#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: Cory’s Addiction
Pulling together Glee, drugs and ADHD, Mary Guiden, public relations specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, goes deep into brain research by local scientists. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and rewards from designer drugs...
Nijhuis: Right There in Black and White
Forget your camera phone, writes Michelle Nijhuis in the New Yorker. A 19th-century daguerreotype can be clearer than any digital snapshot. See for yourself in the slideshow (including Abe, of course) accompanying Michelle’s exploration of the science, history, and...
Neeley: Trust Me
Truth or trust, what matters in science communication? Liz Neeley (@LizNeeley), assistant director of science Outreach for Compass explores the importance of factual knowledge AND confidence in the messenger a series of post for Compass Blogs. Add your references on...
Lang: You Sure?
Tom Lang, science communication expert and coach, dissects an 11-word sentence from the abstract of a clinical study in an article for the American Medical Writer’s Association (membership required for access). Tom comes up with critical 13 questions that must be...
Silberner: More Accolades
Have we mentioned that you must read the Joanne Silberner (@jsilberner) series on cancer worldwide? Don’t take ScienceWire’s word for it. Joanne has earned another award for this extensively reported yet clearly explained series—the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in...