CASW
@sciencewriting.bsky.social
Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. CASW organizes New Horizons in Science and other programs for science writers.
Thank you for an amazing #SciWri25!
Attendees: Don't forget to fill out our quick survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/sciwri25
And see everyone next year for #SciWri26 at @oregonstate.edu!
Attendees: Don't forget to fill out our quick survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/sciwri25
And see everyone next year for #SciWri26 at @oregonstate.edu!
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thank you for an amazing #SciWri25!
Attendees: Don't forget to fill out our quick survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/sciwri25
And see everyone next year for #SciWri26 at @oregonstate.edu!
Attendees: Don't forget to fill out our quick survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/sciwri25
And see everyone next year for #SciWri26 at @oregonstate.edu!
Thank you to David Awschalom for calling on the #SciWri25 community to help prepare the public for the quantum future.
"Once in a generation, you're in a moment of the birth of a fundamentally new technology. We need to get the word out, and for that, we turn to you."
📷 Daniella Garcia Almeida
"Once in a generation, you're in a moment of the birth of a fundamentally new technology. We need to get the word out, and for that, we turn to you."
📷 Daniella Garcia Almeida
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thank you to David Awschalom for calling on the #SciWri25 community to help prepare the public for the quantum future.
"Once in a generation, you're in a moment of the birth of a fundamentally new technology. We need to get the word out, and for that, we turn to you."
📷 Daniella Garcia Almeida
"Once in a generation, you're in a moment of the birth of a fundamentally new technology. We need to get the word out, and for that, we turn to you."
📷 Daniella Garcia Almeida
📣📣📣 Deadline extended! You can now register for #SciWri25 or add a field trip through 11:59 pm EST Friday, 10/24.
After that, field trips will close and registration fees will increase dramatically. Don't wait!
sciencewriters2025.org/register/
After that, field trips will close and registration fees will increase dramatically. Don't wait!
sciencewriters2025.org/register/
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
📣📣📣 Deadline extended! You can now register for #SciWri25 or add a field trip through 11:59 pm EST Friday, 10/24.
After that, field trips will close and registration fees will increase dramatically. Don't wait!
sciencewriters2025.org/register/
After that, field trips will close and registration fees will increase dramatically. Don't wait!
sciencewriters2025.org/register/
We're thrilled to announce that David Awschalom of @uchicagopme.bsky.social will present the 13th Patrusky Lecture at #SciWri25! David will de-mystify the peculiarities of quantum physics and look ahead to the ways quantum information science may reshape our everyday lives.
casw.org/news/quantum...
casw.org/news/quantum...
October 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We're thrilled to announce that David Awschalom of @uchicagopme.bsky.social will present the 13th Patrusky Lecture at #SciWri25! David will de-mystify the peculiarities of quantum physics and look ahead to the ways quantum information science may reshape our everyday lives.
casw.org/news/quantum...
casw.org/news/quantum...
Tomorrow! Don't miss our Connector Chat about covering cuts, changes, and chaos in federal science funding. Featuring @stephaniemlee.bsky.social, @katherinejwu.com, and @scott-delaney.bsky.social.
Can't make it? Register to get the recording and tipsheet after the event.
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Can't make it? Register to get the recording and tipsheet after the event.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Tomorrow! Don't miss our Connector Chat about covering cuts, changes, and chaos in federal science funding. Featuring @stephaniemlee.bsky.social, @katherinejwu.com, and @scott-delaney.bsky.social.
Can't make it? Register to get the recording and tipsheet after the event.
bit.ly/casw-funding
Can't make it? Register to get the recording and tipsheet after the event.
bit.ly/casw-funding
Congratulations to @charlespiller.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Victor Cohn Prize! The judges selected Charles for his persistent and meticulous investigations of Alzheimer's disease research for @science.org.
Read more: casw.org/news/charles...
Read more: casw.org/news/charles...
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Congratulations to @charlespiller.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Victor Cohn Prize! The judges selected Charles for his persistent and meticulous investigations of Alzheimer's disease research for @science.org.
