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 …
ComSciCon in review
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. …
On Becoming a Science Writer
People sometimes ask me what I did to become a science writer. It was a circuitous path, but it’s worth noting that my degrees are in history and creative writing. I had to get the science knowledge through other means. I make this point because it’s not an exclusive field. In some ways, I’m disadvantaged …
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