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As 2024 comes to a close, we look back on our #NASW90th anniversary year with these key links:
1. Share Our 90th Anniversary Board Address:
www.nasw.org/article...
2. Read Our Wonderful Member Histories:
www.nasw.org/article...
3. Join NASW as a Member for 2025!
www.nasw.org/join
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@sciencewriters.org @sciencewriting.bsky.social #sciwri24 #science #scicomm @sconc.bsky.social #NASW90th
STARTING NOW AT 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT: NASW members, join us for a special #SciWriSocial year-end trivia contest party! Hosted by our Freelance Committee but open to all NASW members. Enjoy the fun with familiar friends and new colleagues as we wrap this #NASW90th year: www.nasw.org/events/... 💚🧪📝
THIS THURSDAY: NASW members, join us for a special #SciWriSocial year-end trivia contest party on December 5! Hosted by our Freelance Committee but open to all NASW members. Come share a laugh with familiar friends and new colleagues as we wrap this #NASW90th year: www.nasw.org/events/... 💚🧪📝
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NASW Members: You're invited to attend a special #SciWriSocial year-end trivia contest party on December 5! Hosted by our NASW Freelance Committee but open to all NASW members. Come share a laugh with familiar friends and new colleagues as we wrap this #NASW90th year: www.nasw.org/events/... 💚🧪📝
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#SciWri24 Attendees: Come pick up the *final* print edition of #SciWriMag at the check-in desk! Take a piece of NASW history home with you as you—including our #NASW90th anniversary stories sent in by NASW member colleagues. Download past PDFs: www.nasw.org/publications... 💚🧪📝
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In time for #SciWri24, here's an NASW hashtag roll call!
#SciWriStudent
#SciWriJobs
#SciWriDiversity
#SciWriAwards
#SciWriGrants
#SciWriBizChat
#SciWriSkillsChat
#SciWriSocial
#SciWriRoundtable
#SciWriDeskNotes
#SciWri4Hire
#SciWriPitchSlam
#SciWriMentoring
#SciWriBooks
#NASW90th
#WhySciWri
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Graphic with text Celebrating N A S W Ninetieth N A S W member stories and photos
Did you know that this is NASW's 90th anniversary year? Here are three great ways to celebrate with us!
1. Share Our #NASW90th Board Address:
www.nasw.org/article...
2. Read Our Wonderful Member Histories:
www.nasw.org/article...
3. Join NASW as a Member!
www.nasw.org/join
💚🧪📝
Graphic with text “It has also been satisfying over the years to engage in my own pursuit of unexpected stories, connecting people and the processes of science and culture, and mentoring younger science writers. My hope is that when we mark N A S W’s centennial in 10 years, our impact will be even more fully appreciated in the public conversation.” David Taylor N A S W member since 2009
Members, have you shared your #NASW90th story yet? Leave a note with us, and upload a photo memory! Cheer on our community and its nine decades of history. Here's one from David Taylor, NASW member since 2009. 💚🧪📝
Read Stories: www.nasw.org/article...
Add Your Own: www.nasw.org/article...
No wonder—it never came through the first time. But it's in there now! Thank you for submitting your #NASW90th memory, David! 💚🧪📝
Hi David, did you submit your #NASW90th story in the Google Form? We don't seem to have it. bit.ly/nasw90submis...
Graphic with text “For me, science writing has come full circle... What has been even more gratifying is that both of my kids have followed in my footsteps... Science writing made it easier for me to be a working single parent to them. I could not be happier with my choice of career!” Rosie Foster N A S W member since 1992
Members, have you shared your #NASW90th story yet? Leave a note with us, and upload a photo memory! Cheer on our community and its nine decades of history. Here's one from Rosie Foster, NASW member since 1992. 💚🧪📝
Read Stories: www.nasw.org/article...
Add Your Own: www.nasw.org/article...
Graphic with text Celebrating N A S W Ninetieth N A S W member stories and photos
Did you know that this is NASW's 90th anniversary year? Here are three great ways to celebrate with us!
1. Share Our #NASW90th Board Address:
www.nasw.org/article...
2. Read Our Wonderful Member Histories:
www.nasw.org/article...
3. Register to Attend #SciWri24!
www.nasw.org/article...
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"NASW resoundingly rejects all campaigns to attack DEI initiatives, because they are merely veiled efforts to disenfranchise and deny the real richness and agency of peoples, cultures, and experiences of the world."
From our February 2024 #NASW90th anniversary address: www.nasw.org/article...
