About four and a half years ago I became a different kind of science writer. My beat went from writing about science to writing about other science writers. Monday through Friday I’m up before dawn, blogging by about 7 a.m., and at around noon I send off from my home in California a compilation of impressions of what I’ve found in breaking news and occasionally in feature writing.
Science writing news
A clueless Aeron Haworth takes on Ed Yong and the rest of the blogosphere. (Yong won.) A glimpse of the AAAS meeting. Watson, come here – and bring your medical information technology (but not your computer overlords) with you.
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.
Despite the fact that scientists are able to look inside the brain using a variety of live imaging techniques, their ability to visualize individual neurons in living animals is very limited. A new study lets us take a closer look at how our brains change over time in response to disease.
You have unlimited space to tell your scientific tale. How do you get readers to pay attention? Is the future of science writing timelines and explainers?
The Marketing & Publishing Resource — articles aimed at helping NASW member-authors benefit from the new era of e-books, social media, Web marketing, and self-publishing — has been updated with the latest information and links. Article summaries are visible here; viewing full articles requires a current NASW membership and web site password.
In Egypt, people are in danger but antiquities seem safe for now. Would Egyptian treasures in European and US museums be safe if repatriated? Did global warming and food prices trigger Egyptian protests — or was it mobile phones? Did global warming trigger the Big Snow — or was it microbes?
Music has an extraordinary power over our emotions. A new study explores why.
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