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Join us online for more ScienceWriters2026
Wait, there's more! Following the in-person events in Corvallis, ScienceWriters2026 will re-convene online for additional sessions tailored specifically for a virtual audience.
Oct. 14, 2026
Freelancer Meetup: Networking Social
The NASW Freelance Committee virtual meetup on October 1 will be a networking social with small-group discussions in breakout rooms, sharing learnings from the ScienceWriters2026 in-person events.
Oct. 1, 2026
Smell your way to better cognitive capacity
Emerging research suggests sense of smell is linked to healthy cognition
Joanne Kenen (NASW Member), Lymari Morales, and Joshua M. Sharfstein—Information Sick: How Journalism's Decline and Misinformation's Rise Are Harming Our Health―and What We Can Do About It
When newspapers scale back, health reporters’ jobs often are the 1st to go. “Slime fills the void,” Joanne Kenen and her co-authors assert in Information Sick: How Journalism's Decline and Misinformation's Rise Are Harming Our Health―and What We Can Do About It. A hopeful note: Philanthropies and nonprofits are fostering a variety of strategies to provide reliable health info to the public.