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Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. CASW organizes New Horizons in Science and other programs for science writers.
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Coming up: Join in as 2025 Cohn Prize winner @charlespiller.bsky.social and @lizagross.bsky.social get in the weeds on investigative science reporting.
Can't make it? We'll email the recording and a tipsheet with advice and resources to all registrants after the event.
Can't make it? We'll email the recording and a tipsheet with advice and resources to all registrants after the event.
Have you been accepted to a graduate program for science writing? First, congratulations! Second: Apply for a $6,000 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellowship from CASW.
Applications are due March 16—including a recommendation letter, so don't wait to get started.
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Applications are due March 16—including a recommendation letter, so don't wait to get started.
casw.org/awards-fello...
Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowships - CASW
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January 27, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Have you been accepted to a graduate program for science writing? First, congratulations! Second: Apply for a $6,000 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellowship from CASW.
Applications are due March 16—including a recommendation letter, so don't wait to get started.
casw.org/awards-fello...
Applications are due March 16—including a recommendation letter, so don't wait to get started.
casw.org/awards-fello...
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Registration is open for an informative and timely panel on immigration coverage with a focus on journalists' safety.
You’ll hear practical guidance from experienced journalists who will speak about their experiences in the field and newsroom.
🗓️ Feb. 10 | 12 p.m. ET
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You’ll hear practical guidance from experienced journalists who will speak about their experiences in the field and newsroom.
🗓️ Feb. 10 | 12 p.m. ET
Click the 🔗 for more info:
Covering Immigration Safely and with Care - Journalism Institute
With immigration enforcement directives among the most politicized and contentious topics in the U.S., reporters on the beat face growing threats on the ground and online. Local and national journalis...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Registration is open for an informative and timely panel on immigration coverage with a focus on journalists' safety.
You’ll hear practical guidance from experienced journalists who will speak about their experiences in the field and newsroom.
🗓️ Feb. 10 | 12 p.m. ET
Click the 🔗 for more info:
You’ll hear practical guidance from experienced journalists who will speak about their experiences in the field and newsroom.
🗓️ Feb. 10 | 12 p.m. ET
Click the 🔗 for more info:
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Reporters: Apply now for six new environmental reporting positions with the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk! Applications are due Feb. 16. More info:
Reporters: Apply now for six new environmental reporting positions with the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk - Ag & Water Desk
A total of 17 jobs on the environmental beat are open for emerging and experienced journalists via Report for America
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January 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Reporters: Apply now for six new environmental reporting positions with the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk! Applications are due Feb. 16. More info:
Reminder: Don't miss our Connector Chat with @charlespiller.bsky.social and @lizagross.bsky.social this Thursday!
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January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Reminder: Don't miss our Connector Chat with @charlespiller.bsky.social and @lizagross.bsky.social this Thursday!
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🏆🏆🏆 It's time to apply or nominate your colleagues for CASW's awards & fellowships!
Deadlines:
Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowship: 3/16
Begley Science Reporting Award: 4/30
Cohn Prize for Medical Science Reporting: 6/30
Clark/Payne Young Science Journalist Award: 6/30
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Deadlines:
Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowship: 3/16
Begley Science Reporting Award: 4/30
Cohn Prize for Medical Science Reporting: 6/30
Clark/Payne Young Science Journalist Award: 6/30
casw.org/news/entry-w...
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🏆🏆🏆 It's time to apply or nominate your colleagues for CASW's awards & fellowships!
Deadlines:
Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowship: 3/16
Begley Science Reporting Award: 4/30
Cohn Prize for Medical Science Reporting: 6/30
Clark/Payne Young Science Journalist Award: 6/30
casw.org/news/entry-w...
Deadlines:
Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowship: 3/16
Begley Science Reporting Award: 4/30
Cohn Prize for Medical Science Reporting: 6/30
Clark/Payne Young Science Journalist Award: 6/30
casw.org/news/entry-w...
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The 2025 IRE Awards deadline is approaching.
The IRE Awards recognize the best in investigative journalism across print, video, audio, online, student work, books, and more.
Submit your story by Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m. ET.
Check our website for more: https://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/
The IRE Awards recognize the best in investigative journalism across print, video, audio, online, student work, books, and more.
Submit your story by Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m. ET.
Check our website for more: https://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The 2025 IRE Awards deadline is approaching.
The IRE Awards recognize the best in investigative journalism across print, video, audio, online, student work, books, and more.
Submit your story by Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m. ET.
Check our website for more: https://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/
The IRE Awards recognize the best in investigative journalism across print, video, audio, online, student work, books, and more.
Submit your story by Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m. ET.
Check our website for more: https://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/
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In new observations, astronomers detect a moving wake of gas in the outer layers of the red supergiant Betelgeuse, offering fresh evidence for a long-suspected secondary star.
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Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Might Be Making Waves
Astronomers have detected a moving wake of gas in the outer layers of Betelgeuse, offering fresh evidence for a long-suspected companion star.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Great story from one of CASW's current graduate fellows!
