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March 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Shared with the permission of NASW Chair @sandeepr.bsky.social: You can donate to the @sciencewriters.org Community Fund to support grants that help colleagues-in-need attend ScienceWriters annual meetings and other professional development opportunities.
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Pro tip for #sciwri #sciencewriters meeting: tie a knot in your lanyard so your name tag is near your face & won’t flip around & nobody has to do the awkward navel gaze to read it
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Pro tip for #sciwri #sciencewriters meeting: tie a knot in your lanyard so your name tag is near your face & won’t flip around & nobody has to do the awkward navel gaze to read it
So honoured to be featured as the first #sciart artist of this series! 🎨🧬
Thank you @swc-can.bsky.social for supporting Canadian #scicomm, #sciencewriters and #sciartists 🇨🇦🍁🧪🔬
Thank you @swc-can.bsky.social for supporting Canadian #scicomm, #sciencewriters and #sciartists 🇨🇦🍁🧪🔬
Introducing the SciArt Series! 🎨🧬
We’re kicking things off with Sonhita @sonhita.bsky.social, a biologist and science illustrator whose work transforms molecular biology into whimsical, captivating art.
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We’re kicking things off with Sonhita @sonhita.bsky.social, a biologist and science illustrator whose work transforms molecular biology into whimsical, captivating art.
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March 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So honoured to be featured as the first #sciart artist of this series! 🎨🧬
Thank you @swc-can.bsky.social for supporting Canadian #scicomm, #sciencewriters and #sciartists 🇨🇦🍁🧪🔬
Thank you @swc-can.bsky.social for supporting Canadian #scicomm, #sciencewriters and #sciartists 🇨🇦🍁🧪🔬
I'm seeing posts from people arriving in Oregon for this year's ScienceWriters meeting, and I am having serious FOMO. I wish I could be there! (sigh)
Have fun, NASW fam! Hope to see you all next year! #SciWri26
Have fun, NASW fam! Hope to see you all next year! #SciWri26
September 25, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I'm seeing posts from people arriving in Oregon for this year's ScienceWriters meeting, and I am having serious FOMO. I wish I could be there! (sigh)
Have fun, NASW fam! Hope to see you all next year! #SciWri26
Have fun, NASW fam! Hope to see you all next year! #SciWri26
Good stuff here #ScienceWriters
HEY FREELANCERS - California just passed the Freelancer Worker Protection Act (SB 988). The gist: Clients have to provide you a contract with scope of work and pay, they gotta pay you in 30 days (or else pay double damages), and they cannot retaliate for trying to get paid. nwu.org/governor-new...
Governor Newsom Signs Senator Wiener’s Freelance Worker Bill Into Law | NWU
Press Release Contact Larry Goldbetter, President - lgoldbetter@nwu.org Eric Thurm, Campaign Coordinator - eric.d.thurm@gmail.com September 28, 2024 SACRAMENTO – Governor Newsom signed Senator Scott W...
nwu.org
October 1, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Good stuff here #ScienceWriters
This year's ScienceWriters meeting is now seeking a new home. So many ripple effects from the current federal funding situation. Can you help us find a new venue, sponsors, partners? Details here: casw.org/news/joint-s...
Joint statement from CASW and NASW on ScienceWriters2025 - CASW
casw.org
March 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This year's ScienceWriters meeting is now seeking a new home. So many ripple effects from the current federal funding situation. Can you help us find a new venue, sponsors, partners? Details here: casw.org/news/joint-s...
Shout out to any other #scicomms #sciencewriters #womeninstem and other science communicators out here!
November 12, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Shout out to any other #scicomms #sciencewriters #womeninstem and other science communicators out here!
And hire #sciencewriters and communicators to help.
March 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
And hire #sciencewriters and communicators to help.
✨ A starter pack of science writers 🧪✍️, including medical writers 🩺, technical writers 🚀, and freelance writers👩🏻💻
#research #science #academia #SciComm #SciWri #SciSky #MedSky #AcademicSky #AcademicBlueSky #AcademicChatter #Academics #AcademicWriting #ScienceWriting #ScienceWriters #PhD #Freelancers
#research #science #academia #SciComm #SciWri #SciSky #MedSky #AcademicSky #AcademicBlueSky #AcademicChatter #Academics #AcademicWriting #ScienceWriting #ScienceWriters #PhD #Freelancers
December 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM
✨ A starter pack of science writers 🧪✍️, including medical writers 🩺, technical writers 🚀, and freelance writers👩🏻💻
#research #science #academia #SciComm #SciWri #SciSky #MedSky #AcademicSky #AcademicBlueSky #AcademicChatter #Academics #AcademicWriting #ScienceWriting #ScienceWriters #PhD #Freelancers
#research #science #academia #SciComm #SciWri #SciSky #MedSky #AcademicSky #AcademicBlueSky #AcademicChatter #Academics #AcademicWriting #ScienceWriting #ScienceWriters #PhD #Freelancers
This week on The Shoots:
• Our team is out and about during Climate Week and the ScienceWriters conference!
• Disaster recovery raises gender violence and gentrification concerns
• Federal funding for minority health and childhood vaccines diverted
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• Our team is out and about during Climate Week and the ScienceWriters conference!
• Disaster recovery raises gender violence and gentrification concerns
• Federal funding for minority health and childhood vaccines diverted
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Climate Week Is Not the Full Story
Dear Reader, Happy Hump Day! If you see our team at New York Climate Week (or the ScienceWriters conference in Corvallis, Ore.), please say hi! That being...
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September 25, 2026 at 11:02 AM
This week on The Shoots:
• Our team is out and about during Climate Week and the ScienceWriters conference!
• Disaster recovery raises gender violence and gentrification concerns
• Federal funding for minority health and childhood vaccines diverted
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• Our team is out and about during Climate Week and the ScienceWriters conference!
• Disaster recovery raises gender violence and gentrification concerns
• Federal funding for minority health and childhood vaccines diverted
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Where are my #sciencewriters? And #healthcarejournalists?
November 12, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Where are my #sciencewriters? And #healthcarejournalists?
Periodic reminder: You can submit your own work for consideration for The Best American Science and Nature Writing. (Editors, ofc, you can, too.) Info and submission form is all here, please share: jaimegreen.net/basn
#scicomm #sciwri #sciencewriters #sciencewriting #naturewriters #naturewriting
#scicomm #sciwri #sciencewriters #sciencewriting #naturewriters #naturewriting
The Best American Science and Nature Writing | Jaime Green
Submission and nomination guidelines for The Best American Science and Nature Writing.
jaimegreen.net
November 14, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Periodic reminder: You can submit your own work for consideration for The Best American Science and Nature Writing. (Editors, ofc, you can, too.) Info and submission form is all here, please share: jaimegreen.net/basn
#scicomm #sciwri #sciencewriters #sciencewriting #naturewriters #naturewriting
#scicomm #sciwri #sciencewriters #sciencewriting #naturewriters #naturewriting
Join us at the Science Writers meeting in Chicago Nov. 7-9. ("Science" includes health, technology, environment or any scholarship, and "writers" includes any form of communication.) I'm running a session on advice columns with @megha.bsky.social, Hal Koss & Ismael Pérez sciencewriters2025.org
Welcome - ScienceWriters2025
ScienceWriters is an annual conference for professionals and students who produce material about science, health, engineering, and technology for the public.
sciencewriters2025.org
September 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Join us at the Science Writers meeting in Chicago Nov. 7-9. ("Science" includes health, technology, environment or any scholarship, and "writers" includes any form of communication.) I'm running a session on advice columns with @megha.bsky.social, Hal Koss & Ismael Pérez sciencewriters2025.org
Wanna show support for science news and reach hundreds of journalists?
Sponsor ScienceWriters, the largest convening of science communicators in North America. Chicago - Nov. 7-10
Opportunities start at just $350! sciencewriters2025.org/sponsor/
Registration: www.nasw.org/article/regi...
Sponsor ScienceWriters, the largest convening of science communicators in North America. Chicago - Nov. 7-10
Opportunities start at just $350! sciencewriters2025.org/sponsor/
Registration: www.nasw.org/article/regi...
Sponsor - ScienceWriters2025
sciencewriters2025.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wanna show support for science news and reach hundreds of journalists?
Sponsor ScienceWriters, the largest convening of science communicators in North America. Chicago - Nov. 7-10
Opportunities start at just $350! sciencewriters2025.org/sponsor/
Registration: www.nasw.org/article/regi...
Sponsor ScienceWriters, the largest convening of science communicators in North America. Chicago - Nov. 7-10
Opportunities start at just $350! sciencewriters2025.org/sponsor/
Registration: www.nasw.org/article/regi...
Show your support for science news and reach hundreds of attendees by sponsoring ScienceWriters, the largest convening of science journalists and communicators in North America. Opportunities start at just $350!
View the sponsorship menu: sciencewriters2025.o...
View the sponsorship menu: sciencewriters2025.o...
September 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Show your support for science news and reach hundreds of attendees by sponsoring ScienceWriters, the largest convening of science journalists and communicators in North America. Opportunities start at just $350!
View the sponsorship menu: sciencewriters2025.o...
View the sponsorship menu: sciencewriters2025.o...
Freelancers! #ScienceWriters 🧪
Fri, 10/18 @ 4pm ET bring your 1-min. pitches for live feedback from editors during Virtual Pitch Slam @sciencewriters.org #NASW #SciWri24
View the program and register 👇
sciencewriters2024.org
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View the program and register 👇
sciencewriters2024.org
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October 16, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Freelancers! #ScienceWriters 🧪
Jobs for #ScienceWriters
Are you a science and technology aficionado? We are looking for someone to report on anything from astronomy to archaeology, particle physics to synthetic biology.
Apply by September 28th:
Apply by September 28th:
The Economist is hiring a science and technology correspondent
We’re looking for a writer to join us in London for 12 months
econ.st
September 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Jobs for #ScienceWriters
In addition, it couldn't be more timely, as #ScienceWriters2025 is happening right now (hosted by @sciencewriting.bsky.social and @sciencewriters.org in Chicago).
Discussing Begley's article with fellow #ScienceWriters here has been a special surprise.
🧪 (3/5)
Discussing Begley's article with fellow #ScienceWriters here has been a special surprise.
🧪 (3/5)
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In addition, it couldn't be more timely, as #ScienceWriters2025 is happening right now (hosted by @sciencewriting.bsky.social and @sciencewriters.org in Chicago).
Discussing Begley's article with fellow #ScienceWriters here has been a special surprise.
🧪 (3/5)
Discussing Begley's article with fellow #ScienceWriters here has been a special surprise.
🧪 (3/5)
Happy #SciWri26! Join us Sunday evening at 5:45 p.m. for a reception celebrating our new book, The Best Science Stories and How They Work. Thanks to @bwfund.bsky.social, @sciencewriters.org, and @sciencewriting.bsky.social for making this possible. Details: www.theopennotebook.com/2026/08/26/b...
Book Celebration at ScienceWriters in Corvallis - The Open Notebook
We're excited to host a reception to celebrate the publication of our new book, The Best Science Stories and How They Work, at this year's ScienceWriters meeting in Corvallis, Oregon! Join us on…
www.theopennotebook.com
September 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Happy #SciWri26! Join us Sunday evening at 5:45 p.m. for a reception celebrating our new book, The Best Science Stories and How They Work. Thanks to @bwfund.bsky.social, @sciencewriters.org, and @sciencewriting.bsky.social for making this possible. Details: www.theopennotebook.com/2026/08/26/b...
Studying science is amazing, creating science is beautiful.
Writing science for a novel is exciting.
#writers
#novelwriters
#novels
#writingcommunity
#writerscafe
#shamlesselfpromo
#bookagents
#bookpublishers
#fiction
#authors
#booksky
#books
#sciencewriters
#sciencenovels
Writing science for a novel is exciting.
#writers
#novelwriters
#novels
#writingcommunity
#writerscafe
#shamlesselfpromo
#bookagents
#bookpublishers
#fiction
#authors
#booksky
#books
#sciencewriters
#sciencenovels
May 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Studying science is amazing, creating science is beautiful.
Writing science for a novel is exciting.
#writers
#novelwriters
#novels
#writingcommunity
#writerscafe
#shamlesselfpromo
#bookagents
#bookpublishers
#fiction
#authors
#booksky
#books
#sciencewriters
#sciencenovels
Writing science for a novel is exciting.
#writers
#novelwriters
#novels
#writingcommunity
#writerscafe
#shamlesselfpromo
#bookagents
#bookpublishers
#fiction
#authors
#booksky
#books
#sciencewriters
#sciencenovels
If you have an opinion about critical habitat for the endangered rusty patched bumble bee, now is the time to speak up. Also, Story tip for #ScienceWriters! www.fws.gov/press-releas...
Seeking public comment on proposed critical habitat for rusty patched bumble bee | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Once common across much of the eastern and upper midwestern U.S., populations have declined due to habitat loss, pesticide use, disease and
www.fws.gov
November 26, 2024 at 7:17 PM
If you have an opinion about critical habitat for the endangered rusty patched bumble bee, now is the time to speak up. Also, Story tip for #ScienceWriters! www.fws.gov/press-releas...
If you’re attending #SciWri26, you won’t want to miss our reception on Sunday, 9/27 celebrating The Best Science Stories and How They Work! Thanks to @bwfund.bsky.social, @sciencewriters.org, and @sciencewriting.bsky.social for making this possible. www.theopennotebook.com/2026/08/26/b...
Book Celebration at ScienceWriters in Corvallis - The Open Notebook
We're excited to host a reception to celebrate the publication of our new book, The Best Science Stories and How They Work, at this year's ScienceWriters meeting in Corvallis, Oregon! Join us on…
www.theopennotebook.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:21 AM
If you’re attending #SciWri26, you won’t want to miss our reception on Sunday, 9/27 celebrating The Best Science Stories and How They Work! Thanks to @bwfund.bsky.social, @sciencewriters.org, and @sciencewriting.bsky.social for making this possible. www.theopennotebook.com/2026/08/26/b...
The @sciencewriters.bsky.social Pitch Slam is Saturday 10/7 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Dazzle our panel -- @laurahelmuth.bsky.social, @rcourt.bsky.social, @nijhuism.bsky.social, Michael Moyer at @quantamagazine.bsky.social & @shanpalus.bsky.social --with your story pitches! 🔥💫
Dazzle our panel -- @laurahelmuth.bsky.social, @rcourt.bsky.social, @nijhuism.bsky.social, Michael Moyer at @quantamagazine.bsky.social & @shanpalus.bsky.social --with your story pitches! 🔥💫
Schedule (Mountain Time Zone)
<p>ScienceWriters 2023 schedule</p>
sciencewriters2023.org
October 2, 2023 at 7:19 PM
The @sciencewriters.bsky.social Pitch Slam is Saturday 10/7 1:30 PM–2:45 PM
Dazzle our panel -- @laurahelmuth.bsky.social, @rcourt.bsky.social, @nijhuism.bsky.social, Michael Moyer at @quantamagazine.bsky.social & @shanpalus.bsky.social --with your story pitches! 🔥💫
Dazzle our panel -- @laurahelmuth.bsky.social, @rcourt.bsky.social, @nijhuism.bsky.social, Michael Moyer at @quantamagazine.bsky.social & @shanpalus.bsky.social --with your story pitches! 🔥💫
Word on the street: @jamesian.bsky.social @maragrunbaum.bsky.social @MichewM.bsky.social and myself will be among the #sciencewriters teaming up with theatre directors and actors at CENTRIFUGE @IBTheatre.bsky.social Be there 4/12 or 4/13 at Theater Off Jackson or be square.
Come see experimental theater (about #science) April 12 + 13 at Theater Off Jackson #Seattle. Ticket info below. (Pay what you can)
5 science writers (including me) will pair with 5 theater directors to create 5 plays in 48 hours. 🐟📉🔬 Organized by Infinity Box.
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5 science writers (including me) will pair with 5 theater directors to create 5 plays in 48 hours. 🐟📉🔬 Organized by Infinity Box.
v6.click4tix.com/event-detail...
v6.click4tix.com
March 22, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Word on the street: @jamesian.bsky.social @maragrunbaum.bsky.social @MichewM.bsky.social and myself will be among the #sciencewriters teaming up with theatre directors and actors at CENTRIFUGE @IBTheatre.bsky.social Be there 4/12 or 4/13 at Theater Off Jackson or be square.