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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 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...

Local reporting on health effects essential for climate journalism Climate change is already threatening human health, but there is little coverage of this connection in the U.S. media, experts said during a workshop organized by the Council for t...

Combating the health impacts of extreme heat In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, it’s easy to see why natural disasters take center stage in policies addressing climate-related health risks. But the focus on catastrophic ...

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 conducting interviews to inform covera...

“Yet We Rise”: Joseph L. Graves Jr. argues justice for HBCUs could transform science Donald Trump hasn’t taken office for his second term as President, yet the incoming administration has already promised major changes to government systems and programs. The camp...

Researchers strive to ease gold mining’s toll on the Amazon From a technical standpoint, extracting gold from soil without using mercury is very possible, says Miles Silman, the Sabin Professor of Conservation Biology at Wake Forest Univers...

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