The new NASW market database is coming into the world without a name. We need your help to give it one! In China, where babies don't get names for a full month after they are born, the grandparents or a fortune teller name the baby at a special naming ceremony.
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The NASW Freelance Committee is proud to announce the launch of the NASW Rates-and-Terms Database. The database is for all NASW members (join here) who freelance or would like to. It allows NASW members to anonymously exchange information about the freelance science writing market.
The next time you curse the performance of your laptop, consider this 1979 ScienceWriters piece about the state-of-the-art in personal computing — a mere 28 years ago.
The NASW Education Committee put on two of its most important yearly projects at the AAAS meeting in San Francisco Feb. 16 to 18. The mentorship program and internship fair both enjoyed one of their most successful years ever.
Thanks to the AAAS Golden Fund, NASW was able to select 10 undergraduate recipients to receive a $1000 travel stipend to attend the AAAS meeting in Seattle. All the students had demonstrated a commitment to science writing through their studies or extracurricular activities.
There once was a man from Spokane Who knew that Spokane rhymes with man. The workshops are there, October this year, Your presence will make it just grand.
The 5th World Conference of Science Journalists is awarding up to ten travel scholarships to early to mid career US and Canadian science journalists on behalf of the Government of Victoria.
Tinsley Davis, who many of you know as our superb workshop organizer, has joined the staff of NASW in the new position of associate executive director. This a major step for NASW in our effort to properly manage the complicated day-to-day operations of our increasingly professional and active organization.
In March 2006, the California Academy of Sciences closed its venerable natural history magazine, California Wild. The magazine was just six months shy of its 60th birthday.