If you're headed to grad school for science writing, apply for a fellowship here: casw.org/awards-fello...
If you're headed to grad school for science writing, apply for a fellowship here: casw.org/awards-fello...
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Great story from one of CASW's current graduate fellows!
If you're headed to grad school for science writing, apply for a fellowship here: casw.org/awards-fello...
If you're headed to grad school for science writing, apply for a fellowship here: casw.org/awards-fello...
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Last week, NASW joined The Society of Professional Journalists and 17+ orgs in calling on the Dept. of Justice and "all public officials to remember a fundamental truth: When journalists are silenced, all Americans pay the price."
Read the letter:
Read the letter:
SPJ-led coalition demands DOJ explain intrusive FBI raid of Washington Post reporter’s home | Society of Professional Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists, improving and protecting journalism since 1909
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January 20, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Last week, NASW joined The Society of Professional Journalists and 17+ orgs in calling on the Dept. of Justice and "all public officials to remember a fundamental truth: When journalists are silenced, all Americans pay the price."
Read the letter:
Read the letter:
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Have a piece from 2025 you are especially proud of? The National Association of Science Writers welcomes entries for our Science in Society Journalism Awards and Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards. Membership not required. Submit by February 1, 2026:
Submit by Feb. 1: Entries open for NASW’s annual awards
Each year, the #SciWriAwards recognize some of the best works in science journalism and science writing, as judged by fellow science journalists and science writers. Deadline to enter is Feb. 1, 2026.
www.nasw.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Have a piece from 2025 you are especially proud of? The National Association of Science Writers welcomes entries for our Science in Society Journalism Awards and Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards. Membership not required. Submit by February 1, 2026:
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Come learn how @charlespiller.bsky.social uncovered a web of fraud, scientific misconduct and deceit behind false "breakthrough" Alzheimer's drugs, at the @sciencewriting.bsky.social chat. We'll also talk about basic techniques and tool to dig into scientific research.
Science journalists: Please join me in conversation with @lizagross.bsky.social on Jan 29 about deep dives into scientific research -- come with questions and ideas to share. Sponsored by @sciencewriting.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Come learn how @charlespiller.bsky.social uncovered a web of fraud, scientific misconduct and deceit behind false "breakthrough" Alzheimer's drugs, at the @sciencewriting.bsky.social chat. We'll also talk about basic techniques and tool to dig into scientific research.
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Science journalists: Please join me in conversation with @lizagross.bsky.social on Jan 29 about deep dives into scientific research -- come with questions and ideas to share. Sponsored by @sciencewriting.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Science journalists: Please join me in conversation with @lizagross.bsky.social on Jan 29 about deep dives into scientific research -- come with questions and ideas to share. Sponsored by @sciencewriting.bsky.social
Coming up: Join in as 2025 Cohn Prize winner @charlespiller.bsky.social and @lizagross.bsky.social get in the weeds on investigative science reporting.
Can't make it? We'll email the recording and a tipsheet with advice and resources to all registrants after the event.
Can't make it? We'll email the recording and a tipsheet with advice and resources to all registrants after the event.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Coming up: Join in as 2025 Cohn Prize winner @charlespiller.bsky.social and @lizagross.bsky.social get in the weeds on investigative science reporting.
Can't make it? We'll email the recording and a tipsheet with advice and resources to all registrants after the event.
Can't make it? We'll email the recording and a tipsheet with advice and resources to all registrants after the event.
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Researchers are more reluctant to give interviews since Trump returned to the White House.
Journalism Has Become More Challenging, for Reporters and Sources
Researchers are more reluctant to give interviews since Trump returned to the White House.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Researchers are more reluctant to give interviews since Trump returned to the White House.
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IRE strongly condemns the FBI raid of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home.
IRE stands with reporter Hannah Natanson and The Washington Post.
Read the rest of our statement: https://bit.ly/4qtP79U
IRE stands with reporter Hannah Natanson and The Washington Post.
Read the rest of our statement: https://bit.ly/4qtP79U
IRE statement on FBI raid of Hannah Natanson’s home
IRE strongly condemns the raid of a Washington Post reporter’s home by the FBI, purportedly in an effort to seize classified documents provided to the reporter as she investigates President Donald Tru...
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January 14, 2026 at 11:16 PM
IRE strongly condemns the FBI raid of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home.
IRE stands with reporter Hannah Natanson and The Washington Post.
Read the rest of our statement: https://bit.ly/4qtP79U
IRE stands with reporter Hannah Natanson and The Washington Post.
Read the rest of our statement: https://bit.ly/4qtP79U
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“Targeting a reporter in their own home as part of a federal law enforcement action is an extraordinary escalation that strikes at the heart of press freedom."
Read PEN America's statement on FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home here: pen.org/press-releas...
Read PEN America's statement on FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home here: pen.org/press-releas...
