About the New Horizons Newsroom

New Horizons newsroom 2014
Charlie Petit (in green eyeshade) gives 2014 Newsroom editors, mentors and reporters their marching orders.

The New Horizons Newsroom provides important hands-on training for student and early-career science journalists and helps capture the science content of each year’s program.

CASW is grateful to the mentors, editors, and funders who have supported this work. Special thanks to:

Student Newsroom and ComSciCon Mentors

  • Athena Aktipis • 2019, 2020
  • Ashley Braun • 2020
  • Jennifer Carpenter • 2014
  • Mike Casey • 2014
  • Charles Choi • 2014
  • Glennda Chui • 2014
  • Liz Devitt • 2020
  • Pete Farley • 2020
  • Marissa Fessenden • 2014
  • Ellen Gerl • 2015
  • Richard Harris • 2014
  • Hannah Hickey • 2019, 2020
  • Jane C. Hu • 2019, 2020
  • Jeanette Kazmierczak • 2020
  • William Kearney • 2019, 2020
  • Maggie Koerth • 2019
  • Robin Lloyd • 2014
  • Amy McDermott • 2019
  • Betsy Mason • 2045, 2019, 2020
  • Dave Mosher • 2014
  • Eric Niiler • 2014
  • Ashley Smart • 2019, 2020
  • Tom Ulrich • 2019, 2020
  • Cora Vanchieri • 2014
  • Jon Weiner • 2019, 2020
  • Liz Zubritsky • 2019, 2020

Newsroom 2020

The ComSciCon-SciWri20 workshop was funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Editors

  • Czerne Reid (chief editor)
  • Liz Devitt
  • Bryn Nelson
  • Rosalind Reid
  • Joann Rodgers

Newsroom 2019

The ComSciCon-SciWri19 workshop was funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Editors

  • Jennifer Cox
  • Hannah Hickey
  • Czerne Reid
  • Rosalind Reid
  • Joann Rodgers

WCSJ2017 Student Newsroom

TheWCSJ2017 Student Newsroom was organized by Rob Irion with help from the National Association of Science Writers Education Committee and supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation, the William K. Bowes Jr. Foundation, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Editors

  • Misti Crane
  • Javier Cruz
  • Jenny Cutraro
  • Amber Dance
  • Terry Devitt
  • Jennie Dusheck
  • Lynne Friedmann
  • Jeff Grabmeier
  • Laurel Hamers
  • Alla Katsnelson
  • Manuel Lino
  • Oscar Miyamoto
  • Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
  • Kendall Powell
  • Czerne Reid
  • Aleida Rueda
  • Renata Sánchez
  • Erik Vance
  • Cora Vanchieri
  • Sarah Webb
  • Ashley Yeager

Newsroom 2016

Editor

  • Rosalind Reid

Newsroom 2015

The ComSciCon-SciWri19 workshop was funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Editors

  • Lakshmi Chandrasekaran
  • Elizabeth Daley
  • Brian Hayes
  • Lisa Ann Marshall
  • A’ndrea Elyse Messer
  • Charlie Petit
  • Rosalind Reid
  • Amanda Solliday

Newsroom 2014

Editors

  • Charlie Petit (chief editor)
  • Glennda Chui
  • Robin Lloyd
  • A’ndrea Elyse Messer
  • Rosalind Reid
  • Joann Rodgers

Newsroom 2013

Editors

  • Charlie Petit (chief editor)
  • Rebecca Boyle
  • Wayt Gibbs
  • Robin Lloyd
  • A’ndrea Elyse Messer
  • Steve Orlando
  • Wynne Parry
  • Kendall Powell
  • Czerne Reid
  • Joann Rodgers