Council for the Advancement of Science Writing

Thank you to all of our attendees, fellows, partners, speakers, sponsors, and more for an amazing #SciWri24. We'll see you next fall at University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University!

#SciWri24 Attendees: Were you feeling the shutterbug spirit in Raleigh this past weekend? Posed in front of our step-and-repeat red carpet poster or snapped some great selfies? Donate your photos to our NASW Media Archives by uploading them to our Google Drive here — and you just might see them appear in a future NASW web article! Log in to Google: https://lnkd.in/gi59YYfp Tag Your Photo Posts on Bluesky: https://lnkd.in/g9UYcTa3 Follow NASW on Bluesky: https://lnkd.in/ggiwDqBR

Just got home from #SciWri24 (my first time attending!) and already looking forward to next year's meeting... this conference had EVERYTHING: ? A 2.5-hour workshop on science podcast ft. the incomparable Zakiya Whatley, PhD and Cynthia Graber and moderated by yours truly ?? ? Magazine editors wearing silly hats ?? ? A night at the museum-style soiree with hors d'oeuvres, dinosaur fossils, science journalists in praying mantis costumes and pettable snakes ?? ? A tour of North Carolina State University's fluids lab ?? It was SO FUN to meet so many science journalists and communicators in person. Thanks to everyone who came to our panel and to the National Association of Science Writers, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and Science Communicators of North Carolina for organizing everything! See you next year in PA ??

Just had an incredible experience at ScienceWriters2024 thanks to ComSciCon and their SciWri workshop! I have a story coming soon for the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing's New Horizons Newsroom. Be on the lookout! #SciWri24

Just wrapped up my first #SciWri24 in Raleigh, NC! Had the chance to share ideas and connect with inspiring professionals, got great advice at #SciWriMentoring from Betsy Ladyzhets, and shared about the work we do at the Hitchcock Project for Visualizing Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. Thanks to the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, for the travel fellowship and National Association of Science Writers for the experience!

Safe travels, y’all!!! Thank you for spending this incredible weekend with us at #SciWri24 in Raleigh. We hope our conference left you with new ideas, new paths, and new networks of support. And we hope to see you at #SciWri25 in Pittsburgh next year! ????????? ?????? Donate to BPR: https://lnkd.in/gdk8SZTu Donate to NCDRF: https://lnkd.in/gJmK2Brv Access Whova Feeds Until January 11: https://lnkd.in/gx-T4CiX

Science writers from around the world made their way to Raleigh over the weekend for #SciWri24 ?? It was a fantastic opportunity to connect with so many bright minds in the field and dive into important discussions, including the “Living and Working on a Hot Planet” session that explored worker heat protections. Grateful for the insights and inspiration to bring back into my climate reporting! ???? Special thanks for support from Burroughs Wellcome Fund & Council for the Advancement of Science Writing ?? #ClimateReporting #ScienceJournalism #HeatResilience #ClimateAction

#SciWri24 Attendees: Welcome to the final day of our national conference, science writers! For everyone already traveling home, we thank you *so* much for joining us this weekend!! Please look for our survey later this week. Have a great day, y'all! Catch Up on Organizer Announcements: https://lnkd.in/gTAxT6VR Upload Your Conference Photos! https://lnkd.in/gi59YYfp Follow the Conversation on Bluesky: https://lnkd.in/g9UYcTa3

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Looking for something good to read? Take a look at the winners of this year's National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Awards! I'm excited to honor and celebrate with these folks at this weekend's #SciWri24 conference in Raleigh! ? Science Reporting: "Should beetles be named after Adolf Hitler?" by Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, staff writer at Science magazine https://lnkd.in/eaSvjUTj ? Science Features: "In the Lab Oppenheimer Built, the U.S. Is Building Nuclear Bomb Cores Again" by W.J. Hennigan, now a correspondent for the Opinion section at The New York Times, published in TIME magazine https://lnkd.in/eQq5x3up ? Longform Narrative: "The Mining Industry’s Next Frontier Is Deep, Deep Under the Sea" by journalist and author Vince Beiser, published in WIRED https://lnkd.in/eykb9bdZ ? Series: "Bleeding Out" by investigative reporter Lauren Caruba of The Dallas Morning News and Arijit Sen, now an investigative data journalist with CBS News, co-published by The Dallas Morning News and the San Antonio Express-News https://lnkd.in/eja8VuBp Commentary: "I Worked in Antarctica for Three Years. My Sexual Harasser Was Never Caught" by writer and artist Elizabeth Endicott, published in Scientific American https://lnkd.in/eZrZG9Bp Books: "Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places" by freelance journalist Christopher Pollon https://lnkd.in/edB42H6T