SciWriRoundtable: Covering Trans Health

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.

Transgender individuals have been targeted in recent years through a spate of state and federal laws, which has made covering issues affecting this vulnerable group a particular challenge as misinformation and partisan reporting have often taken the place of accurate and sensitive reporting. Join a panel of science journalists as they share tips from their experience with trans health issues on how to cut through the noise, find trusted sources and include crucial trans voices for balanced and inclusive reporting.

Science Writers Roundtable: Covering Trans Health
Presented by the NASW Board of Directors
Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Start time: 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific

Event registration link: https://sciencewriters-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r2l7ZK30Q5Oze47qeIghWA

Registration is free and open to all. NASW membership is not required.

An event recording will be made available to NASW members.

Moderator:
Shraddha Chakradhar (she/her)
Science
Shraddha Chakradhar is the deputy news editor for diversity at Science, shaping coverage of issues at the intersection of science and race, gender, and inequity and helping oversee Science’s Diverse Voices internship program. She has been an NASW board member since 2020. She served as its treasurer from 2022-2024 and is currently serving as the vice president and chair of the Programs Committee.

Invited speakers:
Tre'vell Anderson (they/them)
Trans Journalists Association
Tre'vell Anderson is co-executive director of the Trans Journalists Association. An award-winning journalist, noted podcast host, and authoress doing world-changing work around society and culture, they were named to Out magazine’s 2023 list of the 100 most impactful LGBTQ+ people and The Root’s 2020 list of the 100 most influential African Americans. In addition to leading their own social curation and media production house, Slayzhon, Tre’vell is also the authoress of “We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film” and co-authoress of the NAACP Image Award-winning “Historically Black Phrases: From ‘I Ain’t One Of Your Lil’ Friends’ to ‘Who All Gon’ Be There?’”

Tyler Santora (they/he)
Freelance
Tyler Santora is a freelance science journalist, editor, and fact-checker based in Colorado. They write about health and medicine, weird science, parenting, and the LGBTQ+ community, specializing in transgender health. They've written for publications such as Undark, Scientific American, Popular Science, Nature Medicine, Science, Business Insider, Medscape, WebMD, Psychology Today, Audubon Magazine, The Physiologist Magazine, Cancer Today, BreastCancer.org, Live Science, Parents, one5c, Levels, and more.

Evan Urquart (he/him)
Assigned Media
Evan Urquhart is a journalist whose work has focused on scientific and medical topics related to the transgender community since 2016. In 2022 he founded Assigned Media, a news site dedicated to providing responsible, factual coverage of transgender issues. He recently completed a fellowship with the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT, where his project was on gender-affirming care and the courts.

#SciWriRoundtable

Curated by the Board of the National Association of Science Writers, the Science Writers Roundtable series is the organization’s main virtual events series dissecting and responding to the evergreen and emerging forces that shape the business of science news. Each event is moderated by an NASW Board Member in conversation among colleagues with experience and expertise relevant to journalists, writers, PIOs, and other communicators. No matter your role and identity within the science writing enterprise, we hope you will take away invaluable insights and information from our #SciWriRoundtable to become a more prepared, better equipped professional, educator, trainee, leader, or ally.

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