Virtual Business Chat: How To Break Into Editing

Virtual Business Chat: How to Break into Editing
Presented by the NASW Editors Committee

Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024
Start Time: 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT
Event Access Link: https://www.nasw.org/virtual-events-auditorium (member login required)
Event Recording: https://www.nasw.org/events/nasw-science-writers-virtual-events-video-recording-archive-2024-members-only (member login required)

The currently being formed NASW Editors Committee will host its first event this September. For any NASW members interested in pivoting to editing gigs and careers, come by for this virtual panel. Then reach out to organizers Katie Burke and Jane Marie Andrew at editing@nasw.org if you have the time and energy to help establish this new committee.

Traditional science writing career pathways have been disrupted by a changing media ecosystem. If you’re feeling lost when it comes to transitioning to editing or finding freelance editing gigs on the ‘hidden job market’ or just want a leg up as an aspiring editor, then please join us for an NASW Virtual Business Chat on “How To Break Into Editing”. Our three panelists will share their own editing career journeys and then answer your burning questions.

Invited Speakers:

• Ashley Yeager is an associate news editor at Science News and author of Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter and Beyond, on the life of astronomer Vera Rubin. Yeager is also a former co-chair of the NASW Education Committee.
• Betsy Mason is a freelance science journalist and editor who previously worked as science editor for WIRED magazine's website and as science and national laboratories reporter for the Contra Costa Times. Mason is a current co-chair of the NASW Journalism Committee.
• Ellen Kuwana is a trained scientist who has edited more than 400 scientific manuscripts and dozens of federal grant proposals; she teaches science communications and plain language principles to academic researchers. Kuwana helps host the monthly NASW Freelance Committee virtual events.

Moderator: Katie Burke

Organizers:

• Jane Andrew is a freelance science writer and editor specializing in the physical sciences and engineering.
• Katie Burke is an award-winning science writer and editor and is senior contributing editor at American Scientist.
• Kendall Powell is a senior editor at Nature Careers.

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Please note that this is an informational session and opportunity to ask questions; it is not an endorsement by NASW for any specific agent, company, or policy. NASW does not provide licensed tax advice services, nor do we make recommendations for specific policies or products.