The Spark Grant Initiative (SGI), run under the auspices of the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ), has selected proposals for three projects in South America, Africa, and Asia that aim to improve the coverage of sciences in the general media. Recently, the Himalayan Climate Boot Camp held from April 21-26, 2022 brought journalists to the Everest region to discuss climate change and its impacts on lives of people who live there. (Photograph by Laxman Dangol/HCBC2022)
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In the Spotlight: Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows
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Six talented students passionate about science journalism have been awarded CASW's prestigious Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for the 2022-23 academic year. Each will receive a $5,000 award to support graduate training in science writing. Their selection brings to 184 the number of science writers aided by CASW’s graduate fellowships since 1981.
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Brett Simpson (@brettvsimpson) traveled to Norway as an independent journalist last year to report on conflicting interests of a Norwegian mining company and Indigenous Sámi communities. She spent a summer in the Arctic riding in fishing boats, sharing meals with Indigenous reindeer herders, and meeting with mining executives, scientists, and leaders at the Norwegian Environmental Agency.
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The decade-old online science and math magazine Quanta went up against the juggernauts of print journalism to win the prestigious 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. The award cited Natalie Wolchover, Quanta’s senior editor covering the physical sciences and the 2016 winner of CASW’s Clark/Payne Award, for “coverage that revealed the complexities of building the James Webb Space Telescope, designed to facilitate groundbreaking astronomical and cosmological research.”
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CASW is pleased to welcome science journalist Amber Dance (@amberldance) as director of New Horizons in Science, CASW’s annual program of science briefings for science writers. Dance will begin her role with the 2022 New Horizons program, which will be presented in Memphis, Tennessee, Oct. 22-24 as part of the ScienceWriters2022 conference.
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Farewell and thank you to outgoing board members
CASW offers a heartfelt thank you to Tariq Malik and Thomas Lin for their service and contributions as board members. Both are stepping down from the board this year and will be greatly missed.
Tariq Malik, editor-in-chief at Space.com, was elected to the board in 2015. Tariq chaired the Awards and Fellowships committee and passes that mantle to Alan Boyle. Thomas Lin, founder and editor-in-chief of Pulitzer Prize-winning Quanta Magazine, was elected in 2016 and has served as a fellowship and awards judge and a member of the Finance and Audit Review committees.
Thank you, and best wishes!
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We invite you to join the more than 200 friends and fans of the extraordinary Sharon Begley and supporters of quality science journalism who have stepped up with financial contributions to establish CASW’s new Sharon Begley Reporting Award.
Your gift can make a difference. Thank you!
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