Council for the Advancement of Science Writing

We so appreciate our community's support as we search for a new venue for #SciWri25. Please send any leads to [email protected]. In the meantime, we ARE taking proposals for Science+Science Writing Sessions! The deadline is 3/24. To submit: https://lnkd.in/eVQe26N7

I had the best time reporting at this year’s American Physical Society Global Physics Summit for Live Science! Check out these articles I wrote this week. Thank you to the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing for continuing to support my work through my physics writing fellowship. https://lnkd.in/ejx62zbj https://lnkd.in/efBr4v6z

Only 8 percent of journalists report that they cover climate issues like energy and the environment, compared to 28 percent for political coverage. Council for the Advancement of Science Writing's new Climate News Task Force is working to increase the quantity, quality, and reach of that coverage. Learn more ?? https://lnkd.in/gPYDc8Pp

"Essentially, we are producing world-class research and record numbers of Black scientists with one hand tied behind our backs and shackles on our ankles," says Joseph Graves Jr in his Nature Magazine column on the historic underfunding (to the tune of *billions*) of HBCUs in the US. A bit of backstory on this one: I heard Dr. Graves speak at the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing's Patrusky Lecture at the 2024 National Association of Science Writers meeting in Raleigh. Even as someone who regularly covers racism in science, the history and the numbers in his talk were shocking and his refrain stuck with me: "one hand tied behind our backs and shackles on our ankles". I asked him if he'd write a Column for Nature Careers based on his talk and here we are. It became all the more important to see it published during the weeks of chaos that the 2nd Trump administration has sowed in academic science. As he said in that lecture, "We still have more work to do." https://lnkd.in/gRPT-yZf

Delighted to have helped to get this new Climate News Task Force established. In this age of disinformation, greenwashing, and straight-up lies coming from a variety of directions, support for solid, fact-based climate journalism is absolutely critical. This task force is an innovative new form of partnership across some great news outlets and I'm excited to see what it accomplishes in the months ahead!

Awesome new initiative. We need more, deeper climate coverage and what a great team.

I'm honored to help lead the Climate News Task Force, a new initiative to build collaborative tools and a roadmap for philanthropic funding for climate journalism. I'm so grateful to Emily Holden for her strategic vision and fearless leadership, and to Kat Duncan for sharing her collaboration expertise and innovation toolbox with the task force. Thanks to our supporters Sean Harder David Turnbull Mark Shields for making it possible, and most of all, to the Task Force members for taking time to help build a bigger and better climate journalism community.

CASW is excited to announce the new Climate News Task Force. Along with Floodlight and the Reynolds Journalism Institute, we're bringing together 11 climate newsrooms to expand and improve coverage of climate change. CNTF members?represent a wide range of nonprofit news outlets and regional collaborations: ?? Canary Media Inc. ?? Drilled Media ?? Grist ?? High Country News ?? Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk? ?? Mother Jones/Reveal? ?? Mountain West News Bureau? ?? Planet Detroit? ?? Sentient? ?? Wisconsin Watch “We hope this collaborative task force will serve as a model for other underreported beats and for the broader coverage of science, health, and environmental issues.” —Robin Lloyd, CASW president

Si tienes una idea de reportaje que aborde el periodismo de ciencia, participa en el Premio Sharon Begley que organiza Council for the Advancement of Science Writing ???????? En caso de resultar seleccionado podrías recibir al menos $20.000 dólares para llevar a cabo tu proyecto. ?? Además de presentar una propuesta de historia, los periodistas interesados deberán presentar de tres a cinco piezas publicadas en periodismo científico. ?????? Convocatoria abierta para periodistas de América Latina y Espa?a. ?? ?? Tienes hasta el 30 de abril.? ?? https://lnkd.in/gCRf6bjq #periodismodeciencia #periodismocientífico #reportaje #premio #convocatoria?