Are we ready for the next big solar weather event?
Imagine a colossal blob of plasma spit out by the sun, racing toward the Earth, poised to impact our planet in just three days. These blobs of plasma are known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs.
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Coverage begins in 2006 for the ScienceWriters meeting and 2009 for the AAAS meeting. To see programs for past ScienceWriters meetings, go to the ScienceWriters meeting site.
Scientists hope Parker Solar Probe will help protect Earth from geomagnetic storms
Geomagnetic storms that disrupt the Earth’s magnetic field can seriously disrupt infrastructures like electricity grids and telecommunications. That’s something the Parker Solar Probe, launched toward the sun in August 2018, hopes to mitigate by sending back data enabling scientists to better predict the occurrence of geomagnetic storms.
In backyards and schools across the country, more and more Americans are joining scientists in a cosmic endeavor: to track the impacts of distant activities at the sun’s surface that can have serious consequences on Earth.
Virtual NASW Internship Fair and Meet & Greet at AAAS 2022
NASW student members looking for great internships or one-on-one conversation with editors or news and science organizations looking for top interns or the chance to meet up-and-coming science journalists should plan to attend the 2022 Virtual NASW Internship Fair and Editor Meet & Greet.
Virtual NASW student programs during AAAS 2022 annual meeting
The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) is sponsoring virtual student programming to coincide with the virtual AAAS 2022 annual meeting.
Making the Invisible Visible: Challenges to explaining deep tech
As one of the final sessions of ScienceWriters2021 (#SciWri21), the "Making the Invisible Visible: Challenges to explaining deep tech" session addressed how journalists and science writers can explain “invisible” science findings.
Probing patient stories–and unsettled science–without breaking trust
In the #SciWri21 session “Probing patient stories–and unsettled science–without breaking trust,” three journalists weighed in on how they approach the ambiguity of lived patient experiences, their relationships with sources, and the delicate process of stitching these elements together in a story.
Science journalism meets social justice: Reporting in a time of racial reckoning
Linda Villarosa's Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times Magazine article was the highlight of the ScienceWriters2021 session "Science Journalism Meets Social Justice."
The changing landscape of science filmmaking
In the ScienceWriters2021 session “Innovative Uses of Film in Science Communication” panelists discussed how they navigate the rapidly changing landscape of science filmmaking.