![Graphic with text “And now, hardly anybody thinks of the [Authors] Coalition and the funds it provides as the miracle we once considered it to be. I still do, however, because I know how close we came to never having it. And I think of all the good it has done, all the people who have been able to expand their professional knowledge and horizons and all the many worthy projects... that have had a chance to flourish because of the support it made possible.” Beryl Lieff Benderly N A S W member since 1984](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6jlpqo7vabpx5ldxlxivkdjx/bafkreiejexoyoxrdb5snbsyvt5r6phdz2uyspqoyrp2s2w6riylec3idku)
Graphic with text “And now, hardly anybody thinks of the [Authors] Coalition and the funds it provides as the miracle we once considered it to be. I still do, however, because I know how close we came to never having it. And I think of all the good it has done, all the people who have been able to expand their professional knowledge and horizons and all the many worthy projects... that have had a chance to flourish because of the support it made possible.” Beryl Lieff Benderly N A S W member since 1984
Members, have you shared your #NASW90th story yet? Leave a note with us, and upload a photo memory! Cheer on our community and its nine decades of history. Here's one from Beryl Benderly, NASW member since 1984. 💚🧪📝
Read Stories: www.nasw.org/article...
Add Your Own: www.nasw.org/article...
Welcome to our professional community, Jessica! Can't wait to welcome you at our upcoming virtual events and at #SciWri24! Grateful for all the members joining NASW on this #NASW90th. 💚🧪📝
www.nasw.org/events/upcom...
sciencewriters2024.org/schedule
![Graphic with text: “When I eventually learned about and joined [NASW], it was a relief to finally have a place to go to share these experiences and have fellowship. The other sales engineers at the battery companies I was working for were not interested in discussing writing for publication. At writers’ groups, I was usually the only person who was writing about technology, rather than novels. At NASW, I found a community of peers.” Jo'el Roth N A S W member since 2000](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6jlpqo7vabpx5ldxlxivkdjx/bafkreibkatqfay5v33ffwsb2trwyquq3tmj5vmj4zix5eqow7ogg75qjg4)
Graphic with text: “When I eventually learned about and joined [NASW], it was a relief to finally have a place to go to share these experiences and have fellowship. The other sales engineers at the battery companies I was working for were not interested in discussing writing for publication. At writers’ groups, I was usually the only person who was writing about technology, rather than novels. At NASW, I found a community of peers.” Jo'el Roth N A S W member since 2000
Members, have you shared your #NASW90th story yet? Leave a note with us, and upload a photo memory! Cheer on our community and its nine decades of history. Here's one from Jo'el Roth, NASW member since 2000. 💚🧪📝
Read Stories: www.nasw.org/article...
Add Your Own: www.nasw.org/article...
Graphic with Text "“I was an early adopter of the Internet and email... In theory, I should have been able to dash off my stories and fire them off to the editors who were also at the meeting, but no matter how many times I tried, I couldn’t send anything through to — or receive anything from — any of the editors. I finally stored my stories on a floppy disk and carried it to them, and the news did go through, but I didn’t have much time to socialize.” Jeff Hecht N A S W member since 1991
Members, have you shared your #NASW90th story yet? Leave a note with us, and upload a photo memory! Cheer on our community and its nine decades of history. Here's one from Jeff Hecht, NASW member since 1991. 💚🧪📝
Read Stories: www.nasw.org/article...
Add Your Own: www.nasw.org/article...
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After years of building community on Twitter—especially via the annual "SciWri" conference hashtags—we switched to Bluesky as our short-form social platform in 2024 (www.nasw.org/article/tran...). Thank you all for following—let's replicate that special vibe here! #SciWri24 #NASW90th #WhySciWri 💚🧪📝
Photo of the table of contents of the final issue of Science Writers magazine.
NASW members, the #NASW90th issue of ScienceWriters magazine is off the presses and out in the mail. Post a photo of your copy of #SciWriMag in hand to social media and tag us, so we know where around the country they've arrived! 💚🧪📝
Graphic with text “As I stood in one of the grand halls of the California Academy of Sciences, a new acquaintance struck up a conversation with me, then asked, ‘Do you want to see something cool?’ As science writers, we all know the answer is always yes... I know that if I’m in the presence of other members, I’m sure to learn something new!” Jane C. Hu N A S W member since 2015
Members, have you shared your #NASW90th story yet? Leave a note with us, and upload a photo memory! Cheer on our community and its nine decades of history. Here's one from Jane C. Hu, NASW member since 2015. 💚🧪📝
Read Stories: www.nasw.org/article...
Add Your Own: www.nasw.org/article...
