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ScienceWriters 2008: NASW Workshops
Oct. 24-29, 2008
Cabana Hotel
Palo Alto, CA
Schedule at a Glance
Friday, Oct. 24
3 - 6 p.m.
NASW Board meeting (Closed session)
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Check-in (Pick up your NASW and CASW materials)
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Welcome reception hosted by Stanford University (open to all)
6:30 - 7 p.m.
Reception for CASW and NASW Travel Fellowship recipients (current fellows only)
Saturday, Oct. 25
* Denotes NASW workshops registration required
8 - 10 a.m. Check-in (pick up your NASW and CASW materials)8 - 9 a.m.
* Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:45 a.m.
* NASW business meeting
10 - 11:30 a.m.
* Workshops session 1
A1) Science and Social Media: New Tools, New Ways to Talk?
B1) Geeks, Freaks, and Deadlines: Writing about Technology and the Humans Who Love it?
C1) Lights, Camera ... Action! Telling Institutional Stories Through Video
11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.
* Diane McGurgan Celebration Lunch
1 - 2:30 p.m.
* Workshops session II
A2) Who's Consuming Science, and How Do We Reach Them?
B2) PIO Pitch Slam: Packaging, Delivering ... and Placing the Story
2:30 - 3:15 p.m.
* Afternoon break
3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
* Workshops session III
A3) Science Writing for Kids: Skills and Markets
B3) What's Science Got to Do With It? Thinking Outside the Lab
C3) The Digital Science Writer: Deciding on Laptops and Demystifying Multimedia
5 - 6 p.m.
* Happy Hour with "Irreproducible Results from The Journal"
7 p.m.
An Evening with Anna Deavere Smith
Sunday, Oct. 26
9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
New Horizons sessions
7 p.m.
Annual Awards Dinner at the Cabana Hotel
Monday, Oct. 27
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
New Horizons sessions
2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Tours of Stanford University laboratories and facilities
Tuesday, Oct. 28
9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
New Horizons sessions
Wednesday, Oct. 29
Optional Field Trips depart at 8:30 a.m.
Choose from a tour of the Santa Cruz Wineries, a visit to Monterey Bay's Hopkins Marine Station and Monterey Bay Aquarium, or NASA's Ames Research Facility
Please note: You will NOT be required to choose specific NASW sessions ahead of time.
For more information:
- Detailed program
- Registration
- Hotel information
- Travel information
- Costs, fellowships, volunteer opportunities
- Speaker bios and supporting materials
- ScienceWriters 2008 Home
- Coverage by Indiana University science writing students
- Reports and Twitter feed from conference sessions
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