NASW President Robert Lee Hotz provides a members-only update on recent NASW activities.
News
Election results are in for the National Association of Science Writers executive board. The new officers and board members at large will serve from January 2007 through the end of December 2009.
The National Association of Science Writers invites all interested members to apply for a Laura Van Dam Travel Fellowship to this spring's meeting of the World Federation of Science Journalists in Melbourne, Australia.
NASW members can read the statements of candidates running for office or a seat on the board of directors of the National Association of Science Writers.
The officers of NASW gathered last week in New York to discuss continuity matters. It was the second time this two-year term we met to decide how to get along without one of our elected officers.
With great sorrow, NASW announces the death of its president, Laura van Dam, on April 24, after a long and courageous battle with central nervous system lymphoma.
Members who wish to may share their thoughts and experiences about Laura on a special memorial page in the member area (NASW username and password required).
Starting Jan. 1, 2006, advertisements on NASW's online jobs service, NASW-jobs, are $100 for full-time and part-time permanent positions, or contract jobs of more than six months' duration. Ads for freelance assignments remain free.
The NASW Board has voted to establish a freestanding Grievance Committee to represent the interest of NASW members who feel they have been subjected to objectionable behavior on the part of publishers, contractors, government agencies, or any other entities that employ the services of science writers.
The NASW Board has voted to establish a freestanding Grievance Committee to represent the interest of NASW members who feel they have been subjected to objectionable behavior on the part of publishers, contractors, government agencies, or any other entities that employ the services of science writers.