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Desk Notes
News from the National Association of Science Writers
May 20, 2020 – Vol. 2, No. 5

Meet the NASW board candidates

Later this year, NASW members will vote on the 15 NASW board members, who will serve from October 2020 - October 2022. Meet the candidates, hear why they’re running, and learn more about the voting process.

MEET THE CANDIDATES

Share your news for the next ScienceWriters magazine. This can include awards, new jobs, career changes, and anything else fellow members would be interested in hearing about. Please include your name and email address as you’d like it printed. Send to Nikki Forrester at NForrester11@gmail.com.

#SciWriLive virtual Q&A today

Join Tinsley Davis, NASW executive director, and Jill Geisler, the Bill Plante Chair in Leadership and Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago, for a special #SciWriLive about how to best support your teams during the COVID-19 pandemic.

JOIN US AT 2PM ET

In light of COVID-19 disruptions to science writing internships, NASW's Education Committee has launched a Virtual Mentoring Program for Summer 2020. Thank you to our members who have signed up as one-on-one mentors for more than 100 students.

Join us for a virtual event

This spring, NASW is offering two kinds of virtual events for members. #SciWriLive Q&A events feature a panel of NASW member colleagues (or other special guests) for a moderated discussion around a theme. #SciWriCoffee sessions offer opportunities for informal networking or peer support.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

NASW has a new Standing Ethics Committee. Learn more about this committee and its role.

Meet a new member

Paul McDivitt, a communications specialist at the University of Minnesota and a new addition to the NASW community, shares #WhySciWri in this short Q&A.

MEET PAUL

Apply for the Clark/Payne Award

The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing recognizes outstanding science reporting and writing by young journalists through its Ev Clark/Seth Payne Award.

ENTER BY JUNE 30

Journalists know trauma, but COVID-19 might expose them to something new: anticipatory trauma, says this article in Poynter.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nieman Storyboard takes a look at where writers write when they can’t write where they like to write.

Advance Copy

In his new book, "2008-2018: A NewSpace Primer," David Bullock explores the commercial space industry. Read about how the book came to fruition in "Advance Copy," a column by NASW book editor Lynne Lamberg.

Entries open for Kavli Awards

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is accepting submissions for its 2020 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards.

APPLY BY AUGUST 1

Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute and NASW for this Zoom webinar on finding new tools to write in short bursts.

The 2020 EurekAlert PIO seminar "Preprints: New Questions, Pressures, and Opportunities for the PIO," is now available online for free.

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Desk Notes Newsletter, May 20, 2020