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Desk Notes
News from the National Association of Science Writers
March 20, 2019 – Vol. 1, No. 3

Travel fellows report back

What does it mean to be an NASW Undergraduate Travel Fellow to AAAS? We caught up with Betsy Ladyzhets, a senior at Barnard College, to find out. Her story on how human communities shape biodiversity, as well as coverage by the other fellows, is featured on our website.

READ THEIR WORK

Worried about clickbait science?

How about handling retractions? Or wrapping your head around study design? These and other topics will be explored at Amplify the Signal, a professional development workshop supported by an NASW Peggy Girshman Idea Grant. The workshop is set for May 14-15 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

CHECK OUT THE PROGRAM

Apply for a #scicomm diversity fellowship

Students and early-career professionals from underrepresented groups who intend to complete summer internships are invited to apply for NASW’s Diversity Fellowship by March 29. Up to three talented applicants will receive $5,000 and a one-year complimentary membership to NASW.

APPLY BY MARCH 29

Rocket science at WCSJ?

This year’s World Conference of Science Journalists will be July 1-5 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The organizers promise Fourth of July fireworks if 200 NASW members attend. Register by March 31 for the early bird rate.

RESERVE YOUR SPOT

Meet a new member

Ashley Hamer, managing editor at Curiosity and a new addition to the NASW community, shares #WhySciWri in this short Q&A.

MEET ASHLEY

Benefit alert!

NASW members can receive 25 percent off an annual JSTOR JPASS. Included is access to around 2,000 journals and 120 PDF downloads per year.

SEE MORE PERKS

New to #scicomm? This article on SciDev.Net takes a look at what it takes to become a star science journalist.

“Conducting Interviews That Matter” with 1A host Joshua Johnson is a free one-hour Poynter webinar on April 25.

Advance Copy

NASW authors detail their journey to publishing a book in "Advance Copy," a column by NASW book editor Lynne Lamberg.

READ THE LATEST

SciCommSouth

Science communicators from Texas and the surrounding states are invited to the second annual SciCommSouth conference on April 6 in Austin.

LEARN MORE

A series on the Gulf Stream wins Knight Science Journalism’s inaugural Victor K. McElheny Award for local and regional science journalism.

Columbia Journalism Review delves into what to look for before writing a story about an academic study.

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Desk Notes Newsletter, March 20, 2019