“How do you report on [diseases] where a lot of the tools that are often available to us as science writers, like the published scientific literature, are just not there?” asked Ed Yong, a science journalist for The Atlantic. Yong posed the question at the start of the ScienceWriters2020 session "Covering Emerging, Controversial, and Contested Disease."
Nov. 10, 2020
Wherever you are in your science journalism career, fellowships and grants can give you the resources to pursue a passion project. But what does it take to get them? A session at ScienceWriters2020 gathered journalists and fellowship coordinators to answer commonly asked questions about grants and fellowships.
Nov. 10, 2020
With racial injustices in the United States as a backdrop, the opening plenary at the ScienceWriters2020 conference challenged science communicators to confront the lack of diversity in our field.
Nov. 9, 2020
On October 22, the National Association of Science Writers held the virtual discussion Taking Care of Yourself: Mental Health and Science Journalism as a part of the ScienceWriters2020 conference.
Nov. 6, 2020
Institutions who pour resources into conducting research and chasing new discoveries also have another important responsibility to consider – sharing their findings with the world.
Nov. 6, 2020
Navigating expert knowledge while encouraging conversational style takes practice. In the ScienceWriters2020 session “The Art of the Interview,” panelists offered tips for crafting questions and tackling difficult topics.
Nov. 5, 2020
Congratulations to Chandra Bozelko, Ambika Chawla, Jesse Kathan, Ciara Reyes-Ton, and reporting duo Elora Apantaku and Charmaine Runes, on being selected as recipients of NASW’s new Diversity Reporting Grants.
Oct. 20, 2020
In today’s cluttered, digital-first media environment, the pressure to break news fast leaves little time for many reporters to do deep dives and big picture stories on the COVID-19 pandemic. Three science writers with very different approaches to grappling with this issue shared insights into their reporting tactics in an October 7 webinar organized by NASW Program Committee volunteers Jill Adams, Eli Kintisch, Cassandra Willyard, and Siri Carpenter.
Oct. 12, 2020
