by Ashley Braun | Feb 27, 2018 | Past Events
Natural history museums can only display a fraction of their treasures. The Burke Museum is no exception. It has more than 11 million preserved fish specimens from around the world, though many of them hail from the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, and Pacific...
by Wayt Gibbs | Jan 11, 2018 | Past Events
NSWA celebrated the new year on Jan. 11 at a Seattle landmark that has wowed science fans of all ages for more than 50 years, the Pacific Science Center. The event was a chance to connect with science writers from all around the Pacific Northwest. Members and guests...
by Matt Vivion | Nov 28, 2017 | Events, Past Events
Members and guests joined Ian Haydon and Rebecca Randall, our 2017 NSWA career development award winners, on Nov. 28 for an evening discussion recapping the World Conference of Science Journalists last month in San Francisco. Ian and Rebecca both used their awards to...
by Matt Vivion | Oct 24, 2017 | Past Events
Members and guests joined us on Oct. 24 at the Seattle Times building to learn more about the book-publishing industry. The panel of speakers included: Elizabeth Wales of the Seattle-based Wales Literary Agency Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Seattle author of Crow Planet and four...
by Jane Hu | Sep 19, 2017 | Past Events
A panel of five science writers spoke about the art and business of freelancing on Sept. 19 at Hugo House. According to the Freelancers Union, 54 million Americans are freelancers. What does it take to start — and maintain — a successful freelance career in 2017?...
by Matt Vivion | Aug 1, 2017 | Past Events
Members and guests joined us Aug. 1 at the Pacific Science Center for a lecture by Dennis Schatz, nationally recognized astronomy educator. Dennis is an eclipse junkie, who not only knows the finer details of penumbras and the probability of clouds on Monday, Aug. 21,...
