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Pulitzers honor CASW awardee’s work, other science journalism
The decade-old online science and math magazine Quanta went up against the juggernauts of print journalism to win the prestigious 2022 Pulitzer Priz...
Awards & Fellowships
2022-23 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellowships help six students plunge into science writing
Six talented students passionate about science journalism have been awarded prestigious Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for the 2022-23 academ...
New Horizons in Science
Amber Dance to direct CASW New Horizons in Science program
CASW is pleased to welcome science journalist Amber Dance (@amberldance) as director of New Horizons in Science, CASW’s annual program of scienc...
Awards & Fellowships
Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow reports from the Norwegian Arctic
Brett Simpson (@brettvsimpson) traveled to Norway as an independent journalist last year to report on conflicting interests of a Norwegian mining comp...
International Programs
International projects to improve science journalism receive funding from CASW, associations
The Spark Grant Initiative (SGI), run under the auspices of the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ), has selected proposals for three pro...
Awards & Fellowships
CASW opens entry window for 2022 awards, fellowships
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is pleased to accept submissions for five academic fellowships and three major awards to be bestowe...
Events
Workshop attendees focus on responsible reporting on Indigenous science and race in biomedicine
What baggage do the words race, ancestry, and ethnicity carry in biomedical research today? How can traditional science journalism incorporate and res...
Miscellaneous
From espionage to embryonic research, reporters cover diverse topics at ScienceWriters2021
Attendees at the virtual ScienceWriters2021 conference Sept. 28-Oct. 8 were treated to these topics and more as CASW and its partners offered the 59t...
Awards & Fellowships
New award to honor science journalist Sharon Begley
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) is pleased to announce the launch of a new award honoring the late science journalist Sharon...
Awards & Fellowships
Nicholas St. Fleur wins Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award
The winner of the 2021 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is STAT reporter Nicholas St. Fleur (@SciFleur). S...
Awards & Fellowships
