Council for the Advancement of Science Writing

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New Edition of Science Writing Career Guide Now Available

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Prompted by the enormous changes that continue to ripple through and transform the media landscape, CASW has produced and posted a thoroughly new and timely edition of its highly popular primer for aspiring science writers, “A Guide to Careers in Science Writing.” The updated rendition deals with the new realities and challenges confronting anyone wishing to  more…

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50th New Horizons slated for the Research Triangle

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Midway between the Outer Banks and the Blue Ridge lies North Carolina's research nexus, the site of the 50th New Horizons in Science briefings Oct. 28 and 29. Science writers will converge  more…

Science writers afloat in Glen Canyon

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From a distance while heading north on Route 89 from Flagstaff, Glen Canyon looks dinky. From atop the dam when you get there, the blue float boats on  more…

Barbara K. Trevett Fund for the Future established

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CASW is pleased to announce the establishment of the Barbara K. Trevett Fund for the Future, a vehicle designed primarily to facilitate individual giving. Contributions to the Trevett  more…

CASW appoints Rosalind Reid to new program post

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The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, Inc., has named Rosalind Reid, the former editor of American Scientist/ /magazine and currently executive director of Harvard's Institute for  more…

Ron Winslow of Wall Street Journal receives Victor Cohn medical science reporting prize

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Ron Winslow, the New York-based deputy bureau chief for health and science and a veteran medical reporter at the Wall Street Journal, has been awarded the 2011 Victor  more…

Trio toasted, roasted for CASW service

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For their collective service of more than 90 years to CASW, Board Directors Philip Boffey, Warren Leary and David Perlman retired from active Board duty and were honored  more…

Flagstaff remembered: Great hosts and posts

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From New Horizons Program Director Paul Raeburn   ScienceWriters 2011, including the 49th annual New Horizons in Science [1], is now written in the dust of the  more…

Why Scientists Should Talk to the Media: Watch it online

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Prominent science and medical journalists recently spoke at Yale School of Medicine about the importance of scientists communicating their work to the public. They were part of a  more…