Events

  • Apr 4 2008

    Nobel Laureate Meeting travel funding available

    The Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings invites NASW members to apply for travel funding to attend the 58th Meeting of Nobel Laureates scheduled for June 29-July 4, 2008 in Lindau, Germany. These meetings bring together Nobel Laureate scientists with hundreds of young researchers, and NASW members are invited to join in the conversations.

  • Mar 3 2008

    Record numbers served by NASW volunteers

    The NASW Internship Fair and Mentoring Program both took place at the recent AAAS meeting in Boston, and provided student members and members new to the science writing business with excellent opportunities to find internships and navigate the shoals of the craft.

  • Feb 11 2008

    Workshop and field trip ideas due March 5

    The organizers of the ScienceWriters 2008 meeting, scheduled for October 24-28 in Palo Alto, are looking for your creative workshop and field trip ideas. Getting involved is an easy and rewarding experience and ensures that the meeting covers topics or visits surrounding areas that you want to explore. See full instructions on the next annual meeting page, but hurry: Proposals are due March 5!

  • Jan 14 2008

    Volunteers wanted

    NASW is looking for volunteers to help steer the direction of our annual meeting, scheduled to begin October 24 in Palo Alto, California. Each year the quality of the annual meeting is determined by the efforts of enthusiastic NASW members. Whether you've been to 10 meetings or none, you have a perspective that we want! You can get involved by volunteering to be part of the annual meeting committee or by submitting a session proposal. Deadline for committee interest is Friday, Feb. 15. Deadline for proposal submission is Wednesday, March 5. Learn more about each option.

  • 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.

  • Oct 20 2007

    NASW Science in Society meeting

    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.

  • Jul 20 2007

    Dispatches from the Southern Hemisphere

    Maybe it's just the magic of Oz, a land where the laid-back effervescence of the natives is contagious and a new multiculturalism has pasta topping pasties and tall-blacks almost beating out beer. No matter the reason — or what was brewed with the coffee — the result was the Fifth World Conference of Science Journalists held in Melbourne, Australia, April 16-20.

  • Mar 4 2007

    What rhymes with Spokane?

    There once was a man from Spokane Who knew that Spokane rhymes with man. The workshops are there, October this year, Your presence will make it just grand.

  • Jan 16 2007

    Workshop proposals due Friday, March 9

    We want to put your ideas to work for our October 2007 meeting in Spokane, Washington. It's easy to get involved. Read on for more.

  • Jan 7 2007

    Call for Mentors at the AAAS meeting

    The NASW Education Committee is again sponsoring the annual "Mentoring at AAAS" program in February in San Francisco, and we need volunteers to act as the mentors. Details.