Read more: casw.org/news/charles...
Read more: casw.org/news/charles...
Connector Chats are back! Join us 10/9 for a discussion about covering chaos in federal science funding, with
@stephaniemlee.bsky.social, @katherinejwu.com, and @scott-delaney.bsky.social.
Can't make it? Register to get the recording and tipsheet after the event.
bit.ly/casw-funding
@stephaniemlee.bsky.social, @katherinejwu.com, and @scott-delaney.bsky.social.
Can't make it? Register to get the recording and tipsheet after the event.
bit.ly/casw-funding
October 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Connector Chats are back! Join us 10/9 for a discussion about covering chaos in federal science funding, with
@stephaniemlee.bsky.social, @katherinejwu.com, and @scott-delaney.bsky.social.
Can't make it? Register to get the recording and tipsheet after the event.
bit.ly/casw-funding
@stephaniemlee.bsky.social, @katherinejwu.com, and @scott-delaney.bsky.social.
Can't make it? Register to get the recording and tipsheet after the event.
bit.ly/casw-funding
Congratulations to @maxkozlov.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award! The judges recognized his @nature.com investigations of turmoil at the NIH as essential, thorough and timely.
Kozlov will be honored in November at #SciWri25.
casw.org/news/max-koz...
Kozlov will be honored in November at #SciWri25.
casw.org/news/max-koz...
September 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Congratulations to @maxkozlov.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award! The judges recognized his @nature.com investigations of turmoil at the NIH as essential, thorough and timely.
Kozlov will be honored in November at #SciWri25.
casw.org/news/max-koz...
Kozlov will be honored in November at #SciWri25.
casw.org/news/max-koz...
Want to support the meeting? Become a #SciWri25 sponsor or advertiser!
sciencewriters2025.org/sponsor/
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August 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Want to support the meeting? Become a #SciWri25 sponsor or advertiser!
sciencewriters2025.org/sponsor/
sciencewriters2025.org/sponsor/
Emily Sohn has been named the winner of the 2025 Sharon Begley Award for Science Reporting! Her grant will support a book on creatures thriving in human-altered environments: "It feels more important than ever to tell these stories of resilience."
Congratulations Emily!
casw.org/news/emily-s...
Congratulations Emily!
casw.org/news/emily-s...
August 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Emily Sohn has been named the winner of the 2025 Sharon Begley Award for Science Reporting! Her grant will support a book on creatures thriving in human-altered environments: "It feels more important than ever to tell these stories of resilience."
Congratulations Emily!
casw.org/news/emily-s...
Congratulations Emily!
casw.org/news/emily-s...
Do you know a journalist who has been doing incredible medical science reporting? Nominate them for the Victor Cohn Prize by June 30. Honorees receive $5,000 and travel to #SciWri25 to receive their award.
casw.submittable.com/submit/26638...
casw.submittable.com/submit/26638...
June 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Do you know a journalist who has been doing incredible medical science reporting? Nominate them for the Victor Cohn Prize by June 30. Honorees receive $5,000 and travel to #SciWri25 to receive their award.
casw.submittable.com/submit/26638...
casw.submittable.com/submit/26638...
Science journalists: Don’t forget to submit your best work to the competition for CASW’s Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award! This award honors a journalist aged 30 or younger and comes with a $1,000 prize. Free to enter - apply by 6/30: casw.submittable.com/submit/29833...
June 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Science journalists: Don’t forget to submit your best work to the competition for CASW’s Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award! This award honors a journalist aged 30 or younger and comes with a $1,000 prize. Free to enter - apply by 6/30: casw.submittable.com/submit/29833...
Seven journalists are headed to grad school as 2025 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows! Each will receive $6,000, thanks to the Brinson Foundation.
Congrats to Bridget Balch, Alonso Daboub, Rachel Duckett, @ashleydsouza.bsky.social, Ana Georgescu, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social & Alex Megerle.
bit.ly/tbs2526
Congrats to Bridget Balch, Alonso Daboub, Rachel Duckett, @ashleydsouza.bsky.social, Ana Georgescu, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social & Alex Megerle.
bit.ly/tbs2526
May 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Seven journalists are headed to grad school as 2025 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows! Each will receive $6,000, thanks to the Brinson Foundation.
