NASW Annual Member Meeting
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
This year's annual NASW membership meeting will be held virtually on Nov. 9, 2022. Open to all current NASW members.
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Past events
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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.
ScienceWriters2022 in Memphis
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 to Tuesday, October 25, 2022
For our 2022 annual meeting, we are excited to offer attendees the best of each medium, in-person or virtual. Join us for ScienceWriters2022 online and onsite Oct. 12-25 in collaboration with our local host, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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NASW Special Meeting
Thursday, September 15, 2022
All NASW members are invited to a Special Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 2 PM ET on Zoom. This virtual gathering will be a chance for everyone to meet our board candidates and toast our retiring board members — as well as an opportunity for networking and catching up with one another.
The virtual meeting will be held on Zoom and will begin with a welcome and presentations from candidates. After the presentations, attendees will be able to move among breakout rooms, choosing specific candidates to chat with, or joining rooms devoted to general groups or special topics.
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Source Diversity Tracking: A workshop
Monday, May 9, 2022
As science writers, we’re often pressed for time. So we reach out to the sources who seem to be easiest to find. But when we exclude the voices of people who are underrepresented in science, we overlook important viewpoints that make our stories richer, more complex, and ultimately more accurate. In this two-part workshop, we’ll address why source diversity matters, what metrics to track, how to capture the data, who should capture the data, and how tracking can be used to improve our work.
Finding and working with agents … or not
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Most books in today’s publishing markets are sold by literary agents. Yet, finding one to represent a first-time author can be difficult, stressful and disheartening. In this panel, several NASW authors will talk about how they found their agents (or not), and how they got their books out into the world.
Book Publishing in the Pandemic
Monday, December 13, 2021
In this informal conversation, several authors whose books came out in the past year share their experiences with book marketing in the time of pandemic.
Special Freelancer Coffee Chat: Professional Liability Insurance
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Join us for an informal chat with a representative from Dinghy insurance about professional liability insurance. Come with questions! Dinghy has partnered with the Freelancers Union and is trying to fill a niche for freelancers/creatives who need or want some coverage but want the cost to be reasonable.
Pandemic Recovery: Creativity, Mental Health and Resilience
Saturday, November 13, 2021
NASW members are invited to apply for a spot in the Peggy Girshman Idea Grant-funded workshop "Pandemic Recovery: Creativity, Mental Health and Resilience."
ScienceWriters2021
Monday, September 27, 2021 to Friday, October 8, 2021
Given the continuing risks and uncertainties posed by the coronavirus pandemic, ScienceWriters2021 (#SciWri21) will be held as a virtual-only event. The decision was reached in coordination with our hosting partners at the University of Colorado Boulder and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.