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Highlights from NSWA events, tours, and field tripsApril 24: Field Reporting Panel
Are you interested in going on location to report important stories, but feel a little unprepared? Come to our panel on April 24 at 7:00 pm.
April 9: Science of Sand Virtual Talk with Vince Beiser
Join us April 9 for a virtual conversation with Vince Beiser, a Vancouver, BC-based award-winning journalist all about secret sand heists, the black market in sand, and even a sand shortage.
2024 Holiday Party at the Seattle Aquarium!
January 18th: Save the date because NSWA’s 2024 holiday party will be at the Seattle Aquarium! Ticket open now!
Happy Hour with Book Author Ben Goldfarb
Sept 18th: Join NSWA members for drinks and a chat with author Ben Goldfarb about his new book Crossings: How Road Ecology is Changing the Future of Our Planet
Movie Watch Party: “Oppenheimer”
July 22nd: Join NSWA as we watch Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” in IMAX!
Eastern Washington Trip
June 22: *Update* Apologies to everyone, but we hope to have more trips and hikes and east-side activities again in the near future.
Hike the Dungeness Spit!
May 28th: Join NSWA Board member Starre Vartan for a hike of this unusual Olympic Peninsula landmark and national wildlife refuge!
BioBlitz at Seward Park
April 30: Help show the world how biodiverse our region is by joining the Northwest Science Writers Association for BioBlitz 2023!
Movie Watch Party: “65”
March 11: NSWA will be watching Sony Picture’s new science fiction thriller “65”.
2023 Holiday Party and Annual Membership Meeting
NSWA members gathered around a fire at last year's holiday party. NSWA's 2023 Annual Member Event and Holiday Party *** 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. PT Friday, January 20 The Collective Seattle 400 Dexter Ave N #120, Seattle, WA 98109 [map] Please join us...
NSWA October 27 Trivia Night
NSWA is hosting an online trivia night on Thursday, October 27 at 6:00 p.m. PT.
Nanotechnology: The Science, Its Impact, and How to Communicate About It
Watch the recording from our September 15 event — an informal virtual conversation with Elizabeth Nance, PhD. Also joining us are blogger Phuong Nguyen and Instagrammer Sydney Floryanzia, who are Nance lab PhD students. The covered nanotechnology basics, translation,...
Bullitt Center: Touring the Greenest Commercial Building in the World
Join Northwest Science Writers Association for a tour of the Bullitt Center, a commercial building located in Seattle, Washington. Designed in 2013 to be the greenest commercial building in the world, it features geothermal wells, vacuum toilets, regenerative...
Virtual Happy Hour for Oregonians
Attention, NSWA members in Portland, Eugene, Salem, and the rest of the Beaver State! On Wednesday night, August 24th at 7 p.m. PST NSWA will be hosting a special virtual get-together for the Oregonians among us. This first meeting will hopefully include discussion of...
Book Launch: At Home on an Unruly Planet
Join Northwest Science Writers Association and Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum for a celebration of Madeline Ostrander's brand new nonfiction book, At Home on an Unruly Planet (Holt). A series of deeply reported, vivid, and hopeful accounts of American communities...