NASW awarded travel grants to 10 undergraduates interested in science writing to attend the AAAS meeting in Washington, D.C., Feb. 17-21. The fellows reported on some of the scientific sessions that they found most interesting and newsworthy.
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NASW already uses its funds to cover travel fellowships and career grants, and to underwrite a portion of the annual workshops to keep registration fees low. Now, we also are soliciting big ideas for the organization to develop new ways to serve science writers. Proposals due June 1.
NASW is in discussion with the Arab Science Journalists Association, our partners in sponsoring the World Conference of Science Journalists, and with the World Federation of Science Journalists. We are evaluating conference logistics, given the historic events in Egypt. We should have new information available on the conference by March 2 and will announce an updated call for Laura Van Dam travel fellowships at that time.
Reviews of seven new books have been posted in the ScienceWriters Bookstore, including a medical review of the House, M.D., television show and the story of an eagle who became an inspiration to Union soldiers in the Civil War. Use the search box on the Bookstore page to buy anything sold at Amazon.com. Your purchases earn a commission on each sale that helps fund NASW programs and services.
Congratulations to Mariette DiChristina, Cristine Russell, and Morris A. (Bud) Ward, three longtime members of NASW who have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and will be honored next month during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Read the AAAS press release here.
Ten travel fellowships of $2,500 apiece will be award by the National Association of Science Writers in memory of past President Laura Van Dam for the meeting of the World Conference of Science Journalists in Cairo, scheduled for June 27-29, 2011. Plus other recent ScienceWriters news.
It’s been a busy fall for NASW: the new website is live, we had over 600 of you attend an energetic ScienceWriters2010 in New Haven. Thank you to everyone who helped out with these projects, attended the meeting, and has volunteered their time. In this season of thanks, we are very grateful for our members.
President Nancy Shute called the meeting to order at 8:15 AM.
Saturday I attended a couple of workshops about "New Media" ("Experiments in new media: Beautiful failures and startling successes" before lunch and "Rebooting science journalism: Adapting to the new media landscape" afterwards.) Together they convinced me that neither revolution nor evolution are the right metaphors for the impact of digital media.