Professional Development Day 2016

Professional Development Day 2016

It’s DCSWA’s biggest event of the year and registration is now open!

Professional Development Day 2016 will be held Saturday, April 2 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the AAAS headquarters, 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington, D.C.

This year’s program will feature a plenary lecture by Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and director of the MIT Knight Science Journalism program.

Breakout sessions will include:

  • Using FOIA and public databases to find stories
  • Interview techniques
  • How to do great investigative science journalism
  • Tweet this, Instagram that
  • For PIOs: Promoting your work in external media
  • Giving voice to the voiceless in science writing
  • Alternative markets for science writers: building and diversifying a portfolio
  • How to be a more discerning reporter
  • The ever-popular pitch slam

Once again, résumé coach Amy Leighton will be available all day for 15-minute one-on-one appointments.

Full agenda available at https://dcswa.org/event/professional-development-day-2016/

Professional Development Day is open to everyone. Scholarships are available for early-career or other science writers with financial need. Click here for more information and to apply 

For more information, please write president@dcswa.org

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