Ply your drinking buddies with info distilled from Proof, Adam Rogers’ spirited report on the history and science of booze.
Four science journalists — Carl Zimmer, Robert Lee Hotz, Paula Apsell, and David Baron — spoke at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in the "Engaging with Journalists" session. A report by NASW member David Levine, co-chairman of Science Writers in New York. From the Spring 2014 ScienceWriters.
On June 14 and 15, members of the science writing community will convene at MIT for the Women in Science Writing: Solutions Summit, a continuation of The XX Question plenary session from the ScienceWriters2013 workshops, in Gainesville, Fla. From the Spring 2014 ScienceWriters.
Two conferences recently funded by NASW Idea Grants are open for registration. Read more for info on the Women in Science Solutions Summit 2014, June 13-15 in Cambridge, Mass., and the regional workshop Sharing Science: Writing and Communications Skills in the 21st Century, June 26-27 in Madison, Wisc.
Two NASW members have been selected for travel fellowships to attend the 64th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany this summer. Congratulations to Claudia Caruana and Elizabeth Landau and special thanks to the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings for funding these fellowships for the seventh year. Read more for details on the conference and fellows.
Double X Science LLC, a consortium of science writers spearheading the 'Women in Science Writing: Solutions Summit,’ which is sponsored by an NASW Idea Grant, has designed a survey to gain an understanding of the attitudes, experiences, and the role of gender for all science writers. Read more and consider participating in the survey by May 12.
Retiring Council for the Advancement of Science Writing Executive Director Ben Patrusky was honored during a surprise event during ScienceWriters2013. Patrusky was hailed during a celebration at the Harn Museum of Art, at the University of Florida, and presented with a citation that acknowledged his “decades of brilliant contributions to the council, to science writing, and to the public understanding of science and technology.”
In Scatter, Adapt and Remember, Annalee Newitz explores what humans would have to do to survive a mass extinction. Newitz’s book is a finalist in the science and technology category of this year's L.A. Times Book Award competition.
Recently, readers of the Science Writers' Handbook blog took a survey that asked science writers — both employed and freelance — about their work-life balance. Hannah Hoag reports on the results. From the Winter 2013-14 ScienceWriters.
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