events
Highlights from NSWA events, tours, and field trips
The Art of the Interview
Whether you’re a print journalist, multimedia producer, or PIO, interviewing is hugely important to your work. On Sept. 27 at the Seattle Times Building, we delved into best practices for interviewing sources: how to prepare, put your interviewees at ease, ask...
Chat with David Quammen
The discovery that genes can jump from one species to another radically shifted scientists' understanding of the tree of life. In his latest book, bestselling author David Quammen guides us through stories of the new technologies and discoveries that are transforming...
Wildfire Talks
Note: First few minutes of presentation not available in recording above. Wildfires in the western United States have become increasingly more common. They burn through forests, damage the ecology and threaten property and lives. Even the careful science of tackling...
Share your Science workshop
Sunday, July 29 Naked City Brewery 8564 Greenwood Ave N. NSWA partnering with The People's Science on July 29 at Naked City Brewery to put on an interactive workshop and write-a-thon for effectively communicating science to the public. Scientists and researchers...
Summer Happy Hour with Solutions Journalism Network
We toasted the summer with our friends at the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) on June 19 at Pono Ranch in Ballard. As a bonus, SJN will soon be giving away a travel stipend to attend the first-ever West Coast solutions Journalism conference on July 14 in Portland.
When Salmon and Stormwater Pollution Collide: Tour the Green Solutions
The Pacific Northwest is famous for both its salmon and rain, but when the two meet, it’s not always sunny. On May 16, members and guests learned about what happens when all that rain hits our cities and streets, washing thousands of pollutants into local...
NSWA Science Trivia Night
Members and guests joined us April 18 for a science-themed trivia quiz night and social event at Floating Bridge Brewing in the U. District. This special NSWA-organized evening was hosted by the quizmasters at Geeks Who Drink and tested our knowledge of arcane facts...
Exploring the power of art and illustration in science storytelling
From infographics to illustrations, images are an essential part of science communication. Pictures can explain concepts in a flash, illuminate a narrative or simply provide a quick visual thrill. But to many writers, the process of drawing, illustrating and telling...
Tour the Burke Museum Fish Collection
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...
NSWA Holiday Party and Annual Membership Meeting
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...
Reliving WCSJ 2017 with Rebecca Randall and Ian Haydon
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...
Selling your book idea with a science and nature focus
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...
Mastering the Art & Business of Freelancing
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?...
As a science writer, what should you know about the upcoming solar eclipse?
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,...
Walking the Denny Regrade with David B. Williams
Within 50 years of the Denny party’s arrival in Seattle, the city undertook several massive projects which permanently changed the topography of the city. Between 1898 and 1930, Seattle completed perhaps the most audacious engineering change by...