Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • Events,  Freelancing,  IPEd 2017

    Freelancing panel at IPEd 2017

    September 14, 2017 / 1 Comment

    I’m not necessarily going to write these notes out in order but here is a quick run down of my bootstrapping for a freelancing business. Use tech to bring freelancing work to you: I find that my work comes through being the first person to email someone as soon as an opportunity comes up. I also find it useful to work across time zones. So how do you bootstrap this? And for free? Facebook groups: figure out which group has the most posts for the sort of work you want to do popping up and change its settings so that you are notified by Facebook of new posts popping up.…

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

    IPEd Conference 2017 is next week and guess who is going?

    September 6, 2017

    Round up 05/01/2013 – 19/01/2013

    January 19, 2013

    Events you should be attending during the holiday season in 2013

    November 26, 2013
  • Journalism,  Real Scientists,  Science journalism

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

    November 25, 2013 / No Comments

    This is a list of FREELY AVAILABLE basic science primers, courses and videos that science journalists can take to brush up on their beats/niches/topics of interest. NOTE 1: MOOCS = Massive open online courses = free, short, online, provided by universities to give you a primer in the basics of a scientific topic of study. Both MOOCs and the Coursera courses will use Youtube videos so don’t eliminate them on that basis. NOTE 2: Coursera courses vary in length and whether you get a certificate at the end and are offered at different times so some of the ones listed below may drop off and on again depending on when…

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    Profile: Amanda Curtin and world weaving

    May 29, 2013
    A mug full of coffee on an open planner

    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019
    Untitled by Hamed Saber via Flickr

    My latest journalism work for Curtin

    September 1, 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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    Interview with Nury Vittachi on the 6th IPEd National Editors' Conference 2013

    March 2, 2013

    Big Bang confusion

    March 16, 2011

    The Rockstar Freelance Lifestyle

    April 10, 2013
  • Journalism,  Science journalism

    Biomass kiln provides potential for power

    May 5, 2010 / 1 Comment

    Date published: 28 April 2010 Publication: Science Network WA Editor: David Satterthwaite Author/Photographer: Marisa Wikramanayake Title: Biomass kiln provides potential for power Link to full article: Biomass kiln provides potential for power Excerpt: THE recent Mallee Industry Expo in Narrogin saw the exhibition of the first biomass kiln from thermal processing and materials handling equipment company Ansac, a local take on growing international interest in pyrolytic technologies. “We’ve always been involved in the business of burning things.” Ansac’s general manager Danny Griffin said. According to Mr Griffin, the company shifted into pyrolysis (chemical decomposition through intense heating) technologies after seeing the massive demand in Europe for biomass energy and related…

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    Untitled by Hamed Saber via Flickr

    My latest journalism work for Curtin

    September 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

    Big Bang confusion

    March 16, 2011
  • 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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    Surviving university as a journalism student

    February 13, 2015

    How to get started in journalism

    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
  • 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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    On pens, paper and meaning

    November 17, 2012

    An editor's take on crime fiction

    October 12, 2013

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

    April 13, 2011

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