News

  • May 19 2009

    New NASW Update posted in member area

    News about the ScienceWriters2009 meeting, a vote on amending the NASW Constitution, recipients of travel fellowships, and more in the new NASW Update (members login required).

  • Feb 9 2009

    A fond farewell

    As had been announced, Diane McGurgan leaves NASW in June, after 30 years of dedicated service. At a luncheon at the ScienceWriters 2008 meeting, a couple hundred attendees gathered to honor her. The sunny patio of the Crowne Plaza hotel, in Palo Alto, was filled with longtime friends and new members, alike in their appreciation of Diane's monumental contributions to our organization. Inside the hotel, friends viewed a slideshow and wrote fond wishes in an overflowing scrapbook.

  • Jan 23 2009

    Don't get stuck with a late fee: Renew by Jan. 31

    NASW dues for 2009 must be paid or postmarked by Jan. 31, 2009, to avoid a $20 late fee. To renew, log into the NASW members web page and select "Renew membership." You can pay by credit card or print a form to mail with a check. Can't remember if you've paid? The "Renew membership" link will tell you. If you don't have a username and password, or have forgotten them, you can get them here. But don't wait until the last minute — it can take up to a full day to process your request. Thank you for renewing.

  • Oct 20 2008

    NASW polls are open

    It's election time for science writers, too. The polls are open for the 2008 NASW officer and board elections. To increase member participation and save paper, ballots are all online this year. Look for your email invitation and unique voting URL in your inbox and cast your vote by Monday, December 1. Read candidate bios here.

  • Sep 16 2008

    Editor named for freelancing web pages

    We are pleased to welcome Cathy Dold on board as the new editor of the NASW freelance pages. Cathy is a freelance writer and editor from Boulder. Over the coming months, she will be revamping and refreshing our freelance-related content to make your freelance business more efficient, profitable, and enjoyable. Welcome, Cathy!

  • Apr 29 2008

    Time to update your directory listing

    We've received a lot of returned mail lately, and it's once again roster printing season, so it's time to double check and enter updates of your info in NASW's online database.

  • Jan 9 2008

    Dues and surveys are due soon

    The deadline for receipt of dues and the Authors Coalition survey is January 31. If you need your new membership card in a hurry (say, for a certain meeting in mid-February), please keep in mind that renewals can take up to 3 weeks to process, so pay early. Incomplete renewals are processed last. So, don't forget to include your payment (it happens!), and remember to send in the form even if you paid via PayPal.

  • 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.

  • Oct 26 2007
    Jerry E. Bishop (photo by Lynne Friedmann)

    In memoriam: Jerry E. Bishop

    Jerry E. Bishop, 76, former deputy news editor for science, technology, and medicine for the Wall Street Journal, died October 26, after a long fight against lung cancer. He was a NASW member for 45 years, a former editor of ScienceWriters, and past president of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.

  • Jun 3 2007

    In Memoriam: Earl Ubell, former NASW president

    Earl Ubell, 80, a pioneer among science and health writers in America and a former president of NASW, has died. Prominent in the emerging scientific writing community in the 1950s and early 1960s, Mr. Ubell help lay the foundations of our craft during a long, distinguished career at The New York Herald Tribune, CBS and NBC News. Among his many honors, he received the Lasker Medical Journalism Award, the AAAS science wriitng award and several Emmies. He was president of the National Association of Science Writers in 1960 and 1961. For a rare glimpse of how Earl Ubell reported on complex technical topics in 1950 at the dawn of the television era, follow this link to the video vaults of WGBH. A memorial service will be held in New York on Friday, July 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the CUNY School of Journalism, 230 W. 41 St., 3rd floor.