Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • An image of two hands writing in front of a computer screen with a phone on top of papers on a desk
    Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism

    How to easily track pitches in Google Sheets as a freelance journalist

    January 7, 2021 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake talks about how to set up a pitch tracker using Google Sheets to track pitches as a freelancer or freelance journalist.

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    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019

    How to deal with late payments as a freelancer

    January 26, 2019
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    My 10 Compelling Reasons For Running Youtube Livestreams Right Now

    January 22, 2021
  • Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism,  Writing

    Frequently Asked Questions About Becoming A Freelance Writer:

    January 18, 2018 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake answers a few of the frequently asked questions about being a freelance writer.

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    Day 2: A cat is here!

    May 30, 2018
    KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre

    I hit 10,000 words!

    June 4, 2018
    A mug full of coffee on an open planner

    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019
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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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    Kangaroo fossils give insights into changes in biodiversity

    September 16, 2010

    iPhone app replaces doctors' logbooks

    October 28, 2010

    Alison Morton's Inceptio

    May 24, 2013
  • 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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    Jane Rawson's A Wrong Turn At The Office Of Unmade Lists

    January 16, 2014

    Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop

    January 25, 2014
    A real bookshop by Elsie esq via Flickr

    Capering criminally with the challenge: what I read for Australian Women Writers 2013

    January 3, 2014
  • 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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    The Rockstar Freelance Lifestyle

    April 10, 2013

    How to network at an editors' conference

    January 14, 2013
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013
  • Projects,  Updates

    New project: Guys Read Gals

    February 18, 2013 / 1 Comment

    First off, I did not come up with the name. That was all Rob Kennedy‘s fault. Second, last I checked I am not a male member of the species so I am not actually an active participant – I am just there to make sure everything runs properly. And to carry a metaphorical whip so that the guys involved behave like the gentlemen that they are. So what is it? It’s a website. For men. To post reviews of the Australian female fiction authors they have read.  And for women and men. To contribute insightful articles, interviews and opinion pieces on the topics of men reading  and/or Australian female fiction…

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    Foursquare for flora and fauna? The ClimateWatch smartphone app

    September 28, 2012

    AWW 2013: Amanda Curtin's Inherited

    January 24, 2013

    The Book of Unwritten Tales

    October 7, 2012
  • Perth Diary Articles

    All those lovely bubbles…

    April 9, 2011 / 2 Comments

    I would like to start this piece by stating quite firmly two things: I drink beer. I am a woman. Now lest you think I am an alcoholic, let me put you straight: my average is about one drink per month. Per month. Something like that anyway. You see, we find ourselves at yet another minuscule cultural divergence here – one of those dashed things about living in a foreign country that don’t really matter in the same way the question of war or nuclear power would but nevertheless bugs you relentlessly. In Sri Lanka, depending on whom I am mixing socially with, preferring a beer to a cocktail or soft drink…

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    Perth Diary is back!

    March 21, 2011

    Cricket fever pitching rather feverishly low

    March 26, 2011
  • Journalism,  Projects,  Science journalism

    Designated Director Designate designates direction for marine research

    March 24, 2011 / 1 Comment

    Date published: 11th March 2011 Publication: Science Network WA Editor: Jason Boudville Author/Photographer: Marisa Wikramanayake Title: Oceans Institute announces new Director Link to full article: Oceans Institute announces new Director

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

    March 2, 2013

    53 free ways for science journalists to brush up on their science… and counting

    November 25, 2013

    How to get started in journalism

    November 29, 2013
  • 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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    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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    AWW 2013: Interview with Amanda Curtin

    February 1, 2013
    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

    Salinity threatens freshwater mussels

    September 9, 2010
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