NASW Virtual Internship Fair 2024
The NASW Education Committee presents this year's Virtual Internship Fair ahead of the 2024 AAAS Annual Meeting.
Minutes of the 2023 annual NASW Membership Meeting, recorded by NASW secretary Jyoti Madhusoodanan.
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NASW Student Programming at the 2024 AAAS Annual Meeting
The NASW Education Committee presents this year's student mentoring programming coinciding with the 2024 AAAS Annual Meeting.
Virtual Business Chat: Science Writer-Editor Collaborations
This latest NASW Virtual Business Chat is brought to you by the NASW Freelance Committee.
Christopher Reddy—Science Communication in a Crisis: An Insider’s Guide
Science is like a jigsaw puzzle, environmental chemist Christopher Reddy asserts. In talking with the media and public in times of crisis, scientists may focus on small pieces while audiences seek a big picture, often while events still are evolving. In Science Communication in a Crisis: An Insider’s Guide, Reddy offers lessons derived from how he and other scientists conveyed info on eco-crises.
Submit by February 1: Entries open for NASW journalism awards and institutional writing awards
The National Association of Science Writers and its Awards Committee once again welcome entries for its Science in Society (SIS) Journalism Awards and its Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards (EIWA).
Ann B. Parson—The Birds of Dog: An Historical Novel Based on Mostly True Events
Ann Parson drew on news reports and other records to illuminate the awakening of the sciences in this country in the 1800s. In The Birds of Dog: An Historical Novel Based on Mostly True Events, she highlights growing efforts to protect birds and other wildlife from hunters’ “kill-and-collect” methods, explorers’ travels, and the repercussions of inventions such as photography and the telegraph.
At science writers national conference, a call to action for media covering Long COVID
SciWri23 travel grantee Alla Katsnelson reports on the "Long COVID – What’s the Story Going Forward?” Science + Science Writing session in Anschutz convened by CASW.
Maggie Jackson—Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure
Every writer facing a blank screen struggles with uncertainty. Embrace it, Maggie Jackson suggests in Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure. Our uncertainty, she maintains, “equips us to envision the unimaginable, adjust to the unexpected, and value a question as deeply as an answer.” Jackson explores uncertainty in diverse realms: basic science, medicine, politics, space, AI, & more.