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Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. CASW organizes New Horizons in Science and other programs for science writers.
United States
Joined December 2009
Applications for two CASW awards are due 6/30! The Clark/Payne Award honors a science journalist under age 31 and the Cohn Prize recognizes excellence in medical science reporting. Both awards include travel funds to #SciWri25. Apply or nominate:
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🚨🚨🚨Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to submit your best work from the past year to CASW’s Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for a young science journalist! The winner will receive $1,000 and travel to #SciWri25. Apply! .
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Reminder: Applications for CASW’s Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for a young science journalist are due in one week! . Learn more and see past winners:
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The nomination window for CASW’s Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting closes in two weeks! . Learn more and submit a nomination:
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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. And there’s no submission fee. Apply by 6/30:
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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.
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Are you a science journalist under age 31? Apply for CASW’s Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award! There’s no submission fee, and winners receive $1,000 and travel to #SciWri25 in Chicago. Applications are due 6/30.
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7 journalists are headed to grad school as 2025 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows! Each will receive $6,000, thanks to the Brinson Foundation. Congrats to @BridgetBalch, Alonso Daboub, Rachel Duckett, Ashley D'Souza, Ana Georgescu, Stella Mayerhoff & Alex Megerle.
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Freelance journalist @annamgibbs has been awarded a Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship! She'll work with mentor @josh_sokol on a story about an innovative effort to reverse coastal erosion in the Maldives. Congrats Anna!.
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CASW has elected Richard Harris as its next president! Harris was a science correspondent @NPR for 35 years and is author of the 2017 book Rigor Mortis. We are so grateful to outgoing president Robin Lloyd.for her five years of leadership.
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RT @raminskibba: I'm excited to join my science journalist friends and colleagues in Chicago in November for our #SciWri25 science writing….
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On World Press Freedom Day, CASW is proud to be a signee of Press Freedom United's letter calling on U.S. leadership and the public to shore up efforts to protect the First Amendment. #WorldPressFreedomDay.
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It's the news you've been waiting for: #SciWri25 will take place in Chicago! We can't wait to see you there.
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There are two weeks left to apply for the Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award! If you are a mid-career science journalist with a big project idea, this award is for you. Learn more, and apply:
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RT @gijnAfrica: 📢 @ScienceWriting is accepting entries for the 2025 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award for outstanding mid-career scienc….
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RT @uproot_project: Join @sejorg this Wednesday for a discussion with environmental journalists about the new Green 2.0 report and the step….
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Layoffs have dismantled programs designed to protect Americans from the health effects of extreme heat, reports @ArielWittenberg @EENewsUpdates: For more on climate and health, check out CASW's workshop, recorded at #SciWri24
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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:
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