by Susan Keown | Mar 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Jane C. Hu (@jane_c_hu) was awarded an honorable mention in the journalism category in the 2022 NSWA Best of the Northwest Awards for her story in Slate on “botanical sexism,” which the judges said was “a great example of a fun and interesting debunking article.” The...
by Susan Keown | Mar 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Sara Zaske (@WSUZaske), writing for Washington State University, was awarded an honorable mention in the institutional category in the 2022 NSWA Best of the Northwest Awards for her piece on the WSU Bear Center. She shows how researchers at the center work with the...
by Susan Keown | Mar 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Adrienne Ross Scanlan wrote a review of “Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains” by Bethany Brookshire for the New York Journal of Books. Brookshire explains how cultural perceptions, changes in human society and human philosophy assign negative or positive...
by Susan Keown | Feb 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Mara Johnson-Groh won the institutional category in the 2022 NSWA Best of the Northwest Awards for her story on neutrinos in Symmetry Magazine. The judges wrote that her piece “did a great job of translating an incredibly tricky subject”: the second-most common...
by Susan Keown | Feb 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Jes Burns of Oregon Public Broadcasting won the multimedia category in the 2022 NSWA Best of the Northwest Awards for her story on the secrets of a good night of shut-eye. In her piece — described by the judges as “highly engaging” — Burns visits scientists who are...
by Susan Keown | Feb 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Eric Scigliano (@SeattleFlotsam) just completed a series on the Fraser River, or Tacoutche Tesse (Mighty One), for the Salish Current. In the first piece in the series, Scigliano gives an overview of the still-undammed river’s geography, its fisheries, and its history...
