Still time to register: Q&A on future of #scicomm on 2/21 featuring Dr. Francis Collins, longest-serving Director in the history of NIH, moderated by DCSWA 🐥🐥Board Member & journalist Bruce Y. Lee, Prof CUNY Grad School of Public Health & Health Policy The City University of New York & PHICOR Exec Dir dcswa.org/event/the-futu…

This is TOMORROW

Congratulations to Science News and Bethany Brookshire on winning the DCSWA 🐥 Newsbrief Award! 🎉 dcswa.org/winners-announ…

This year's Professional Development Day is on Saturday, May 4th (in-person & virtual!) The day will include a keynote talk, panel discussions and workshops, lunch with local scientists, a writer-editor meet and greet, and more! Register now🔗 dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-5643066

We had SO many amazing submissions to this year's Newsbrief Award. Congratulations to Bethany Brookshire for taking home the gold for her story in Science News and to Chris Gorski & Bob Hirshon for their honorable mentions👏sciencenews.org/article/mice-a… Many thanks to all who participated!

On Tuesday, join DCSWA 🐥 at 6 pm for a happy hour at Calico DC. All are welcome!

A reminder that this is tomorrow (Tuesday) 🍻 Come hang out with members and #scicomm enthusiasts at Calico DC. All are welcome! 🦆

👋Anyone know of a DC-based science writer/journalist with an excellent newsletter? Please send suggestions! #scicomm

🦆On Thursday, April 18th come hang with us at Sudhouse DC on U Street. No registration needed. All are welcome. Hope to see you there!

A reminder that we have a happy hour this Thursday🍻 🦆All are welcome!

On Saturday, June 15th from 9 am – 1 pm, DCSWA members and their guests are invited to go behind the scenes of the Smithsonian’s research site on Chesapeake Bay! *Only a few spots are left* 🔗dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-5698656

Professional Development Day is this Saturday! *There will be no on-site registration* Registration closes on Friday at 5 pm ET. Link to register: dcswa.wildapricot.org/event-5643066

So grateful to have been a panelist for DCSWA 🐥’s Professional Development Day today! I really enjoyed getting the opportunity to share my expertise and my newsletter with the local science writer community. Thanks again to Sam Jones, PhD for the invitation!

It's time for another quack-tastic DCSWA 🐥 Happy Hour! Come out to Lulu's Winegarden (1940 11th St NW, DC) on 8/15 from 6-8 pm ET. No need to register; just show up ready to have a bite, drink a lite, and chat the nite with friends who write. See you there!

On 7/13/24, DCSWA 🐥 members & guests enjoyed a fantastic guided tour of the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center (s.si.edu/3Qp3tsO). More tours are planned for the remainder of 2024, see keep an eye on dcswa.org to not miss out!

Researcher at SmithsonianEnv (Smithsonian Environmental Research Ctr) shows DCSWA 🐥 members how measuring CO2 that tidal wetland plants & soils absorb may one day lead to carbon storage in tidal marshes helping combat #GlobalWarming. One stop of great tour on 6/15/24.

Announcing an out-of-this-world tour of NASA Goddard on Fri., 9/20 exclusively for DCSWA 🐥 members. Registration ends promptly at midnight, Thur., 8/22 (NASA rules) & only 20 slots available. So don't just sit on the launch pad, be A-OK & sign up at dcswa.org ASAP!

You don't have to be Captain Kirk to explore Space, the Final Frontier. Just be a DCSWA 🐥 member and claim one of the 8 remaining spots for an exclusive tour of NASA Goddard on 9/20! Registration ends midnight, Thur., 8/22 (NASA rules), so sign up at dcswa.org ASAP!