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Highlights from NSWA events, tours, and field tripsEastern 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...
So, You Want to Write a Book…
Do you have a book inside bursting to get out? Do you have a really really long magazine piece that you suspect might actually be a book? Well, come hear from those who have walked the long slog of book publishing from proposal to print. These NSWA insiders will tip...
Best Practices For Communicating Health Data
https://youtu.be/BKjuhXh7_g8 Free webinar: Wednesday, April 20, 6:30-7:30 Pacific Health data helps us understand public health trends, make good decisions about our own care, and inform new laws and regulations. But reporting on health-related numbers in accurate,...
SANDSWA + NSWA March Mixer
Come chat with some California colleagues! NSWA is having a one-hour mixer with the San Diego Science Writers Association on March 24th at 6:30 PM Pacific Time on Zoom. The event is completely free, so sign-up and get some networking in, learn how others people...
NSWA 2022 Party and Annual Member Meeting
2022 Party and Annual Member Meeting NSWA members will come together in-person on March 10 for an evening of cocktails and campfires, writing awards, and celebrating community safely.The past couple years have been filled with challenges and inspirations alike. Thanks...
Panel Discussion: Can Humor Help Us Fight Misinformation About Science?
What's the best way to fight the spread of misinformation? When someone shares misleading facts about vaccines or climate change on Twitter, should we be furious — or should we try to be funny? Recent research suggests that humor has an important role in countering...