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

    Pressure probe paves pathway for plant research

    March 16, 2011
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013
  • Australian Women Writers Challenge,  Book Reviews,  Projects

    AWW 2013: Amanda Curtin's Inherited

    January 24, 2013 / 4 Comments

      Precision is what comes to my mind, first. Amanda Curtin likes to write about connections, between person to person, between person and object, person and landscape. And about how those connections make us feel. Or why they are unique to us. Why they don’t make any sense or at least a different kind of sense to others. The back cover blurb for the book tells us:     Inherited brings together stories about the gifts and burdens we inherit from the world or from those we love, and what we, in turn, leave behind. Inherited is her latest collection of short stories. And every word in each story belongs…

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    AWW 2013: Interview with author Marj McRae

    January 17, 2013

    Australian Love Stories

    November 20, 2014

    Introducing In Conversation With

    April 6, 2015
  • 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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    My latest journalism work for Curtin

    September 1, 2013

    Interview with Jane Rawson

    March 20, 2014
    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
  • 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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    Interview with Jane Rawson

    March 20, 2014

    Mentoring: the why and the how of doing it

    December 6, 2013

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

    November 25, 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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    AWW 2013: Marion Halligan's Murder On The Apricot Coast

    February 7, 2013

    Interview with Jane Rawson

    March 20, 2014

    How to get started in journalism

    November 29, 2013

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