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World Conference of Science Journalists

Feb 22 2011

World Conference of Science Journalists

Laura Van Dam Fellowships: Stay tuned for update

An updated announcement, with extended deadline, on the details of the Laura Van Dam Travel Fellowships for travel to the World Conference of Science Journalists 2011 will be issued around March 2, pending final details of the conference given historic events in Egypt.

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AAAS meeting coverage

Feb 22 2011

AAAS meeting coverage

2011 travel fellows at AAAS

NASW awarded travel grants to 10 undergraduates interested in science writing to attend the AAAS meeting in Washington, D.C., Feb. 17-21. The fellows reported on some of the scientific sessions that they found most interesting and newsworthy.

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ScienceWriters magazine

Feb 21 2011

ScienceWriters magazine

The science beat: Riding a wave, going somewhere

About four and a half years ago I became a different kind of science writer. My beat went from writing about science to writing about other science writers. Monday through Friday I’m up before dawn, blogging by about 7 a.m., and at around noon I send off from my home in California a compilation of impressions of what I’ve found in breaking news and occasionally in feature writing.

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Feb 17 2011

On science blogs this week: Challenging

Written by Tabitha M. Powledge Blog

A clueless Aeron Haworth takes on Ed Yong and the rest of the blogosphere. (Yong won.) A glimpse of the AAAS meeting. Watson, come here – and bring your medical information technology (but not your computer overlords) with you.

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Grants & awards

Feb 16 2011

Grants & awards

How may we help you? Let us know

NASW already uses its funds to cover travel fellowships and career grants, and to underwrite a portion of the annual workshops to keep registration fees low. Now, we also are soliciting big ideas for the organization to develop new ways to serve science writers. Proposals due June 1.

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World Conference of Science Journalists

Feb 16 2011

World Conference of Science Journalists

Update on WCSJ2011 coming soon

NASW is in discussion with the Arab Science Journalists Association, our partners in sponsoring the World Conference of Science Journalists, and with the World Federation of Science Journalists. We are evaluating conference logistics, given the historic events in Egypt. We should have new information available on the conference by March 2 and will announce an updated call for Laura Van Dam travel fellowships at that time.

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Feb 14 2011

A better look

Written by Daniela Hernandez Blog

Despite the fact that scientists are able to look inside the brain using a variety of live imaging techniques, their ability to visualize individual neurons in living animals is very limited. A new study lets us take a closer look at how our brains change over time in response to disease.

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Events

Feb 11 2011

Events

2011 Internship Fair

Read on for important details about the Internship Fair scheduled for Saturday, February 19 for student members of NASW.

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Feb 11 2011

On science blogs this week: Explainer

Written by Tabitha M. Powledge Blog

You have unlimited space to tell your scientific tale. How do you get readers to pay attention? Is the future of science writing timelines and explainers?

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ScienceWriters magazine

Feb 8 2011

ScienceWriters magazine

New books by members and others

Reviews of seven new books have been posted in the ScienceWriters Bookstore, including a medical review of the House, M.D., television show and the story of an eagle who became an inspiration to Union soldiers in the Civil War. Use the search box on the Bookstore page to buy anything sold at Amazon.com. Your purchases earn a commission on each sale that helps fund NASW programs and services.

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