#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
Guiden: The False Positive
Mary Guiden (@marygseattle) brings a journalist’s ferocity and a patient’s perspective to her review of an industry-sponsored forum on mammography. Mary, who is a University of Washington communications manager and blogger, shares her personal example of the...
Rochman: Mothers Benefit from Invention
It all starts with a bikelight in Bonnie Rochman’s New York Times magazine story, “The MacGyver Cure for Cancer.” Bonnie (@brochman) follows the crowdsourced development of a cervical cancer screening device from an idea in Haiti, around the globe, and back to the...
Hughes: Brains!
Rebecca Hughes (@GHResearch) shows us why zombies aren’t the only beings seeking brains. Joint research projects by the University of Washington, the Allen Institute for Brain Science and Group Health Research Institute are combining data from genetic tests, clinical...
Ansley: Health Wisdom
David Ansley (@DavidAnsley), in addition to enhancing the NSWA website with sumptious nature photos (just look up), is helping us make informed health decisions. David does talks and web development for Choosing Wisely, a national initiative to promote high-value...
Silberner: Pressing Research
Numbers. Contacts. Advance notice. Joanne Silberner (@jsilberner), artist-in-residence at the University of Washington, tells scientists exactly what journalists need to tell a research story accurately in her excellent talk on “How to Work with the Press in Reporting...