Council for the Advancement of Science Writing

promoting excellence in science news since 1960

CASW News SciWri25 to be held in Chicago Annual meeting will take place Nov 7-9
News CASW co-launches Climate News Task Force Initiative brings together 11 climate newsrooms
News Journalism organizations call for restoration of public data CASW joins AHCJ, NASW, SEJ, and the Uproot Project in contacting federal agencies
Awards & Fellowships Submissions open for 2025 awards, fellowships CASW to select seven graduate fellows, three award-winners
New Horizons in Science 2024 New Horizons Newsroom is live CASW fellows covered ScienceWriters2024

Awards & Fellowships

Seven journalists awarded 2025-26 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellowships Seven journalists with experience in beats from medicine and biology to neurodegeneration and the environment have been awarded Taylor/Blakeslee Gradu...

Awards & Fellowships

Anna Gibbs awarded Taylor/Blakeslee mentored science journalism project fellowship Freelance journalist Anna Gibbs has been awarded a Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship to pursue a feature story about an ...

CASW News

Richard Harris elected CASW president The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing has elected Richard Harris as its next president. Harris was a science correspondent at NPR for 35 ...

CASW News

CASW recognizes World Press Freedom Day On World Press Freedom Day, the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is expressing its unwavering support for Press Freedom United’s ...

CASW News

ScienceWriters2025 to be held in Chicago November 7-9 The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and the National Association of Science Writers are excited to announce that ScienceWriters2025 wil...

CASW News

Joint statement from CASW and NASW on ScienceWriters2025 The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) is updating the science-writing community about a change regarding this year’s conference,...