National Association of Science Writers
Sixth Annual Professional Workshops
14-15 February 2001
Berkeley, Calif.

NASW 2001 Workshops
Berkeley, Calif.

Important deadlines:

  • Nov. 15 - Early registration deadline
  • Nov. 15 - Berkeley preferred housing deadline
  • Jan. 7 - Late registration deadline (add $20 late registration fee)

Registration forms have been mailed to NASW members. To receive a registration form, send your request with your snail mail address to Diane McGurgan, diane@nasw.org.

For the first time, you may pay online, but you still must send in the registration form by mail.

Schedule at a Glance

Wednesday, Feb.14
Clark Kerr Campus,University of California, Berkeley

(Click here for detailed wednesday schedule)

  • 8 am
    Continental Breakfast
  • 9-11:45 am
    Small is Beautiful: Nanotechnology
  • Noon-1 pm Lunch
  • 1:15-5:30 pm
    2001: A Genomics Odyssey
  • 5:45-7 pm
    Wine reception

    • Thursday, Feb. 15
    Clark Kerr Campus,University of California, Berkeley

    (Click here for detailed thursday schedule)

  • 8:15-8:45 am
    Continental Breakfast
  • 8:45-10:45 am
    NASW Plenary
    Science Dot Com(munication): Ethics and Enterprise for Converging Media
  • 11 am-Noon
    Session A:     Writing Biography
    Session B: The Incredible Vanishing Science Writer: How Corporate Management is Changing Science News
    Session C: Meet the Editors Again
    Session D: Giving Science the Business
  • Noon-1 pm
    Network Lunch
  • 1:15-4:30 pm
    Tour of Lawrence Berkeley Lab
  • 1:15-2:45 pm
    Session A:     Art and Craft of Science Writing, Part I Making the Transition to Literary Narrative
    Session B: Meet the Editors Chat Session
    Session C: Freedom of Information Act: Use it (better) or lose it
  • 3:00-4:30 pm
    Session A:     Art and Craft of Science Writing, Part II
    * Panel 1: Savvy Interviewing: Talking with People for Publication or Broadcast
    * Panel 2: Humor in Science Writing
    Session B: From Fuzzy Notion to Bestseller-How to Mint a Good Book
    Session C: Maximizing News Release Effectiveness
  • 4:30-5:30 pm
    Muse Reception


    • Friday, Feb. 16
    AAAS Whitaker Reception
    Museum of Modern Art
    151 Third Street
    San Francisco

    8-9 am
    Saturday, Feb. 17
    NASW Mentoring Orientation
    Mendocino II Hotel Nikko
    For more information, email mentor@nasw.org

    2-3 pm
    Saturday, Feb. 17
    NASW Education Committee
    Mendocino II Hotel Nikko
    For more information, email whitlock@ohio.edu or Dichristin@aol.com

    4 pm
    Saturday, Feb. 17
    NASW Business Meeting
    Details TBA.

    7 pm
    Saturday, Feb. 17
    NASW Science-in-Society Awards and Lavish Reception
    Exploratorium
    3601 Lyon Street
    San Francisco
    Reception attendees will be bussed from the AAAS Headquarters hotel. (Note: Register separately for this event-information will be included with your dues bill from NASW in early December.)

    9 am-5 pm
    Sunday, Feb. 18
    NASW Internship Fair
    Mendocino II Hotel Nikko
    Schedule and more information, email whitlock@ohio.edu or Dichristin@aol.com

    5-7 pm
    Sunday, Feb. 18
    Reception hosted by MIT's Knight Science Journalism Fellowship and MBL's Science Writing Fellowship Program, Woods Hole.
    Nikko Hotel's Golden Gate Room, 25th floor
    For prospective and former Knight and MBL fellows.

    7 pm
    Sunday, Feb. 18
    The Northern California Science Writers Association Party
    Ruby Skye
    420 Mason Street
    San Francisco
    A grand old theater that's been converted into a swank nightclub. NCSWA party planners are renting the club for a night of food, music, dancing, and fun. Ruby Skye has seen the launch of countless dot-coms, and is conveniently located about a block from the AAAS meeting hotel. Come, see old friends, meet new ones, enjoy yourself, and forget about deadlines for one night.

    Updated 13 February 2001
    Comments, questions about the workshop Web pages? Contact Carol Cruzan Morton, ccmorton@nasw.org.