Addressing early life adversity as an answer to mental illness
By addressing and avoiding childhood distress, mental illness rates could be decreased, experts say.
Past event coverage
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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.
Meet the 2019 NASW Undergraduate Travel Fellows to AAAS
Ten students from across the U.S. and Canada won NASW Undergraduate Travel Fellowships to attend the 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting.
Penguins from space and other editing hazards
The work of an editor can be terrifying sometimes, so it's not a surprise that a lot of writers hesitate to make the leap into it.
Freelancers got some great news at #SciWri18. Starting early next year, NASW members can join the National Writers Union for just $150 a year, Kendall Powell announced at the "How to get paid" panel in Washington, D.C.
Engaging the changing faces and voices of mass media
It is time for journalists and writers to accept Latinx audiences as part of the U.S. mainstream, as corporate America has done.
Diving into the gloom without losing the light
Writing about the world's most critical and looming problems — like climate change, war, the specter of disease, and biodiversity collapse — can be a prickly, foreboding undertaking, but it's something that science writers increasingly must tackle.
Pitch Slam
Pitching a story to an editor is one of the most daunting tasks a journalist has to carry out. At the Pitch Slam session for ScienceWriters 2018, the anxiety was almost palpable
When you're in front of a live audience, there's no editing out less-than-engaging interactions.
The future is now: How science communicators can adapt to preprints
Rather than rehashing the debate of whether preprints could be used for news stories, the session's panelists described best approaches for reporters, editors, and PIOs to work with preprints.