Congrats to Bridget Balch, Alonso Daboub, Rachel Duckett, @ashleydsouza.bsky.social, Ana Georgescu, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social & Alex Megerle.
bit.ly/tbs2526
Congrats to Bridget Balch, Alonso Daboub, Rachel Duckett, @ashleydsouza.bsky.social, Ana Georgescu, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social & Alex Megerle.
bit.ly/tbs2526
Freelance journalist Anna Gibbs has been awarded a Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship! She'll work with mentor @joshuasokol.bsky.social on a story about an innovative effort to reverse coastal erosion in the Maldives.
Congratulations Anna!
casw.org/news/anna-gi...
Congratulations Anna!
casw.org/news/anna-gi...
May 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Freelance journalist Anna Gibbs has been awarded a Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship! She'll work with mentor @joshuasokol.bsky.social on a story about an innovative effort to reverse coastal erosion in the Maldives.
Congratulations Anna!
casw.org/news/anna-gi...
Congratulations Anna!
casw.org/news/anna-gi...
CASW has elected Richard Harris as its next president! Harris was a science correspondent @npr.org for 35 years and is author of the 2017 book Rigor Mortis.
We are so grateful to outgoing president @robinlloyd.bsky.social for her five years of leadership.
casw.org/news/richard...
We are so grateful to outgoing president @robinlloyd.bsky.social for her five years of leadership.
casw.org/news/richard...
May 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
CASW has elected Richard Harris as its next president! Harris was a science correspondent @npr.org for 35 years and is author of the 2017 book Rigor Mortis.
We are so grateful to outgoing president @robinlloyd.bsky.social for her five years of leadership.
casw.org/news/richard...
We are so grateful to outgoing president @robinlloyd.bsky.social for her five years of leadership.
casw.org/news/richard...
It's the news you've been waiting for: #SciWri25 will take place in Chicago! We can't wait to see you there.
casw.org/news/science...
casw.org/news/science...
April 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It's the news you've been waiting for: #SciWri25 will take place in Chicago! We can't wait to see you there.
casw.org/news/science...
casw.org/news/science...
Science journalists: Apply for the $20,000 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award! The prize recognizes the accomplishments of a mid-career science journalist and includes a grant for a significant reporting project.
Apply by April 30: casw.org/awards-fello...
Apply by April 30: casw.org/awards-fello...
April 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Science journalists: Apply for the $20,000 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award! The prize recognizes the accomplishments of a mid-career science journalist and includes a grant for a significant reporting project.
Apply by April 30: casw.org/awards-fello...
Apply by April 30: casw.org/awards-fello...
CASW is excited to announce the new Climate News Task Force! Along with @floodlightnews.org and the Reynolds Journalism Institute, we're bringing together 11 climate newsrooms to expand and improve coverage of climate change.
More: casw.org/news/casw-la...
More: casw.org/news/casw-la...
March 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
CASW is excited to announce the new Climate News Task Force! Along with @floodlightnews.org and the Reynolds Journalism Institute, we're bringing together 11 climate newsrooms to expand and improve coverage of climate change.
More: casw.org/news/casw-la...
More: casw.org/news/casw-la...
CASW, along with @healthjournalism.org, @sciencewriters.org, @sejorg.bsky.social, and @uprootproject.bsky.social, objects to the removal of public data and information from more than a dozen federal U.S. websites.
Read our full letter: casw.org/news/journal...
Read our full letter: casw.org/news/journal...
February 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
CASW, along with @healthjournalism.org, @sciencewriters.org, @sejorg.bsky.social, and @uprootproject.bsky.social, objects to the removal of public data and information from more than a dozen federal U.S. websites.
Read our full letter: casw.org/news/journal...
Read our full letter: casw.org/news/journal...
