Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • Science journalism

    Tips for being a science journalist

    December 14, 2013 / 8 Comments

    A brief summary of my seminar (part of the UWA Science Communication Seminar series) on 6 August 2010.

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    Designated Director Designate designates direction for marine research

    March 24, 2011

    Foursquare for flora and fauna? The ClimateWatch smartphone app

    September 28, 2012

    National desalination research centre launched in Rockingham

    August 11, 2010
  • How to write a book,  Projects,  Writing

    How to write a book: Part 1: Introduction

    September 25, 2013 / 4 Comments

    Three years is a long time. Three years ago, I was asked to run an online group on how to write books. The posts ended up here. A lot has changed in three years. It’s time to re-issue the posts with updated information. So for the next few weeks, every Wednesday (or for some of you, Tuesday night) there will be a post to do with writing a book, answering a specific question in your email and posted on this blog. What’s your part in this? Well, you are welcome to sit back and read the posts but you can also participate. You don’t need to be writing a book,…

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    The writing process, step by step

    April 27, 2011

    How to write a book: Part 5: Structure (or Chapter and verse)

    April 13, 2011

    7 myths about writing

    March 30, 2011
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    Journalism,  Updates

    My latest journalism work for Curtin

    September 1, 2013 / No Comments

    At the moment, I occupy a desk chair in Curtin University’s Digital Media Unit. And so a lot of what I get to do is fun. I get to help keep an eye on the social media and come up with pretty cool ideas like what we get to do with Google Plus Hangouts. But I also get to keep my hand in journalism: I get to write news stories for Curtin’s news site. So here is a list of the stories I have written so far (click on the article title to read more): Indigenous kids run for PM What would you say in your first speech if you…

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    #ECUWAPolChat transcript: quizzing the Mt Lawley candidates

    March 6, 2013
    A mug full of coffee on an open planner

    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019
    Annuncia Il Suicidio In Chat, Lo Incitano e Si Impicca In Diretta Su Skype via Hot Gossip Italia on Flickr

    Protected: How to interview people via Skype video

    April 2, 2015
  • Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013
    Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Book Reviews,  Events,  IPEd Con 2013,  Journalism,  Political journalism,  Projects,  Science journalism,  Updates

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013 / No Comments

    Recovering mostly. The conference is over. But the organisation part of it isn’t. There are accounts to be finalised and even now, still a lot of emails to answer. So let me digress to answer the most often asked question via email now: Conference proceedings will be posted on the website and you will all be emailed to be told when they get uploaded.  But what else have I been up to? Well, I have had a particularly weird and busy time of it and a lot of it has involved writing. So without further ado, here is the list: I have reviewed:  Amanda Curtin’s Elemental which will end up in…

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    AWW 2013: Amanda Curtin's Inherited

    January 24, 2013

    Robin Bower’s Beyond Home

    March 28, 2015
    A few right thinking men by Sulari Gentill

    Sulari Gentill’s A Few Right Thinking Men

    June 6, 2016
  • IPEd Con 2013,  Projects

    What do you mean there is a conference in four days' time?

    April 6, 2013 / 1 Comment

    About two years ago I put my hand up to be conference convenor for the 6th IPEd National Editors Conference in Perth in 2013. We are now a mere four days away from the event and no one on the committee can quite figure out how we got here and where all the time went. Is everything done? Is everything ready? Well, yes, it is. Don’t worry. On that front we are fine. On the emotional side of things? Well, we are not so sure. As a committee we were so focused on making sure that everything was ready that it has only just hit us that we should be…

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    Rapping for the 6th IPEd National Editors' Conference, 2013

    November 14, 2012

    The final #ipedcon2013 Program!

    April 6, 2013

    How to network at an editors' conference

    January 14, 2013
  • Projects,  Science journalism

    Foursquare for flora and fauna? The ClimateWatch smartphone app

    September 28, 2012 / 2 Comments

    Following the stories about and the response to the ClimateWatch iPhone app.

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    The writing process, step by step

    April 27, 2011

    How do I get started?

    April 20, 2011
    Perth Anonymous protesting against Scientology in 2008 (c) Perth Anonymous

    Scientology, R2-45s & my articles for 3rd Degree

    April 27, 2012
  • Perth Diary Articles

    Perth Diary is back!

    March 21, 2011 / 3 Comments

    Most of you are probably scratching your heads and going “Say what now?” or quite possibly “What is this mad woman up to now?” Hopefully, some of you are cheering. Or at least are pleasantly surprised. For the uninitiated, Perth Diary was a column I wrote for The Sunday Leader from 2005 to 2009 (there is a link to the archives here). In 2009, I stopped writing because I wasn’t hearing anything from anyone at the paper – presumably because this was also around the time the entire website for the newspaper was revamped. The revamped site didn’t have any position for Perth Diary and I assumed that this plus…

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    Cricket fever pitching rather feverishly low

    March 26, 2011
  • Journalism,  Projects,  Science journalism

    Pressure probe paves pathway for plant research

    March 16, 2011 / 2 Comments

    Date published: 15th March 2010 Publication: Science Network WA Editor: Jason Boudville Author: Marisa Wikramanayake Title: Pressure probe paves pathway for plant research Link to full article: Pressure probe paves pathway for plant research

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    A picture of Khodayar Amini at the vigil for the one year anniversary of his death

    Khodayar Amini, Australia and asylum seekers, one year on

    October 19, 2016

    AWW 2013: Marion Halligan's Murder On The Apricot Coast

    February 7, 2013
    Drive Me To Distraction by Caitlyn Nicholas

    Caitlyn Nicholas' Drive Me To Distraction

    February 21, 2013
  • Journalism,  Projects,  Science journalism

    Big Bang confusion

    March 16, 2011 / 1 Comment

    Date published: 10th March 2011 Publication: Science Network WA Editor: Jason Boudville Author: Marisa Wikramanayake Title: Big bang confusion Link to full article: Big bang confusion Excerpt: THE expansion of the universe does not work the way we expect it to, according to Dr. Tamara Davis, astrophysicist at the School of Mathematics and Physics from the University of Queensland. Dr Davis presented a seminar at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), at UWA last week, and discussed common misconceptions about the expansion of the universe.

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    Surviving university as a journalism student

    February 13, 2015

    Why journalists risk their lives

    October 14, 2019
    A real bookshop by Elsie esq via Flickr

    So You Want To Be A Book Reviewer Panel at Continuum 2018

    June 15, 2018
  • Journalism,  Science journalism

    Nanotechnology could revolutionise stroke treatments

    August 27, 2010 / 1 Comment

    Marisa Wikramanayake's article for Science Network WA on Xuan Le's research into polymer drug deliver for stroke treatments using nanoparticles made of pHEMA instead of PLGA.

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    Interview with Nury Vittachi on the 6th IPEd National Editors' Conference 2013

    March 2, 2013

    Australian Love Stories

    November 20, 2014

    Interview with Jane Rawson

    March 20, 2014
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