San Diego Science Writers Association
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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That work space looks unusually tidy I was laid off from my communications job at Sanford Burnham in 2011, the collateral damage from a grant funding crisis. Theoretically, I could have gotten a similar position at Salk, TSRI or UC San Diego, but I was concerned the same funding issues would catch up with me. …
Sorry for the prosaic title, things are hectic. First, you may have noticed the groovy new SANDSWA logo. Many thanks to Sanford Burnham Prebys science writer Monica May for the concept and graphic designer Priyanka Paurana for the finished product. For her creativity, Monica won a year’s membership in SANDSWA – nice. On January 3, SANDSWA …
Josh, Ramin and Steve bring home the hardware at the recent SD Press Club Awards There’s a lot going on at SANDSWA, and so little time to cover it, so here’s a quick summary to keep you up to date. The 45th Annual San Diego Press Club awards ceremony was held on October 30 and …
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