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 | Jun 6, 2014 | News
The bumpy descent into Santa Fe airport, aboard a 50-seat SkyWest Bombardier CRJ200, reflected the road I have taken towards becoming a science writer. I first heard about the Santa Fe Science Writers workshop last July, when I applied for the Northwest Science...
by Matt Vivion | Jan 12, 2013 | News
Greetings all. Wow and golly ned. What a wonderful annual meeting/post-holiday party. It was great to see everyone. And for those who couldn’t make it, I hope to see you at future events. I would like to thank Molly McElroy for all her work in setting up the...
by Matt Vivion | Oct 19, 2012 | News
NSWA and ScienceOnlineSeattle and FOSEP have partnered with sciencedebate.org to ask science questions of the candidates for governor in Washington state. Candidate Jay Inslee submitted answers to the questions recently, and you can read those here. We remain hopeful...
by Matt Vivion | Oct 19, 2012 | News
1. Innovation and the Economy. Science and technology have been responsible for over half of the growth of the U.S. economy since WWII, when the federal government first prioritized peacetime science mobilization. But several recent reports question America’s...
by Matt Vivion | Jun 20, 2012 | News
The Northwest Science Writers Association is pleased to announce the winners of our 2012 career development awards: Veteran journalist Robert McClure and freelancer Michelle Martin. Robert is well-known for his long career as an environmental reporter at the Seattle...
