Marisa Wikramanayake

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    Blog,  Updates

    Sri Lanka, December 2015 – February 2016

    December 5, 2015 / No Comments

    Destination: Colombo, Sri Lanka Duration: December 2015 – February 2016 Brief: I have crash landed in Colombo again, this time for two months and I will be taking on a bit of freelancing work as well as some work experience at a news organisation though as yet I am not entirely sure exactly what I will be doing so stay tuned. Follow the reportage/articles: Facebook / Twitter (I will update my website’s portfolio section when I can) Hire me to freelance for you: Email [email protected] / check out my website’s portfolio/Contently portfolio. Seriously, if you are a Sri Lankan organisation/publication or even an overseas one, make use of the fact…

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    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018
    Katherine Susannah Pritchard and her typewriter (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 4: Freedom to write, freedom for writers

    June 1, 2018
    KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre

    I hit 10,000 words!

    June 4, 2018
  • Science journalism,  Updates

    The Naked Scientists' Mexican Twave

    November 19, 2012 / No Comments

    So I suddenly saw that the BBC wanted to cancel the science Q & A radio show The Naked Scientists and that they had organised a massive #savethenakedscientists mexican twave where they tried to get one tweet retweeted around the world within the hour that they usually have their show on the air. Here are the tweets because it’s going on now and you can join in. Tweets about “#savethenakedscientists”

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

    November 25, 2013

    Tips for being a science journalist

    December 14, 2013

    iPhone app replaces doctors' logbooks

    October 28, 2010
  • 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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    November 29, 2013
    A real bookshop by Elsie esq via Flickr

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

    June 15, 2018
    Photo of car outside Thornlie Mosque in Perth. (c) Yahya Adel Ibrahim

    BREAKING: Perth mosque targeted with car bomb attack

    June 29, 2016
  • Music Reviews

    Music Review: The Beautiful Few's The Nights You Did Your Hair

    November 3, 2009 / 2 Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake reviews The Beautiful Few's new album The Nights You Did Your Hair for the Perth based alternative community radio station RTR FM.

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  • Updates

    I am in the This Is Oz ad campaign!

    November 1, 2009 / 5 Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake blogs about being included in the print ad campaign against homophobia for This Is Oz.

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    Marisa Wikramanayake will be appearing at two sessions at the Digital Writers Festival this year.

    I am now on Patreon

    December 4, 2015

    Real men do read – they just don't let the sexy, geek goddesses know.

    February 6, 2013

    Ten years of Kottu

    April 8, 2015
  • Perth Diary Articles

    Perth Diary Article for 22nd March 2009 Online

    March 22, 2009 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake writes the Perth Diary column for the Sunday Leader, a national newspaper in Sri Lanka. This week's article is about the process of writing music reviews for a Perth based community radio station, RTRFM.

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    Cricket fever pitching rather feverishly low

    March 26, 2011

    Perth Diary is back!

    March 21, 2011
  • Projects

    List of Planet Sites To Submit Your RSS Feed To:

    March 19, 2009 / 1 Comment

    In this post, Marisa Wikramanayake lists all the "planets" (RSS feed aggregator sites) that she has found and discusses the benefits of submitting your website's RSS feed to the few that are relevant to your website's topic as a targeted marketing tool. Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance writer and editor, based in Australia.

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    How to write a book: Part 1: Introduction

    September 25, 2013

    The Rockstar Freelance Lifestyle

    April 10, 2013
    Perth Anonymous protesting against Scientology in 2008 (c) Perth Anonymous

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

    April 27, 2012
  • Music Reviews

    Review of Mark Hilton's New Album at RTR FM

    March 17, 2009 / No Comments

    The latest music review for the RTR FM radio station by Marisa Wikramanayake on the album A Good Man by Mark Hilton & The Lavender Girls. Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance writer and editor based in Fremantle, Australia.

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