Thursday! Join our Connector Chat for tips on covering extreme weather amidst a changing data landscape, featuring climate reporter @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social , @capitalweather.com's Jason Samenow, and statistician Christopher Wikle, moderated by @reginanuzzo.bsky.social Register bit.ly/weather-chat

How can journalists cover extreme weather and disasters when databases and archives that inform understanding about such events are disappearing? Join CASW and @amstatnews.bsky.social on 7/16 for a live chat on the changing data landscape and reporting on this dynamic and challenging beat.

NEW: Our latest Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes report is out today! One key finding: 76% of Americans say they're interested in news stories about how global warming is affecting the cost of living. Read the report for much more:

Next week! Join our Connector Chat for tips on covering extreme weather amidst a changing data landscape, featuring climate reporter @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social, @capitalweather.com's Jason Samenow, and statistician Christopher Wikle, moderated by @reginanuzzo.bsky.social.

New, timely op-ed as extreme heat continues to rise this summer 🌡️ Climate issues have long occupied only a small percentage of news coverage, and a wave of recent layoffs is raising concerns about the future of the beat. niemanreports.org/climate-jour...

Calling all freelancers - this month's Skunk Speak will feature Melba Newsome, an award-winning freelance science journalist with more than 20 years of experience. Register: www.sconc.org/ourevents/

NEW: For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas. Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas. One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social

Between 1984 and 2025, coverage of sports and entertainment received 36 times the coverage that climate change did. Learn more from a new report, “From Silence to Whisper: Climate Change in U.S. News Media, 1984–2025,” released this week: buff.ly/Rzf1jFf

Congratulations to the 2026 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows! They are headed to science journalism graduate programs with $6,000 to support their studies: sciencewriting.substack.com/p/science-wr... 🧪 @sciencewriting.bsky.social #science #scicomm

Reminder that there are two weeks left to apply or nominate a colleague for these awards! More information: casw.submittable.com/submit

SPJ leads a coalition in condemning a proposed Trump administration rule that would require federal employees to sign standardized nondisclosure agreements, warning it would silence public employees and violate First Amendment rights. 🔗 Full statement: bit.ly/4efm30S

Congratulations to the 2026 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows! They are headed to science journalism graduate programs with $6,000 to support their studies, thanks to funding from the Brinson Foundation. We can't wait to read their stories. casw.org/news/seven-j...

Congrats to the Fellows … and thanks to @jamesian.bsky.social and other journalists who helped @sciencewriting.bsky.social select this year’s class of Taylor/Blakeslee scholars! #CASW

Congrats to the Taylor-Blakeslee fellows.. winners of $ for #graduate school in #science writing. We need you more than ever. Emely Bonilla, Cameron Glymph, Sruthi Gurudev, Jenna Lang, Jesse Steinmetz, Aspen Stuart-Cunningham + Kelsey Woody. @sciencewriting.bsky.social casw.org/news/seven-j...

Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowships announced from the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing for the 2026-2027 academic year casw.org/news/seven-j... via @sciencewriting.bsky.social

Members of the press: Join us in Salt Lake City for #ESA2026! Our Annual Meetings are the world's biggest gatherings of ecologists—so if you're looking for a scoop, following a story, or seeking a source, apply for a FREE press badge: https://esa.org/saltlake2026/newsroom/press-registration/

Want to learn more about how science gets federal funding? The video and tip sheet from our Connector Chat on appropriations is now live! Featuring @maxkozlov.bsky.social, @alesszimm.bsky.social and @virginiagewin.bsky.social. connector.casw.org/tip-sheet-fo...

Deadlines for two CASW awards are coming up! ▶️ The Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, for a science journalist under the age of 31 ▶️ The Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting Help us spread the word, and submit your application here: casw.submittable.com/submit

The early-bird registration deadline for #IRE26 has been EXTENDED through May 15. Learn how to: • Investigate Washington from anywhere • Rebuild after layoffs • Level up your reporting Don’t wait. Register now → https://bit.ly/4vUizcf

SPJ, joined by a coalition, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Douglas A. Collins urging @deptvetaffairs.bsky.social to end investigations into employees for speaking with the press and to review and revise policies restricting protected speech. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4dk5sZ4

"How to cover the federal appropriations process," 1pm EDT, Thursday (April 30), online discussion with @maxkozlov.bsky.social @virginiagewin.bsky.social @alesszimm.bsky.social

There's one week left to apply for the Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award! If you're a mid-career science journalist and you've got a big project brewing, this opportunity is for you. casw.submittable.com/submit/21234...

BREAKING: The Xylom is a finalist in two categories in the @inn.org Awards. • Insight Award for Visual Journalism: "Meet the Indian Fisherwomen Adapting to a New Normal", and • Best Investigative Journalism Award: "‘All Hell Breaks Loose’: How Big Oil Ruined a Small Texas Town" by @alexip718.com

The president's budget request is out. The process for funding federal agencies in 2027 has begun. What's a science journalist to do? Register for our chat with @maxkozlov.bsky.social, @alesszimm.bsky.social, and @virginiagewin.bsky.social, coming up on 4/30. connector.casw.org/event/follow...

