We are pleased to announce the recipients of NASW's first Career Development Grants, developed to support education, training or other activities that help established science writers continue or advance their careers in today's rapidly changing media environment. The grant offers reimbursement of up to $2,500 for proposed activities. Fifty-one applicants submitted requests totaling over $84,000.
Miscellaneous
Congratulations to Richard Robinson, this year's winner of the Diane McGurgan Service Award. Richard, currently chair of NASW's actively engaged freelance committee, embodies the enthusiasm and spirit of the McGurgan Award. A member since 1996, Richard has contributed steadfastly to the listservs, shepherded the development of the Words' Worth compensation database, and has lobbied tirelessly on behalf of his fellow freelancers.
We are pleased to announce the four NASW members selected to receive travel funding from the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. Recipients will attend the 58th Meeting of Nobel Laureates June 29-July 4 in Germany. Together the recipients represent a range of backgrounds, media, and publications. Congratulations to Vicki Brower, Freelance Science Writer; Chelsea Martinez, Freelance Science Writer and Graduate Student; Michael Moyer, Articles Editor, Popular Science magazine; Christina Reed, Freelance Science Writer; and thank you to all who applied for this opportunity. We were pleased to receive so many excellent applications.
EurekAlert!, the global science news service operated by AAAS, in cooperation with the National Association of Science Writers in the United States and the Arab Science Journalists Association, is happy to announce the recipients of the 2008 AAAS Fellowships for Reporters in Developing Regions, sponsored by Elsevier.
The winners of the 2007 Science-in-Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers are: Nicholas Wade for his book Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors (Penguin), Kenneth Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling for their Los Angeles Times series "Altered Oceans," and David Sington for his documentary Dimming the Sun, which appeared on PBS's NOVA television series.
We are pleased to announce that the last phase of the NASW web site redesign is complete. This phase moved our member database to a new computer system and revamped the behind-the-scenes software that allows members to log in to the NASW member web pages. Read on for details about the site's new features.
If you've made it this far, you must have already received your new NASW web site password and used it with success. The new passwords are part of a complete overhaul of our membership database and web site authentication system.
We have three types of fellowships available for travel to this year's combined meeting in Spokane, Washington. Assistance is available for students, freelancers, and a subset of staff journalists.
NASW is now implementing the final phase of its web site redesign and revamping several features of its members web site.
During this transition, you will be unable to register for a new web site user name and password, change your password, or create/change your NASW.org email alias. Other functions, including personal web pages and listserv subscriptions, should not be affected, and you will continue to have access to the member web site using your current user name and password. Lost passwords cannot be recovered or reset until the transition is complete.
Our current schedule calls for this transition to be completed in early July. In the meantime, please direct any questions to NASW cybrarian Russell Clemings.
The Freelance Committee is pleased to announce that Words' Worth is the winner of the contest to name the new NASW Markets Database.