Each year NASW offers a number of travel grants to help colleagues in need attend our ScienceWriters conference and other professional development opportunities. This year we are supporting needs for both virtual and in-person attendees.
NASW is collaborating with the National Press Club Journalism Institute on a special webinar examining bias and representation in data.
We invite members to review and comment on recommendations from the Membership Committee and board to update the membership structure outlined in our bylaws. The goal of these recommendations is to provide for a more inclusive professional community and reflect changes in the field. The final recommendations will be put forward for a vote of the membership later this fall.
Three projects aiming to empower science writers and communicators to more effectively reach diverse audiences and to express and manage pandemic-related mental health issues have been selected by NASW’s Grants Committee to receive Peggy Girshman Idea Grants. The $15,000 awarded in the latest funding round adds to more than half a million dollars granted since the program’s inception in 2010.
Congratulations to Delger Erdenesanaa, Alex Ip, and Claudia López Lloreda, who are recipients of this year’s Diversity Summer Fellowships.
We’re excited to announce a new, member-organized space for scicomm professionals to talk openly about personal + professional challenges. Career health and mental health are often discussed separately, but they flourish together. The #SciWriThrive network aims to bring together science writers to thrive off our collective support.
The NASW Information Access Committee seeks members' input on the current state of openness and access in the federal government.
We are pleased to announce that ScienceWriters2021 will be held as a hybrid event, with an in-person gathering in Boulder, Colorado, October 8-11.
Built by volunteers, and informed by commentary from more than 50 contributors, this resource aims to inform writers and editors about behaviors or practices that may raise COI concerns and to inform conversations between writers and editors about COI and how to address it in performance or contract negotiations.