San Diego Science Writers Association
By Melissa Miller (See also Part I of this tour recap by Xochitl Rojas-Rocha) I learned how to be a science writer and communicator aboard the research vessel Sally Ride, which is why it was very special for me to share it with you, my SANDSWA peers. Networking with and learning from this talented pool …
By Xochitl Rojas-Rocha (see also Part II of this tour recap, by Melissa Miller) A fan of Star Trek can’t help but imagine the R/V Sally Ride with its humming engines, narrow hallways, and various clicks and beeps shuttling through space on a mission of scientific discovery. Although the Sally Ride doesn’t leave this planet’s …
By Alyson Smith Monica May, a science writer at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), recently won the SANDSWA logo design contest. Her concept features a lighthouse – a reference to San Diego’s fishing and shipping history and May’s view of science journalism as illuminating facts to protect our society. May enjoys learning about …
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By Xochitl Rojas-Rocha San Diego’s Fleet Science Center, it turns out, is full of delightful secrets as well as science. The San Diego Science Writers Association turned out on a chilly January evening to start 2019 with a tour of the city’s popular science museum. We began with a brief overview of the science center …
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By Emily Bentley I sat down the day after ComSciCon-San Diego with ten pages of notes and my head buzzing with possibilities. There are so many directions to take a science communication career, and I just got a head start on whatever path I choose. ComSciCon is a free science communication conference for graduate students. …
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