Pitching is critical to a successful freelance business, but it can also be the first step to growing a broader network in the science journalism community. Nature Careers editor Kendall Powell will join freelance science journalist Virginia Gewin for a chat about pitching stories—and how to use pitches to build a fruitful journalist-editor relationship.
All interested professionals and students are invited to register for the upcoming, free #SciWriRoundtable webinar “Covering Trans Health” scheduled for Tuesday, June 17, at 1 p.m. Eastern.
All interested professionals and students are invited to register for the upcoming, free #SciWriRoundtable webinar “Breaking News in Turbulent Times” scheduled for Thursday, June 5, at 1 p.m. Eastern.
Kickoff session for students and mentors in the 2025 David Perlman Virtual Mentoring Program. Includes a special presentation by invited speaker Betsy Ladyzets.
In response to the many mental health and career challenges that science communicators are currently facing, NASW is hosting a series of unstructured, very informal socials where you can share in a safe space. Drop in and visit for as long as you can, when you can during the hour. All NASW members are invited. These socials will not be recorded.
NASW members are invited to register for the upcoming, free #SciWriRoundtable webinar “Reporting in challenging free speech environments” scheduled for Thursday, May 8, at 11 a.m. Eastern.
As much as we've enjoyed and learned from the array of fascinating NASW SciWriBizChat and SciWriSkillsChat speakers this year, our greatest source of knowledge and connections is often each other. So, the NASW Freelance Committee virtual meetup on May 1 will be an open networking social with small group breakouts.
Join the NASW Institutional Communicators Committee (formerly PIO Committee) at noon Eastern on April 17 to hear from Kenna Hughes-Castleberry (University of Colorado Boulder), who will share her expertise on media training for scientists.
This NASW Freelance Committee virtual meetup will be a business chat on business structures. To speak on the topic, volunteer event hosts Jennifer Huber and Ellen Kuwana have invited Wudan Yan, who founded The Writers’ Co-op, a business podcast and learning academy for freelance creatives.
