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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 years (1986-2021), and author ...

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 (PFU) efforts to defend press ...

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 will take place in Chicago, Novem...

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, ScienceWriters2025. On Novemb...

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 are joining forces to form the ...

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 removal of public data and infor...

Post-election breakdown: An interview with Sunshine Hillygus The 2024 United States presidential election had the American people on the edge of their seats—and science writers from across the country were ready to talk about it at the Sci...

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 2025. Applications for 2025 T...

Are Autonomous Vehicles the Answer to Safer, Smoother Traffic? Listen to this story https://casw.org/wp-content/uploads/SciWri_Report_EO.mp3 Transcript [Cars honking, traffic sounds] Esther Oyedele: Imagine rush hour without frustration. No h...

For Joseph L. Graves Jr., a lifetime of fighting social injustice As a scientist, Joseph L. Graves Jr. studies the evolution of aging and of microbes. And as an African-American man in academic science, he has worked throughout his career to comb...

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