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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

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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,...

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CASW co-launches Climate News Task Force Editor’s note: This post was updated on 4/21/2025 to reflect that The Xylom has joined the Climate News Task Force. Twelve climate newsrooms a...

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Journalism organizations call for restoration of public data The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing today joins organizations serving science, health, and environmental writers in objecting to the re...

Awards & Fellowships

Submissions open for 2025 CASW awards, fellowships The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is now accepting entires and nominations for three major science journalism prizes to be awarded in...

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CASW fellows cover ScienceWriters2024: Read their stories Among the audiences at the November ScienceWriters2024 meeting in Raleigh, N.C., were 17 CASW-supported reporters diligently taking notes and conducti...

Awards & Fellowships

Nineteen journalists awarded grants to attend ScienceWriters2024 Seven journalists working across the United States have been selected to receive CASW New Horizons Travel Fellowships to support their participation i...