Articles

  • Jan 1 2008

    Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder

    Deepen your understanding of environmental science and policy, and enhance your journalism skills. Apply now for the 2008-2009 academic year. Full-time U.S. print or broadcast journalists with a minimum of five years professional experience are eligible. Applicants may include reporters, editors, producers and full-time freelancers. Prior experience covering the environment is not necessary. The program covers tuition and fees and provides a $47,000 stipend.

  • Jan 1 2008

    Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research

    The Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) funds highly qualified individuals to undertake broad studies of the most challenging policy issues in health and health care facing America. Grants of up to $335,000 are awarded to investigators from a variety of disciplines. Successful proposals combine creative and conceptual thinking with innovative approaches to critical health problems and policy issues.

  • Jan 1 2008

    Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism for Mid-Career Journalists

    Powerful Stories. Digital Journalism. Want to step away from the daily deadlines and learn new ways to tell powerful visual stories? By combining the best of public affairs reporting with the latest in technology, the Kiplinger Program gives journalists the time and training needed to report and produce in-depth multimedia projects. We offer two types of fellowships designed to help mid-career journalists thrive in the online world — Kiplinger Fellows and Knight Digital Media and Public Affairs Fellows.

  • Jan 1 2008

    Metcalf Institute Tenth Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists

    The Tenth Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists, June 8-13, 2008, offers ten fellowships for early to mid-career journalists to attend a weeklong science immersion workshop at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography. Participants work in the field and lab, attend lectures and discussions by leading writers and researchers, and participate in journalism clinics. Each fellowship provides tuition, room and board, and limited travel reimbursement. Applications for the Tenth Annual Workshop must be postmarked by January 28, 2008.

  • Dec 31 2007

    Contract questions and answers for freelance science writers

    Q: When a publisher offers me a contract, I'd better sign it or I'll lose the job, right?

  • Dec 30 2007

    Contract questions and answers for editors and publishers

    Q. Shouldn't publishers be able to obtain the copyright for all the articles we publish? After all, we're paying for them.

  • Dec 23 2007

    A poster session for the public

    Cornell University's Center for Life Science Enterprise holds a poster session each year for its grant recipients as a requirement of the funding process. This year the poster session had a different spin: Scientists presented their grant-funded research to a lay audience in the form of a contest with a handsome prize and judged by community members.

  • Dec 11 2007

    Changes in the new year

    The indispensable Diane McGurgan, the boundless heart and sweet soul of NASW, will be stepping down effective January 1 as executive director, after a generation of tireless service to science writers.

  • Dec 9 2007

    2008 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 2008 NASW Internship Fair. The fair will be held Saturday, Feb. 16 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the 2008 AAAS meeting in Boston at the Hilton Boston Back Bay, Adams room.

  • Dec 5 2007

    2008 membership dues

    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.