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Congratulations to the winners! #SciWriAwards 🏆

Honored to have won an @sciencewriters.org "Science in Society" award for my @newscientist.com story on the Panama Canal's chronic water shortages. It's something the canal's visionary builders never imagined would be possible in one of the rainiest parts of the planet...

A book on a workplace cancer epidemic by Public Health Watch founder Jim Morris has won the 2025 Science-in-Society award from the National Association of Science Writers. publichealthwatch.org/2025/09/30/c...

Here they are! Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Science in Society Journalism Awards! 🏆

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Media professionals can now register for complimentary #SfN25 press credentials!

Access embargoed content, gather sources, and find story ideas at the largest neuroscience meeting in the world.

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2025 Ig Nobel Prizes 10 awards given for achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think

Scientists who studied drunken bats’ ability to fly, zebra stripes painted on cows, and Teflon as a zero-calorie food additive were among those who took home top honors at the 35th #IgNobel Prize ceremony. cen.acs.org/education/sc... #chemsky 🧪

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New toolkit for reporters! Check out SciLine's resources for covering vaccines responsibly in 2025, an essential guide for local reporters navigating vaccine coverage! bit.ly/46axrsc

I still remember the first Onion story I read. Picking up the paper in the a.m. & savoring it through the day is a core memory.

Far past its inception, the Onion continued to be distributed for free on campus — I was told that it was a loving thank you from the founding members.
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GRANT DEADLINE TOMORROW: Indigenous journalists and communicators are invited to apply for funding to attend the #SciWri25 conference in Chicago Nov 7-9—up to $2,000 to help cover costs and expenses.

Learn more and apply no later than Sept 3: sciencewriters2025.o...

APPLICATION DEADLINE TODAY! We have Community Support Grants available to help offsets the costs of attending #SciWri25 in person or virtually. NASW membership not required to apply

Learn more and fill out the short application: sciencewriters2025.o...

Deadline to apply: Aug 28

IN ONE WEEK: Registration for ScienceWriters2025 opens next Thursday, September 4. Mark your calendars and plan to join us - online or in person - for the largest convening of science writers in the U.S.

Take a peek at the program:

#SciWri25 travel grant alert! Deadline to apply is Sept 3

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Are you an early-career international science journalist? On Fri, Aug. 15, join the International Students Slack Community for a Pitch Slam with editors @rachelcourtland.com, @wwrfd.bsky.social, and @laurenjyoung.bsky.social. Join the Slack and learn more. www.theopennotebook.com/internationa...

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This year, The Open Notebook turns 15. That's 15 years of supporting journalists and we’re thrilled to celebrate with our first-ever Town Hall on Aug. 26. Will you join us? 🧪 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Journalists—learn more about how to look for evidence, ask advice of an outside expert, spot red-flag terms, and understand who could stand to gain from a claim with this tip sheet we created with @theopennotebook.bsky.social.

Learn more: bit.ly/43nYoaN

I can make 4 deductions.

1. This looks delicious.
2. This is not salad. Similarly, I made a fabulous turkish "bean salad" the other day that was only beans. Salad? Was it SALAD?
3. If this IS salad, and that mess of fully cooked beans was also salad, then...salad is everything.
4. I am salad.

Scientific Evidence Belongs in Any Beat - The Open Notebook We’ve been hard at work developing an interactive toolkit to help journalists on any beat bring more scientific evidence and context into their stories. This free resource, the Science Reporting Navig...

Have you signed up yet? Get a sneak peek on May 21 at the interactive tool we're working on with @rjionline.bsky.social. This is your chance to see how we're working to help local and community reporters integrate more science into their reporting and provide us with feedback. 🧪

An Immense World (Young Readers Edition): How Animals Sense Earth's Amazing Secrets How Animals Sense Earth's Amazing Secrets

AN IMMENSE WORLD: YOUNG READERS EDITION is out today! 🥳

I’m really grateful to AnnMarie Anderson for adapting it, Rebecca Mills for illustrating, Tom Russell for shepherding, and Rose Eveleth for reading the audiobook.

(And it’s dedicated to Typo.)

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Thank you to all the screeners for their work on this year's fabulous roster of entries!

We are now in the judging phase of the Science in Society Journalism Awards. Stay tuned for more updates.

Award presentations will be at ScienceWriters2025 in Chicago. 🏆 #SciWriAwards @sciencewriters.org

Now’s Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce Food safety in America is under attack.

Just a reminder, that "pre-washed" does not mean "clean." And that this risk is partly due to the relaxing of standards on the use of recycled waste water for irrigation.

So happy for you Sara! Can’t wait for all that’s to come!

Vetting Science-Related Claims - The Open Notebook In the course of your reporting, you may encounter scientific claims coming from university press releases, companies, or government officials. Don’t take these at face value just because they’re fram...

In the course of your reporting, you may encounter scientific claims coming from university press releases, companies, or government officials. This tipsheet, created in collaboration with @realsciline.bsky.social, can help you be curious but skeptical. 🧪

Every story is a science story.

Seed funding available: Apply for an Idea Grant from the National Association of Science Writers by April 4, 2025 The National Association of Science Writers and its Grants Committee are now accepting applications for a new round of NASW Peggy Girshman Idea Grants. All proposals are due on Friday, April 4, 2025.

DUE TODAY: Looking for seed funding for a project to support science journalism? Apply for a Peggy Girshman Idea Grant. Funds of up to $5,000 are available in this round. Applications due April 4.

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READ ABOUT PREVIOUS GRANTEES: www.nasw.org/article...

In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics
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It was a great pleasure to read 🤗

Please share widely. We are in search of new hosts and a venue for NASW’s annual conference. These sessions and events are invaluable for the science writing community. #SciWri25 #SciWriAwards
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Huge congratulations, Laura! Very excited for you!

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NASW and 40+ journalism organizations condemn the penalization of independent reporting on government NASW and more than 40 organizations that champion journalists and the public’s right to know released a joint statement on Friday, February 21, 2025. Led by the Society of Professional Journalists, the statement condemns the campaign underway in the United States to penalize independent reporting on the government and its activities. The statement calls on the Trump administration to lift its ban on the Associated Press from White House events and cease punishing news organizations based on their reporting.

"When leaders try to silence reporters through intimidation, legal threats and denial of access, they are not protecting the country; they are protecting themselves from scrutiny." - @spj-posts.bsky.social, NASW, and 40+ orgs that support the public's right to know

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