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If you have connections with universities, foundations, or other groups that might be interested in partnering reach out to @sciencewriters.org and @sciencewriting.bsky.social. We are committed to making this conference happen!

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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...

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Excited about this new collaboration, supported by @sciencewriting.bsky.social. Eleven climate newsrooms are joining forces to form the Climate News Task Force to increase and improve climate journalism. casw.org/news/casw-la...

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Submissions are now being accepted for CASW's 2025 awards! Deadlines: Graduate fellowships: 3/17 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award: 4/30 Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting: 6/30 Clark/Payne Award for a young science journalist: 6/30 To apply: casw.org/news/submiss...

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Our NASW Freelance Committee goes above and beyond to support independent writers and journalists. Many of these sessions are relevant to all media professionals, especially in these turbulent times. Attend their special workshop tomorrow, Mar 6. NASW member login required: www.nasw.org/events/...

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WINGS OF INDIA Minivets, parakeets, and a nesting flycatcher reveal life in India's wild forests. These native birds showcase the rich biodiversity of subcontinental woodlands. 📹 wildlife.ayush

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in just the past 10 years, they've discovered that cancer hijacks the nervous system in multiple ways to spur tumor growth, suggesting new therapies to augment treatment and buy time for immunotherapies to work. By Ingrid Wickelgren for @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/tumo...

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A huge thank you to all my colleagues and to my fellow board members at NASW for getting this out while I've been drowning in breaking news. 🙃

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5 science, health and environmental journalism organizations, @sciencewriting.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org @sejorg.bsky.social @healthjournalism.org @uprootproject.bsky.social, called today for immediate restoration of public data and information on federal websites: casw.org/news/journal...

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Darwin's birthday is coming up next week and the question is… how do I beat last year’s cake? 😂

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Very insightful. Source: Internet.

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Your Joke is Factually Incorrect: A Guide to Dying Alone

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Ask who in the world benefits from the removal of US public health info, suspension of federally-finded cancer and other research, anti-vax propaganda, and other actions to make Americans diseased and weak.

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I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13

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Covering bird flu? Register for our free briefing (1/31 at 3 p.m. ET) to learn about the trends, transmission & economic impacts in 2025 with experts Dr. Carol Cardona (U. of Minnesota), Dr. Maurice Pitesky (UC Davis) & Dr. Jada Thompson (U. of Arkansas). Register: bit.ly/4jRRsIT #H5N1

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@science.org is looking for its next 6-month science writing intern! Details here: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...

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🤣 a little humour on this cold cold evening.

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Looking for interns again this summer! Please share!

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some good NYC mayoral admin dirt within. ran, walked, rode my bike along this North Brooklyn. death-trap many times.

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Did you know Scientific American publishes original poetry every month? Each poem is previously unpublished and hand selected by the amazing Dava Sobel. This year we had poems about math, DNA, rocket launches, owls, fractals, plate tectonics and more. Here are a few of my favorites (a thread)

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Can confirm: shark tagging with @whysharksmatter.bsky.social is great fun, they teach you everything. @stevemirsky.bsky.social can attest too!

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A new article in MSM with factual info on Covid? YES! What Repeat COVID Infections Do to Your Body, According to Science | SELF www.self.com/story/covid-... 1st rec: wear a mask. 👏👏👏 [ This might even be the best MSM article on #Covid to share this month ]

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Thelma is my favorite film of the year. It’s hilarious, moving and incredibly thrilling. June Squibb, Richard Roundtree and Fred Hechinger are absolutely sublime. Could not recommend it more.

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"calling science apolitical is a political statement that, given just months before an administration of climate deniers, anti-vaxers, and assorted catch-all bigots take office, whose political agenda depends upon a rejection of science, is also a cynically savvy one."

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They recently laid off 140, but I guess they decided it should have only been 139: www.disneycareers.com/en/job/-/-/3...

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Hey ScienceWriters2025 is going to be in Pittsburgh - co-hosts are U. of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon U. Dates tk. #sciwri25 #sciwri24

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Why do people fall for "parasite cleanses" and other pseudo health fixes? Because they don't feel good and don't feel listened to by health care providers, says Maren Hunsberger of Brilliant B Productions. #sciwri24

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Memorial for science journalist Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes, starts at 2pm PACIFIC time, YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@UUSFMedia

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great Patrusky Lecture today at #sciwri24 by evolutionary biologist Joseph Graves Jr. of NC A&T State U. included history and current systemic funding biases affecting HBCUs v. HWUs.

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Providing basic info on drinking water, open roads, churches with oxygen and insulin has been the key role of journalists covering Hurricane Helene aftermath, say Helen Chickering and Katie Myers of Blue Ridge Public Radio. #sciwri24 #helene

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