Photo of a feature spread within the Summer Fall 2024 issue of Science Writers magazine, with the headline Happy Ninetieth Birthday N A S W. The spread is stacked over another magazine, showing the magazine title.
NASW members, the #NASW90th issue of ScienceWriters magazine is off the presses and out in the mail. Post a photo of your copy of #SciWriMag in hand to social media and tag us, so we know where around the country they've arrived! 💚🧪📝
Graphic with text: "Around that time I got a very interesting project... This was in the era when everything was done on hardcopy, so there was only one master version. A subterfuge was involved that I now forget, but I managed to rescue the chapters.” Richard Maurer N A S W member since 1987
Members, have you shared your #NASW90th story yet? Leave a note with us, and upload a photo memory! Cheer on our community and its nine decades of history. Here's one from Richard Maurer, NASW member since 1987. 💚🧪📝
Read Stories: www.nasw.org/article...
Add Your Own: www.nasw.org/article...
Graphic with text: “It quickly became clear that I had found my community.... Everyone thought it was important to help people gain a deeper understanding of the world around us. Everyone agreed that journalism was not only valuable but important. That may all sound a little high-minded, but what it boiled down to was that this was a group of people who were not boring. The conversations were fascinating. This was a room full of storytellers. This was fun.” Matt Shipman, N A S W Member since 2008
Members, have you shared your #NASW90th story yet? Leave a note with us, and upload a photo memory! Cheer on our community and its nine decades of history. Here's one from Matt Shipman, NASW member since 2008. 🧪💚
Read Stories: www.nasw.org/article...
Add Your Own: www.nasw.org/article...
Graphic with text Celebrating N A S W Ninetieth N A S W member stories and photos
Did you know that this is NASW's 90th anniversary year? Here are three great ways to celebrate with us!
1. Share our #NASW90th Board Address:
www.nasw.org/article...
2. Read Our Wonderful Member Histories:
www.nasw.org/article...
3. Register to Attend #SciWri24!
www.nasw.org/article...
💚🧪📝
Graphic with text “Despite the mere handful of science writers belonging to the Canadian Section, members wanted a Canadian association that was independent of the NASW... in Montreal on Jan. 22, 1970, Section members adopted a resolution to pursue the formation of a Canadian association of science journalists... On the evening of Oct. 15, 1970, the draft constitution was revised and adopted, and the Canadian Science Writers’ Association (CSWA) was officially born.” Pippa Wysong S W C C fiftieth anniversary project editor
Friends, did you know that the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC) traces its history back to the National Association of Science Writers? Read this special contribution to our #NASW90th story collection from our friends to the north: www.nasw.org/article... 💚🧪📝
Graphic with text No one has cut their teeth on science writing at a better time than I, in the 1960’s, when science fiction was becoming fact, seemingly by the day... I made my way through weeklies, driving the truck that delivered papers overnight for one, and finally landed at a daily, The Bergen Evening Record in Hackensack, N.J. There I successfully begged my editors to let me cover my two main interests, law enforcement/crime and science... Ed Ricciuti, N A S W member since 1960's.
Members, have you shared your #NASW90th story yet? Leave a note with us, and upload a photo memory! Cheer on our community and its nine decades of history. Here's one from Ed Ricciuti, NASW member since the 1960's. 🧪💚
Read Stories: www.nasw.org/article...
Add Your Own: www.nasw.org/article...
Another NASW hashtags roll call!
#NASW90th
#SciWri24
#SciWriStudent
#SciWriDiversity
#SciWriAwards
#SciWriGrants
#SciWriJobs
#SciWriBizChat
#SciWriSkillsChat
#SciWriSocial
#SciWriRoundtable
#SciWriMag
#SciWriLife
#SciWriDeskNotes
#SciWri4Hire
#SciWriPitchSlam
#SciWriMentoring
#WhySciWri
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Graphic with text I am really grateful to N A S W for helping me upskill in my journalism endeavors, and, in a time when the economy is unstable, provides free resources for me to become an even better writer. The best part is that my financial situation is slowly improving and I have learned new skills, and I look forward to giving back to N A S W and helping people learn about ways they can use N A S W to stay connected to the science writing world" Sheeva Azma Member since 2020 Celebrating hasthag N A S W ninetieth
Members, have you shared your #NASW90th story yet? Leave a note with us, and upload a photo memory! Cheer on our community and its nine decades of history. Here's one from Sheeva Azma, NASW member since 2020. 🧪💚
Read Stories: www.nasw.org/article...
Add Your Own: www.nasw.org/article...
