Three rising science writers receive 2022 NASW Diversity Summer Fellowships
Funding from the National Association of Science Writers is providing promising trainees with supplemental stipends to pursue their journalism training.
Jun. 6, 2022
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2022 Idea Grants will nurture career transitions and regional networking
Two projects will receive NASW Idea Grants funding in 2022 to kickstart career development and networking programs serving science writers.
Meet the candidates for the 2022-2024 NASW board
Later this year, elections will be held to select our next volunteers for the NASW board of directors, serving the 2022-2024 term. Voting is open to all current NASW members with Professional membership.
May 18, 2022
NASW co-signs letter to the Pulitzer Prizes on newsroom diversity surveys
The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) is among the 170-plus organizations co-signing an open letter to The Pulitzer Prizes calling for the organization to mandate diversity survey participation as part of its awards qualification requirements beginning 2024.
May 16, 2022
NASW is growing
We’re excited to announce a brand new addition to NASW. Ben Young Landis has joined the organization as assistant executive director, a new role that will focus on communications, community building, and committee development in addition to supporting the executive director.
May 11, 2022
Communicating science: Researchers share their fears and tips
Nearly half of researchers responding to a recent survey said that politicization of science has made them lose interest in communicating with the media.
May 10, 2022
Disrupting iron-sulfur clusters could be key to fighting major diseases
One hurdle that continually faces modern society is the prevalence of stubborn diseases. Understanding and disrupting molecules called iron-sulfur clusters (FeS) could be a key to developing drugs against challenging bacterial and viral pathogens.
May 10, 2022
NASW Executive Director joins advisory council for Power Shift Project media workplace integrity initiative
Apr. 19, 2022
How anthropologists are identifying the ‘difficult dead’
From the search for the ‘Original 18’ of the Tulsa Race Massacre to the identification of Ugandans killed during a protracted civil war, scientists are piecing together the past by identifying remains using ethnographic and forensic data collection.
Mar. 29, 2022