 Leaders of the NASW have been freelance and staff reporters for a majority of US newspapers, wire services, magazines, and broadcasters.As of September 29, 2007, the organization reported having 2,549 members and claimed to be the largest organization of science writers in the world.Each year since 1972 the organization holds the Science in Society Awards to "provide recognition — without subsidy from any professional or commercial interest — for investigative or interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact on society."