Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • Journalism

    Interviewing techniques from the BBC

    June 18, 2016 / No Comments

    The BBC has an arm called the BBC Academy. In this video Peter Allen discusses interviewing techniques for journalists to use.  

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  • 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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    Interview with Jane Rawson

    March 20, 2014

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    February 6, 2014
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    February 21, 2013
  • Journalism,  Science journalism

    New Mallee Harvester prototype reaps accolades

    May 5, 2010 / 1 Comment

    Date published: 15 April 2010 Publication: Science Network WA Editor: David Satterthwaite Author/Photographer: Marisa Wikramanayake Title: New Mallee Harvester prototype reaps accolades Link to full article: New Mallee Harvester prototype reaps accolades Excerpt: THIS week’s Mallee Industry Expo saw the launch of a new Mallee harvester prototype in Narrogin, promising cheap and efficient biomass energy harvesting. Western Australian ministers for Energy and Environment, the Hon. Peter Collier MLC and the Hon. Donna Faragher JP MLC, launched the prototype together with Kevin Goss, the CEO of Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FFI CRC), who compared it to the development of the Sunshine Harvester. Read more here…

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    February 9, 2019
    Photo of car outside Thornlie Mosque in Perth. (c) Yahya Adel Ibrahim

    BREAKING: Perth mosque targeted with car bomb attack

    June 29, 2016
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013
  • Perth Diary Articles

    17/05/2009 Perth Diary Is Online!

    May 19, 2009 / No Comments

    Ok, you lucky readers have two options: you can either read the heavily edited version (censored for public tastes) that was published in the Leader here, or you can read the uncensored version in this entry.

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