National Association of Science Writers Gears Up for Critical Weekend Vote

Constitutional amendment would allow PR professionals to be part of leadership.

On Saturday at a conference in San Antonio, members of the National Association of Science Writers will decide whether or not to approve a critical amendment to their governing constitution. The amendment would allow public relations professionals to be part of the NASW’s leadership.

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Undark has been covering this whole matter extensively. For the site’s latest coverage, Seth Mnookin crafted a sly lede and shared all the pertinent details:

In a survey that was conducted as part of an NASW ad-hoc committee’s report on the [proposed] amendment, close to 10 percent of responding NASW members said they would resign if the amendment passed and around 5 percent said they would leave if it did not.

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