Submissions are now being accepted for CASW's 2025 awards!
Deadlines:
Graduate fellowships: 3/17
Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award: 4/30
Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting: 6/30
Clark/Payne Award for a young science journalist: 6/30
To apply: casw.org/news/submiss...
Deadlines:
Graduate fellowships: 3/17
Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award: 4/30
Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting: 6/30
Clark/Payne Award for a young science journalist: 6/30
To apply: casw.org/news/submiss...
February 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Submissions are now being accepted for CASW's 2025 awards!
Deadlines:
Graduate fellowships: 3/17
Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award: 4/30
Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting: 6/30
Clark/Payne Award for a young science journalist: 6/30
To apply: casw.org/news/submiss...
Deadlines:
Graduate fellowships: 3/17
Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award: 4/30
Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting: 6/30
Clark/Payne Award for a young science journalist: 6/30
To apply: casw.org/news/submiss...
Congratulations to Annie Bennett for being selected as a 2025 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow for the spring semester!
She is attending New York University's Podcasting and Audio Reportage program, with plans to become an audio reporter covering climate policy.
She is attending New York University's Podcasting and Audio Reportage program, with plans to become an audio reporter covering climate policy.
January 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Congratulations to Annie Bennett for being selected as a 2025 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow for the spring semester!
She is attending New York University's Podcasting and Audio Reportage program, with plans to become an audio reporter covering climate policy.
She is attending New York University's Podcasting and Audio Reportage program, with plans to become an audio reporter covering climate policy.
Want to catch up on #SciWri25? We've got you covered!
CASW travel fellows and ComSciCon-SciWri participants wrote more than 10 stories on New Horizons science sessions and the Patrusky Lecture given by Joseph L. Graves Jr.
Read them here: casw.org/news/casw-fe...
CASW travel fellows and ComSciCon-SciWri participants wrote more than 10 stories on New Horizons science sessions and the Patrusky Lecture given by Joseph L. Graves Jr.
Read them here: casw.org/news/casw-fe...
December 16, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Want to catch up on #SciWri25? We've got you covered!
CASW travel fellows and ComSciCon-SciWri participants wrote more than 10 stories on New Horizons science sessions and the Patrusky Lecture given by Joseph L. Graves Jr.
Read them here: casw.org/news/casw-fe...
CASW travel fellows and ComSciCon-SciWri participants wrote more than 10 stories on New Horizons science sessions and the Patrusky Lecture given by Joseph L. Graves Jr.
Read them here: casw.org/news/casw-fe...
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!
We'll see you next fall at University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon!
November 12, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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!
We'll see you next fall at University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon!
Endless thanks to Joseph L Graves Jr for his powerful and inspiring #SciWri24 talk on the disparities facing—and unreached potential of—HBCUs.
"We are competing but we are competing with one hand tied behind our backs and shackles to our ankles."
(photo by Megan Mendenhall)
"We are competing but we are competing with one hand tied behind our backs and shackles to our ankles."
(photo by Megan Mendenhall)
November 9, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Endless thanks to Joseph L Graves Jr for his powerful and inspiring #SciWri24 talk on the disparities facing—and unreached potential of—HBCUs.
"We are competing but we are competing with one hand tied behind our backs and shackles to our ankles."
(photo by Megan Mendenhall)
"We are competing but we are competing with one hand tied behind our backs and shackles to our ankles."
(photo by Megan Mendenhall)
We are proud to announce that 19 journalists—7 New Horizons fellows and 12 participants in our climate and health workshop—are receiving travel funding from CASW to attend SciWri24, thanks to generous support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Congratulations to them all!
casw.org/news/seven-j...
Congratulations to them all!
casw.org/news/seven-j...
October 1, 2024 at 4:41 PM
We are proud to announce that 19 journalists—7 New Horizons fellows and 12 participants in our climate and health workshop—are receiving travel funding from CASW to attend SciWri24, thanks to generous support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Congratulations to them all!
casw.org/news/seven-j...
Congratulations to them all!
casw.org/news/seven-j...