by Matt Vivion | Nov 12, 2014 | Past Events
The Ebola outbreak in Africa has been dominating media coverage. Closer to home, NSWA gathered experts to talk about the outbreak from both medical and journalism points of view at our monthly meeting on Nov. 12 at University House. John Lynch, an infectious disease...
by Matt Vivion | Oct 8, 2014 | Past Events
We all know that Seattle — and the Pacific Northwest in general — is the best place in the world to live. But what makes a story in our little corner of the country worthy of coverage in a big-name publication? And how do you craft these stories...
by Matt Vivion | Sep 29, 2014 | News
On a hot and sticky evening in early September, the first day of the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference, Geoff Morrell, Senior Vice President of U.S. Communications and External Affairs for BP, took the stage in a ballroom at the Hilton New...
by Matt Vivion | Sep 22, 2014 | News
When I decided to freelance full-time roughly a year ago, it felt not merely like walking a tightrope without a net, but improvising a full-scale trapeze act without any training in acrobatics. Advice for freelancers (some of it useful and some hackneyed) litters the...
by Matt Vivion | Sep 10, 2014 | Past Events
What makes a good blog post, and what sorts of content make readers click? Alan Boyle and Mary Guiden shared their success stories with NSWA members and guests at our monthly meeting on Sept. 10 at University House. Alan Boyle ( @b0yle ), science editor at NBC News...
