NASW news

  • Apr 26 2006

    Laura van Dam

    Members who wish to may share their thoughts and experiences about Laura on a special memorial page in the member area (NASW username and password required).

  • Apr 6 2006

    Last chance for dues

    Many members still owe 2006 dues. By April 14, we will have entered current paid members info in the database, and then will send it to the Roster for printing. So please check your records and see if you paid. If not, please remit IMMEDIATELY. Do not pay twice — we have no way to refund the money and no way to keep track of it for next year. Please contact Executive Director Diane McGurgan if you have any questions about your status.

  • Mar 26 2006

    Web site redesign debuts March 27

    Welcome to the redesigned National Association of Science Writers web site. Besides a fresh look, the new site has a more intuitive menu system, an operable search engine and other improvements. If you're having trouble finding something, try the site map. And if you need to find something on the old page, we'll keep an archived copy here for a few weeks. We welcome your comments on the redesign.

  • Feb 25 2006

    NASW Update — Feb. 24, 2006

    NASW's new grievance committee, news about the internship fair and mentoring program, the NASW bookstore and web site changes, and other important notices. Read more.

  • Feb 24 2006

    NASW Update, Feb. 24, 2006

    NASW's new grievance committee, news about the internship fair and mentoring program, the NASW bookstore and web site changes, and other important notices.

  • Jan 11 2006

    Apply now for Mentoring Program at AAAS

    Are you a student or young science writer looking for guidance on how veteran science writers do their jobs? Here's a chance to find out for yourself through the NASW Mentoring at AAAS Program, which matches graduate science writing students and professionals who've been on the science beat for two years or less with established science journalists and public information officers for a day during the AAAS Annual Meeting.

  • Jan 4 2006

    Time to enter Science-in-Society awards

    February 1 is the deadline for entering NASW's Science-in-Society awards competition, honoring and encouraging outstanding investigative and interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact for good and ill. Entries must have been published or broadcast in newspapers, magazines, broadcast (television or radio), books and the web between June 1, 2004, and Dec. 31, 2005. Details.

  • Jan 3 2006

    Join NASW in Baltimore this October

    Make plans now to attend NASW's annual meeting in Baltimore, Oct. 27-31, 2006. Program information and registration will be available in August.

  • Dec 31 2005

    Rate increase for NASW job ads

    Starting Jan. 1, 2006, advertisements on NASW's online jobs service, NASW-jobs, are $100 for full-time and part-time permanent positions, or contract jobs of more than six months' duration. Ads for freelance assignments remain free. All postings are archived on the NASW member web site after being sent via e-mail to the almost 1,000 NASW-jobs subscribers. To place an ad, send it in an email to cybrarian@nasw.org with a copy to diane@nasw.org and include billing information and the work site, if applicable.

  • Dec 23 2005

    2006 NASW Internship Fair

    NASW student members looking for great internships, or news and science organizations looking for top-flight interns should sign on for the 2006 NASW Internship Fair. The fair will be held Saturday, Feb. 18 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the 2006 AAAS meeting in St. Louis at the Renaissance Grand Hotel, Landmark 5.