Council for the Advancement of Science Writing

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50th New Horizons slated for the Research Triangle

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Flagstaff remembered: Great hosts and posts

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Science writers afloat in Glen Canyon

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The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is committed to improving the quality of science news reaching the public. Comprised of a panel of distinguished journalists and scientists, CASW develops and funds programs to help reporters and writers produce accurate and informative stories about developments in science, technology, medicine and the environment.

CASW P.O. Box 910
Hedgesville, WV 25427
304-754-6786

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CASW appoints Rosalind Reid to new program post

The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, Inc., has named Rosalind Reid, the former editor of American Scientist/ /magazine and currently executive director of Harvard's Institute for Applied Computational Science, to its newly created program director post. Reid will begin her duties in January 2012. The new position represents a significant expansion of responsibilities more…

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Science writers afloat in Glen Canyon

From a distance while heading north on Route 89 from Flagstaff, Glen Canyon looks dinky. From atop the dam when you get there, the blue float boats on more…

50th New Horizons slated for the Research Triangle

Midway between the Outer Banks and the Blue Ridge lies North Carolina's research nexus, the site of the 50th New Horizons in Science briefings Oct. 28 and 29. Science writers will converge more…

Ron Winslow of Wall Street Journal receives Victor Cohn medical science reporting prize

Ron Winslow, the New York-based deputy bureau chief for health and science and a veteran medical reporter at the Wall Street Journal, has been awarded the 2011 Victor more…

Trio toasted, roasted for CASW service

For their collective service of more than 90 years to CASW, Board Directors Philip Boffey, Warren Leary and David Perlman retired from active Board duty and were honored more…

Barbara K. Trevett Fund for the Future established

CASW is pleased to announce the establishment of the Barbara K. Trevett Fund for the Future, a vehicle designed primarily to facilitate individual giving. Contributions to the Trevett more…

Flagstaff remembered: Great hosts and posts

From New Horizons Program Director Paul Raeburn ScienceWriters 2011, including the 49th annual New Horizons in Science [1], is now written in the dust of the more…

World Conference of Science Journalists convenes in Doha

CASW has joined other organizations in support of science communication around the world in sponsoring the 2011 World Conference of Science Journalists [1] in Doha, Qatar June 26-29. more…

Why Scientists Should Talk to the Media: Watch it online

Prominent science and medical journalists recently spoke at Yale School of Medicine about the importance of scientists communicating their work to the public. They were part of a more…

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The Presidential Energy Narrative

Campaign coverage takes on a green hue Curtis Brainard more…
Columbia Journalism Review, The Observatory
Visiting Iranian scientist falls foul of US authorities

/Additional Reporting by Geoff Brumfiel/ An Iranian semiconductor scientist said to be visiting the United States for health reasons has been arrested and charged with buying lab equipment in violation of export laws, the Associated Press reports [1]. Seyed Mojtaba Atarodi of Iran’s Sharif University of Technology in Tehran (SUT, pictured, right) appeared in court on 26 January for more…
The Great Beyond (Nature Magazine News Blog)
AP: Thai taste for bushmeat, pachyderm division, threatens species

From Bangkok comes what the *AP* says is an exclusive story, and is definitely a good example of how to use a dramatic development to illuminate a larger, chronic issue. The development, writes reporter *Thanyarat Doksone* [1], is that an official of Thailand’s wildlife agency reports that poachers are not only killing Asian elephants for their more…
Knight Science Journalism Tracker
Reuters: The Russian captain of the tanker that rescued Nome talks!

Nice piece here of enterprise writing about the Russian rush to make money in the Arctic Ocean. (alliteration is wit almost as cheap as puns. Almost but not quite. I try to draw the line at puns.) *Reuters*‘s *A lbina Kovalyova [1]* and *Alissa de Carbonnel* spoke with the captain of the Russian tanker [2]that just delivered fuel more…
Knight Science Journalism Tracker
Europe prepares to admit that biodiesel is worse than fossil fuels

The European Commission is reportedly close to admitting that imports of biodiesel made from crops such as palm oil, soybean and rapeseed cause more greenhouse gas pollution than fossil diesel. According to the website EurActiv [1], which tracks European political news, numbers in a leaked Commission impact assessment suggest these biofuels’ effect on climate could be as more…
The Great Beyond (Nature Magazine News Blog)
Tanzania's Hadza Group Sheds Light on Ancient Social Networks

Long before Facebook made it possible to share photos of your breakfast with hundreds of friends and let them know just how you feel about your latest parking ticket, humans were forming social networks with essentially the same structure people use today..... from the /Los Angeles Times/ (Registration Required) more…
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