Book Settlement. Unfortunately, the documentation is about as user-friendly as an income tax return, and time is running out for opting out of the settlement. Help is now available. Kristine Smith, chair of the digital rights management committee of Novelists Inc., has compiled a nice set of examples of how to fill out the Google Book Settlement claims, which covers books and articles published in the past, sometimes the distant past. Read them here (PDF).

  • Apr 3 2009

    NASW Update, April 3, 2009

    Here's the latest communique from the NASW board on what we're up to on your behalf: An NYC regional meeting, planning for the fall workshops, a call for outreach volunteers and more. Read it here.