FBI Search of Washington Post Reporter's Home Strikes at Heart of Press Freedom
PEN America expressed alarm today over the FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, saying it “strikes at the heart of press freedom.” The Post reported that federal agents sei...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
“Targeting a reporter in their own home as part of a federal law enforcement action is an extraordinary escalation that strikes at the heart of press freedom."
Read PEN America's statement on FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home here: pen.org/press-releas...
Read PEN America's statement on FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home here: pen.org/press-releas...
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Investigators told the reporter that she is not the focus of the probe.
The warrant said law enforcement was investigating a system administrator in Maryland who has been accused of taking home classified intelligence reports. https://wapo.st/4qULbi9
The warrant said law enforcement was investigating a system administrator in Maryland who has been accused of taking home classified intelligence reports. https://wapo.st/4qULbi9
January 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Investigators told the reporter that she is not the focus of the probe.
The warrant said law enforcement was investigating a system administrator in Maryland who has been accused of taking home classified intelligence reports. https://wapo.st/4qULbi9
The warrant said law enforcement was investigating a system administrator in Maryland who has been accused of taking home classified intelligence reports. https://wapo.st/4qULbi9
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Have a piece from 2025 you are especially proud of? The National Association of Science Writers welcomes entries for our Science in Society Journalism Awards and Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards. Membership not required. Submit by February 1, 2026:
Submit by Feb. 1: Entries open for NASW’s annual awards
Each year, the #SciWriAwards recognize some of the best works in science journalism and science writing, as judged by fellow science journalists and science writers. Deadline to enter is Feb. 1, 2026.
www.nasw.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Have a piece from 2025 you are especially proud of? The National Association of Science Writers welcomes entries for our Science in Society Journalism Awards and Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards. Membership not required. Submit by February 1, 2026:
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At the 2026 @aaas.org Annual Meeting, scientific experts will explore the breakthroughs redefining the future—from AI to human health to planetary defense. Join conversations that will set the course for the next century of discovery. Newsroom registration: meetings.aaas.org/attend-phx/n...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
At the 2026 @aaas.org Annual Meeting, scientific experts will explore the breakthroughs redefining the future—from AI to human health to planetary defense. Join conversations that will set the course for the next century of discovery. Newsroom registration: meetings.aaas.org/attend-phx/n...
Reminder: Wednesday is the final day to apply for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship!
Deadline extension alert! You now have until Dec. 31 to apply for a National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship. If you're an early-career, U.S.-based journalist, this program is for you.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Reminder: Wednesday is the final day to apply for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship!
CASW is the only national 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to programs, awards, and fellowships that support science journalism and science writing. Support us before the end of the year, and your donation will be matched, up to $1,000!
casw.org/about/donate/
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Donate - CASW
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December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
CASW is the only national 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to programs, awards, and fellowships that support science journalism and science writing. Support us before the end of the year, and your donation will be matched, up to $1,000!
casw.org/about/donate/
casw.org/about/donate/
We're thrilled to see the Climate News Task Force on this list!
🎖️ We're excited to share our annual roundup of the year's most groundbreaking journalism collaborations that are reshaping how we tell important and impactful stories (together)!
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Here are the top 10 journalism collaborations of 2025
Every year, the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University tracks journalism collaborations through its database, the…
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December 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We're thrilled to see the Climate News Task Force on this list!
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"This could be the year independent newsrooms lean into interdependence," writes our Product Manager Andrew Haeg in his NiemanLab prediction. lnkd.in/eNAzt78r
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December 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"This could be the year independent newsrooms lean into interdependence," writes our Product Manager Andrew Haeg in his NiemanLab prediction. lnkd.in/eNAzt78r
Deadline extension alert! You now have until Dec. 31 to apply for a National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship. If you're an early-career, U.S.-based journalist, this program is for you.
casw.org/news/applica...
@sejorg.bsky.social @healthjournalism.org @sciencewriters.org
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@sejorg.bsky.social @healthjournalism.org @sciencewriters.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Deadline extension alert! You now have until Dec. 31 to apply for a National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship. If you're an early-career, U.S.-based journalist, this program is for you.
casw.org/news/applica...
@sejorg.bsky.social @healthjournalism.org @sciencewriters.org
casw.org/news/applica...
@sejorg.bsky.social @healthjournalism.org @sciencewriters.org
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ENTRIES OPEN: The National Association of Science Writers welcomes entries for our Science in Society Journalism Awards and Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards. Membership not required. Submit on behalf of yourself, peers, colleagues, or mentees by February 1, 2026:
Submit by Feb. 1: Entries open for NASW’s annual awards
Each year, the #SciWriAwards recognize some of the best works in science journalism and science writing, as judged by fellow science journalists and science writers. Deadline to enter is Feb. 1, 2026.
www.nasw.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
ENTRIES OPEN: The National Association of Science Writers welcomes entries for our Science in Society Journalism Awards and Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards. Membership not required. Submit on behalf of yourself, peers, colleagues, or mentees by February 1, 2026: