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NSWA (en-swah) is an organization of science editors, writers, communicators, and journalists based in the Pacific Northwest.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 1h
Thanks to #SciWri26 Pitch Slam panelist, @rachelcourtland.com, for putting together these helpful pitching tips! @sciencewriters.org
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 3h
Protect #science and #science #journalism. Join + support nonprofit orgs like @sciencewriters.org and our regional @nswa.bsky.social (Answer the latest "survey" from NW science folks, asking what you want in 2027) #community If you loved #SciWri26... help make it happen again.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 20h
NSWA members-we want to hear from you! Help us prioritize our programming for the foreseeable future by taking this quick survey🌎 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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NSWA Events: Member Preferences for 2026-2027
This form contains multiple ideas for NSWA field trips, events, sessions and get-togethers. Please pick up to three (3) favorites in EACH category.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NSWA members: Who wants $$ to further your journalism career? Apply for the @nswa.bsky.social Career Development Awards by September 10! *You could use the dough to attend the @sciencewriters.org 2026 meeting in Corvallis, Oregon:)
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2025 Career Development Awards | Northwest Science Writers Association
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The @sciencewriters.org meeting is just over a month away at @oregonstate.edu! #SciWri26 Check out this amazing Pitch Slam panel: @blkahn.bsky.social @wired.com @rachelcourtland.com @technologyreview.com @hanner.bsky.social @quantamagazine.org Chuck Squatriglia @grist.org Polish those pitches!
Advertisement for the Pitch Slam at the NASW conference in Corvallis, Oregon on Sept 27 at 11:15. Chuck Squatriglia (Grist), Rachel Courtland (MIT Tech Review), Brian Kahn (Wired) and Hannah Waters (Quanta) are the editors who will provide feedback on 1 minute story pitches.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Replace your gas stoves with electric, preferably induction. The Trump regime canceled an $18 million EPA grant to study replacing gas stoves in 1,200 homes of asthma sufferers. Researchers published results from 85 homes, showing significant asthma relief and health impacts of gas stoves.
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The EPA halted a study on gas stoves and asthma. But even partial results were striking.
Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took of...
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 28/07/2026
Trump is pushing RFK Jr. to move faster to cut the number of vaccines kids get and to advance the science on autism.
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Trump Turns Up the Heat on RFK Jr. to Cut Back Childhood Vaccines
​The president is focused on the shots’ alleged tie to autism, even though White House advisers wanted to tone down attention to the issue ahead of the midterms.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Jimothy inspired me to take karate lessons in a suburban strip mall. Thank you, Jimothy.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/07/2026
“We are allowing the tech industry to consolidate this extraordinary degree of resources, unlike anything ever before."
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The race to stop AI’s threats to democracy
Tech journalist Karen Hao sounds the alarm about the rising risks to the country—and planet—from the growth of artificial intelligence.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Three words: locally-sourced shellfish! Come join our rooftop Salish Sea Soirée on Friday night! RSVP: lnkd.in/gVeKAYuq
Rooftop Science Salon: Salish Sea Summer Soiree July 31 6-9 pm Roosevelt Neighborhood in Seattle. Please bring a dish to share, a science story (you wrote or read) to dish about, while taking in views of Mt. Rainier and downtown Seattle. We’ll discuss the latest in PNW marine science while sampling locally sourced-shellfish and sipping summer cocktails.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Thursday night! RSVP here: nswa.wildapricot.org/event-6749187
July Happy Hour: Paint n Sip July 30 5:30pm at Stoup Brewing on Capitol Hill. $15 registration fee covers art supplies and your first drink.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
THIS WEEK, STARTING TONIGHT!!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
TINA SMITH: Researchers in MN made a breakthrough in childhood cancer in Black kids with a grant. But it seems that according to your proposed rule, this type of research wouldn't allowed bc it's 'DEI.' VOUGHT: We are against DEI policies. We have intended to rid of them whenever we possibly can.
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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
How quickly we forget — if we allow ourselves to. For journalist Jason Dove Mark, bald eagles represent what the planet can lose, what it can regain, and what it can still lose in the process. therevelator.org/for-bald-eag...
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For Bald Eagles, the Descendants of the Destroyers Became the Restorers • The Revelator
This excerpt from the new book The Earth Said Remember Me looks at the shifting baselines around the United States’ national bird — which many people already forget almost disappeared.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
NSWA members: @robertakwok.bsky.social will be launching her new book, Lost in Curiosity, next week! 🚀 Hope to see you at one of these events:) Tuesday 7/21 at 7pm at Ravenna Books Wednesday 7/22 at 6:30 at Brick & Mortar Books Redmond Thursday 7/23 at 6pm at Village Books & Paper Dreams, Fairhaven
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Seattle-area folks, I'll be launching Lost in Curiosity at Third Place Books Ravenna and Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond next Tuesday/Wednesday! And if you're closer to Bellingham, I'l...
Seattle-area folks, I'll be launching Lost in Curiosity at Third Place Books Ravenna and Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond next Tuesday/Wednesday! And if you're closer to Bellingham, I'll be at Village ...
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
RSVP HERE: nswa.wildapricot.org/event-6749074
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Northwest Science Writers Association - Poking the Squid Book Talk + NSWA After Party with Perrin Ireland
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
TONIGHT! Come see Perrin Ireland as she shares her amazing watercolors, humor, and vast knowledge of animal sex—and all its dazzling diversity! She’ll be at @townhallseattle.bsky.social at 7:30! Guaranteed to be entertaining 🦑🐬🐏🦆
Details: Poke the Squid with Perrin Ireland Thursday July 9 at 7:30 at Town Hall Seattle.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Get your tickets today! Science journalist, Lynda Mapes, will be talking about the Arctic—and the risks the region faces under the Trump administration—at @townhallseattle.bsky.social on June 18 at 7:30. Get tickets here—> nwscience.org
A flyer with Lynda Mapes pictured. The title of her June 18 talk at Town Hall Seattle is America’s Arctic: Too Precious to Lose. She will discuss the wonder of public lands along the Arctic Circle in Alaska and the risks they face under the Trump administration’s agenda.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/05/2026
The FBI’s reported investigation focusing on an Atlantic journalist would represent a significant escalation in the Trump administration’s war against press freedom, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
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A Dangerous New Attack on Press Freedom
According to MS NOW, the FBI has launched an investigation into an Atlantic reporter.
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
To celebrate spring, the next NSWA Science Salon- on May 1 from 6-9pm - will focus on phenology, the seasonality of natural life cycles! It's a potluck so please bring a dish to share and your beverage of choice. Register today! lnkd.in/gYsWCtrx
A graphic of 6 panels describing the plant phenophase: leaf unfolding, flowering begins, general flowering, first ripe fruits, autumn leaf coloring, and leaf fall.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Climate journalists! Tomorrow is the last day to enter the 6th annual @coveringclimatenow.org awards! Get those submissions in. 🌪️🔥🌊🥵 coveringclimatenow.awardsplatform.com
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Re-upping: Claim your spot now for the OSU field trip!
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Science and health journalists: here's a great opportunity to dive into a big reporting project. Deadline to apply--APRIL 20!
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Get your young curious kiddos gathered for City Nature Challenge 4-24 until 4-27 #seattle #tacoma #science #children @woodlandparkzoo.bsky.social @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social @nwtrek.bsky.social #citizenscience www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
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City Nature Challenge 2026: Seattle-Tacoma Metropolitan Area
Help the Seattle-Tacoma Metropolitan Area (including Everett, Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma and any place within Snohomish, King and Pierce counties!) show the world how biodiverse our region is by making...
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The Trump administration wants to boost manufacturing of glyphosate, the world’s most common weed killer. Here’s what that could mean for health
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Glyphosate is driving a rift in MAHA. Here’s what the science says about its effects on health
The Trump administration wants to boost manufacturing of glyphosate, the world’s most common weed killer. Here’s what that could mean for health
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
NSWA members: We are planning a field trip to OSU in Corvallis! We'll visit the Wave Research Lab 🌊 , an ice core collection🧊, a research brewery 🍻 and the famed HJ Andrews experimental forest 🌳🌲 (an add-on jaunt for day 3). Claim your spot now! Details: nswa.wildapricot.org/event-6574489
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Northwest Science Writers Association - Field Trip to OSU
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Hey @nswa.bsky.social @spjwash.bsky.social #journalism, #science Ready for #standupforscience? @sufsseattle.bsky.social 🧪🧪 Speakers last year included @irahyman.bsky.social Details to come.
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Attention @sciencewriters.org @nswa.bsky.social @ncswa.bsky.social @dcswa.bsky.social @sconc.bsky.social @sciwrirockies.com @capscicomm.org @sciencewriting.bsky.social @miscicom.org
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thanks to sponsors of our nonprofit @nswa.bsky.social #science #facts Including: @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social @geekwire.com @oregonstate.edu @outrider.org @alleninstitute.org @kavlifoundation.org Parse Biosciences, Kuwana Consulting, Message Lab + @seattlechildrens.org
In very blue image we see crowd of people inside Seattle Aquarium at last year's 2024 meeting of NW Science Writers.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
What a great night at the Seattle Aquarium! Thanks to all who helped us ring in 2026! 🐙 🦦 🐠
NSWA President Michael Bradbury, VP Lynda Mapes, and board members Clayton Aldern, Christie Wilcox, Barbara Goldoftas in front of fish in Seattle aquariumNSWA board members Bryn Nelson, Virginia Gewin, and NSWA member Robin Mejia at the Seattle Aquarium. Seattle Aquarium’s resident octopus, Violet. Seattle Aquarium interior with image projection of coral reefs
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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Calling all Northwest #science writers! You don’t want to miss this party! The venue is spectacular, you’ll get to meet the new resident sea otter (squeee!), learn about the aquarium’s conservation work, have great food, and mingle with some wonderful people. Details on our website. 🧪
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
One week left to get your submissions in for the Best of the Northwest awards! Deadline: December 26!
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—the NSWA Best of the Northwest Awards are upon us! Submit your outstanding entries in these three categories: 1) Journalism writing 2) Institutional Writing 3) Multimedia. Award winners in each category will receive a $300 prize and an award certificate.
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The 2025 Best of the Northwest Awards | Northwest Science Writers Association
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Time of year to RENEW your membership in @nswa.bsky.social + @sciencewriters.org #science matters. #facts matter. #journalism matters. Birds of a feather... flocking. #SciWri26 (NASW will meet in Oregon next year) #PNW
Famous print by MC Escher of fish and birds.
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Last day to get your @ijnr.bsky.social tee!
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Did you miss the bus? Second chance at IJNR's 30th Anniversary shirts, Supporting INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM & NATURAL RESOURCES
The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources is turning 30! In 1995, a motley crew of intrepid journalists spent two weeks traveling around western Montana, learning from ranchers, scientists, and...
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Northwest Science Writers: SAVE THE DATE! Our annual holiday party will take place January 14 at the Seattle Aquarium:) 🐟🐬🐙🐢🦈🦑
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NSWA 2026 Holiday Party at the Seattle Aquarium! | Northwest Science Writers Association
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
NSWA board member, Lynda Mapes, was interviewed by @kuow.org last week. She discusses her recent article for @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social highlighting how Alaskan wildlands are at risk from the US push for "global energy dominance".
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A visit to the pristine Western Arctic, which faces gas and oil drilling
Lynda Mapes, the former Seattle Times environment reporter, made a trip recently to the Western Arctic, a vast region in the northernmost part of North America. It’s an area that the Trump administrat...
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Hey #PNW, the @sciencewriters.org meeting next NOV is in Corvallis, OR. Hosts include @oregonstate.edu #sciwri26 Travel dream - a "private car" on Amtrak bringing all the #seattle folks south @nswa.bsky.social sciencewriters2025.org/next-year/
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
NSWA showed up at @sciencewriting1.bsky.social conference in Chicago last weekend! The big news—the 2026 NASW conference will be in the PNW. Join us in Corvallis at @oregonstateuniv.bsky.social in October.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
In September, @nswa.bsky.social members journeyed to the Olympic Peninsula to see the Elwha River restoration. Vanessa Castle, a Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe member, shared how the removal of the river's two dams has brought both ecological renewal & spiritual healing. John Gussman led us on a hike.
Flowing Elwha River water at the site of the former reservoir. Vanessa Castle, a member of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, showed us the monumental restoration efforts bringing back native plants and restore the river's winding path. At the mouth of the Elwha river, thousands of birds enjoyed the habitat restored to the beach when the dam was removed.Local Elwha expert, John Gussman, led us on a hike along the upper Elwha river.
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Sally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Yes, it can be October and puffy white clouds. @fridayharbor.bsky.social Thank you @nswa.bsky.social for our field trip to Friday Harbor labs. #invertebrates #echinoderms #eyes
7 rowboats rest on a dock with open water behind them. The boats are all different colors, including a red one. Beyond the dock is a point of land with trees.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Who wants to spend a weekend at Friday Harbor Labs (October 26-28)?! NSWA’s @adrienneunderwood.bsky.social has organized a sweet retreat! Get more details and sign up to get one of the remaining spots here.
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Northwest Science Writers Association - Friday Harbor Labs Retreat
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Mark your calendars! Thursday, October 16, 7:30 @townhallseattle.bsky.social will host a panel and book launch for—> In the Spirit of Right and Respectful Relations: Conversations about Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being in Nature.
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In the Spirit of Right and Respectful Relations | Town Hall Seattle
In relationship with Se’Si’Le, Braided River is celebrating the launch of their newest project, In the Spirit of Right and Respectful Relations: Conversations about Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Bein...
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Seattle @nswa.bsky.social members: Tomorrow night, Mary Roach will be at @townhallseattle.bsky.social. Get tix here!
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Mary Roach with Mary Ann Gwinn | Town Hall Seattle
The body is the most complex machine in the world, and the only one for which you cannot get a replacement part from the manufacturer. For centuries, medicine has reached for what’s available—sculptin...
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
DEADLINE IS TOMORROW!
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Northwest Science Writers: Need $1000 to reach your professional development goals—to, for example, attend a conference or skills training? We’ve got you! Apply for one of our Career Development Awards by Friday, September 26!
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Career Development Awards | Northwest Science Writers Association
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Freelancers: check out The Business of Freelancing short course. Early bird registration is open until Sept. 19 for just $189
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The Institute for Independent Journalists - Fall 2025 Business of Freelancing Course — The Institute for Independent Journalists
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National Association of Science Writers (NASW) @sciencewriters.org · 03/09/2025
Thinking about applying for journalism fellowships and grants this fall? Get tips on strengthening your proposals during a panel hosted by our colleagues at the National Press Club Journalism Institute. Register for the free Sept 9 webinar:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Finding the Money: Tips for strengthening proposals for journalism grants and fellowships. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Big ideas in journalism deserve support, and there’s money out there to make them happen. Knowing where to look — and how to make your case — is key. Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute, the Pulitzer Center, and the National Press Foundation, three organizations that provide grant funding for reporting projects, as we pull back the curtain on how to find and position yourself to win grants and fellowships designed for journalists. We’ll also learn about an emerging platform being developed by a Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow that will aggregate funding opportunities for staff and freelance journalists. From funding that backs bold reporting projects to fellowships that provide time and resources for growth, you’ll walk away knowing what’s possible for your work — and how to go after it. Program panelists: Anne Godlasky, National Press Foundation President Marina Walker Guevara, The Pulitzer Center Executive Editor Monica Williams, Independent Journalist and Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellow Moderator: Elliot C. Williams, National Press Club Journalism Institute Training Manager Whether you’re a freelancer chasing your next big investigation or a newsroom reporter looking to back a new project, this session will give you the confidence and tools to secure the funding you need.
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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Who’s going to Chicago for the 2025 NASW meeting?! 🍻🧪
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