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The membership meeting was convened on Oct. 15, 2011, in Flagstaff, Ariz. President Nancy Shute called the meeting to order at 8:10 a.m.
From autism to animal migration, pollution to animal testing, winners of this year's Science in Society Journalism Awards tackled sensitive and controversial topics with reporting and storytelling skill. Read on to learn more about the winning entries.
A party honoring the inventor of an amusement park ride germinated an application for an NASW Idea Grant to fund a day-long workshop of bioethics for science journalists. Joe Bonner discusses the planning process and logistics for the meeting, which took place in March in New York City. Attendees included reporters and editors, PIOs, students, and concerned physicians and scientists. From the Summer 2012 ScienceWriters.
Does aggressive science coverage help science? Or does it hinder science by providing ammunition to the science denial movement? Four prominent science journalists discussed that issue and others at April's NASW-sponsored "Science Writing in the Age of Denial" conference. The panel concluded that questions about the conflicts and context of science stories are where journalists can succeed in the new media environment. From the Summer 2012 ScienceWriters.
Registration for ScienceWriters2012 is open now at sciencewriters2012.org. An early-bird discount is available until September 14. Registration closes on October 10.
Curiosity's landing on Mars was perfection. Early photos, including the first Mars panorama. Chemistry and geology on Mars. Diabetes blogger sues the state. Which Paleo diet is right for H. sap? The Obesity Paradox: Why do fat diabetics live longer? Zoom through the 3-D universe and blow your mind.
The key to countering science denial through journalism is to tell a good story. That's the view of Sean Carroll, a University of Wisconsin-Madison geneticist and vice president for science education at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, who spoke at April's NASW-sponsored "Science Writing in the Age of Denial" conference. Carroll discussed narrative theory’s relationship to cognitive psychology. From the Summer 2012 ScienceWriters.
Prominent climate change denier Richard Muller now admits he was wrong (+video). Anthony Watts says global warming is due to lousy placement of weather stations. Several bloggers note that neither paper has been published. Curiosity to land on Mars, maybe. Goodbye Charlie. Jonah Lehrer moves on to fiction, and the psychologizing is piled higher and deeper.