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Desk Notes
News from the National Association of Science Writers
July 17, 2019 – Vol. 1, No. 7

ScienceWriters2019 program is live

The preliminary program for the ScienceWriters2019 meeting in October in State College, Pa., is online. Registration opens in August.

SEE WHAT’S IN STORE

We've got several types of travel fellowships to get you to ScienceWriters2019. Learn more and apply.

Catch the highlights from #WCSJ2019

The 11th World Conference of Science Journalists in Lausanne, Switzerland, brought together more than 1,000 science communicators from 83 countries. Travel fellows supported by Perlman Fellowships and the Laura Van Dam Fellowship share tips about what they learned at the conference.

Have a dispute with a publisher or client?

Through our recent partnership with the National Writers Union, NASW members can access NWU’s team of skilled grievance negotiators. Freelancer Alla Katsnelson discusses how NWU helped after Nautilus failed to pay for work completed in 2017.

READ ALLA’S EXPERIENCE

Supported by a Peggy Girshman Idea Grant, LegalEye will offer automated search services to help journalists find new lawsuits relevant to their investigative beats. Creator Charles Seife is looking for a small number of science writers for beta tests. Email Charles to find out more.

Sandeep Ravindran to serve as secretary

Sandeep Ravindran, elected as a board member-at-large in 2018, fills the role of NASW secretary through October 2020 following the resignation of Nsikan Akpan in May.

GET TO KNOW SANDEEP

Meet new member Seth Wiley

Seth Wiley, a graduate student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a new addition to the NASW community, shares #WhySciWri in this short Q&A.

MEET SETH

What are the pros of asking for feedback from editors? Find out why and how to ask in this article from The Open Notebook.

For news outlets to successfully innovate, interdisciplinary teams are essential. NiemanLab explores how to make them work.

#SciComm group for Appalachian region

Science communicators in the Appalachian region can find support, camaraderie, and networking opportunities in the new AppSciComm regional group. Welcome!

GET INVOLVED

Investigative reporting tips

Liza Gross, author of the Idea Grant-funded "The Science Writers’ Investigative Reporting Handbook," shared investigative tools for science journalists at #WCSJ2019.

GET LIZA'S TIP SHEET

"Stranger Things" nails the ’80s—except for female journalists and small towns, says Poynter.

Your SciComm efforts can get a boost when resources go multilingual, as shown in this PLOS SciComm blog post.

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Desk Notes Newsletter, July 17, 2019