It’s here! Today is Local News Day! Today is the day when we can come together and share our support for local news and information with our friends and neighbors. Visit localnewsday.org to find trusted local news where you live, and share with us how you’re celebrating Local News Day! #localnewsday

Science journalists: Apply for the $20,000 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award! The prize recognizes the accomplishments of a mid-career science journalist and includes a grant for a significant reporting project. Deadline: April 30. More information and the submission link at CASW.org

Join us at the #SEJAwards Luncheon on April 17 during the #SEJ2026 Annual Conference in Chicago, where we'll announce the recipient of the Nina Mason Pulliam Award, SEJ's highest honor: sej2026.org/awards

The results are in 🎉 We're proud to announce the winners of the 24th annual #SEJAwards for Reporting on the Environment, honoring the journalists whose work spotlighted our planet's most urgent stories. Read the full list: sej2026.org/awards#winners

Save the date for ScienceWriters2026: Join us Sept 25-28 in Corvallis, Oregon for in-person sessions and fabulous local field trips and tours. Bespoke virtual sessions will be offered Oct 14-16. We can't wait to see you online or in person! LEARN MORE: sciencewriters2026.org

The deadline is TOMORROW to enter work in the 2026 @coveringclimatenow.org Journalism Awards! Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, March 31, at 11:59pm US Eastern Time. Work published or broadcast anytime in 2025 is eligible, + there’s no fee to enter. coveringclimatenow.awardsplatform.com

Journalists: You can now apply for the @outrider.org Nuclear Media Summit in Los Angeles on October 22–23! This free, two-day event will focus on how nuclear weapons issues intersect with AI, community health, climate and space. outrider.org/conference/2...

Journalists, filmmakers & content creators: Join us at the @OutriderFdn Nuclear Media Summit in Los Angeles on Oct. 22–23, 2026! This free, 2-day event focuses on how #nuclearweapons issues intersect with AI, community health, #climatechange & outer space. 🔗 APPLY NOW: outrider.org/conference/2...

🎥 Now hiring: Post-Production Video Editor (Contract) 🎥 Are you a professional video editor with experience editing long-form recorded events? Drop us a line! In this role, you'd package footage from our HJ26 conference in May. Apply by 6 p.m. ET on March 27. healthjournalism.org/opportunitie...

Have you gotten story ideas, sources or assignments from a #SciWri conference? We want to hear from you! We and @sciencewriters.org are collecting any and all impacts of the conference. If ScienceWriters has ever helped you do your job, let us know in the form below docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Friends, country people, answer a #science #scicom survey for #research. @sciencewriters.org @scitalkofficial.bsky.social @cragcrest.bsky.social #SciWri26 @sciencewriting.bsky.social

Save the date for ScienceWriters2026: Join us Sept 25-28 in Corvallis, Oregon for in-person sessions and fabulous local field trips and tours. Bespoke virtual sessions will be offered Oct 14-16. We can't wait to see you online or in person! LEARN MORE: sciencewriters2026.org

INN has joined a coalition of 41 press-freedom groups demanding that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately release journalist Estefany Rodriguez. Read the statement from @freepress.bsky.social: www.freepress.net/download/pre...

Apply now for the Frances E.W. Harper Fellowship @19thnews.org — a paid, yearlong opportunity for early- and mid-career HBCU alums interested in reporting, audience, news product or development. Our alumni have launched amazing careers. 💜 Please signal boost!

Since everyone's discussing oil prices tonight, did you know half of US crude oil exports pass through a single town of 614 people in South Texas? I spent three years documenting the tragedy of Ingleside on the Bay for @thexylom.com @floodlightnews.org @drilledmedia.bsky.social @deceleration.news:

A foundation of in-depth research can improve the chances that a publication will finance your reporting, writes @bwfund.bsky.social‬ early-career fellow @skylerdware.bsky.social, in this story with @astrolisa.bsky.social, @goesbykim.bsky.social, @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social, and others. 🧪

INN welcomed 22 newsrooms to the INN Network in January and February, including 14 full members and eight provisional members — plus, one affiliate organization that works to support journalism. A warm welcome to the new members in the 🧵 — and read: news.inn.org/lifting-up-u...

Reminder: The deadline for Taylor/Blakeslee Graduate Fellowships is two weeks from today! If you've been accepted to a graduate program in science writing, you want to apply for this.

ICYMI: We have dates for ScienceWriters2026! We'll see you September 25-28 at @oregonstate.edu. You can still submit a proposal for a CASW or @sciencewriters.org session by March 10. #SciWri26 casw.org/news/science...

Join me on March 5 at 10 am PT/1pm ET for a @ScienceWriters Freelance Committee bizchat with a panel of creators from niche publications @sequencermag.bsky.social, @thetransmitter.bsky.social , @wire-wildlife.bsky.social & @jmirpub.bsky.social. Sign up here!

We are thrilled to have confirmed dates for #SciWri26! And there's still time to submit an NASW or CASW session proposal by the March 10 deadline. casw.org/news/casw-na...

We're kicking off a webinar series on AI and climate change. Join us tomorrow, February 24, at 12pm ET! RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

As funders get squeezed, “journalism is falling down the list" of priorities. —CASW exec director @meaghanparker.bsky.social

What’s behind your eye-popping power bill? We broke it down, region by region.

Did you miss our Connector Chat on investigative science reporting with @charlespiller.bsky.social and @lizagross.bsky.social? Check out the video, notes, and LOTS of resources in our new tip sheet! connector.casw.org/tip-sheet-ti...