Invoices for 2008 Dues have been mailed. Please note that all dues must be received by January 31, 2008. Dues are now remitted to NASW's Associate Director, Tinsley Davis, at a different address, so please read the mailing carefully.

More than 300 science writers from around the world gathered in Spokane, Washington, on October 19 to kick off the annual NASW Science in Society meeting. Early highlights included a trip to the world's only adult grizzly bear research facility, located at Washington State University in Pullman, and the "Science Cabaret," which featured performances of music, theater, and comedy skits about science. Stay tuned to the Web for reports on all the NASW workshop sessions by this year's NASW Travel Fellows.

The winners of the 2007 Science-in-Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers are: Nicholas Wade for his book Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors (Penguin), Kenneth Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling for their Los Angeles Times series "Altered Oceans," and David Sington for his documentary Dimming the Sun, which appeared on PBS's NOVA television series.

The winner of the 2007 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is Jia-Rui Chong. A staff writer at The Los Angeles Times, Chong received the award and its $1000 prize for four stories: "Badminton World Isn't Smiling for These Birdies;" "Alaska villagers living in bird flu's flight path;" "Book with a buried treasure;" and "First warmer, then sicker."