Science Writers in NY
Wondering how to get stories on the web? Here is your chance to hear what the editors want from writers. Presentations will be made by: SWINY EVENT
November 16, 1999
Meet the Web Editors
- Karen Watson: Discovery Online (http://www.discovery.com/)
- Charlene Laino: MSNBC (http://www.msNBC.com/news/default.asp?cp1=1)
- Liz Rawlings: The Alchemist (http://chemweb.com/alchemist)
- Lois Wingerson: HMS Beagle (http://www.biomednet.com/hmsbeagle)
- Bill Millard: 21StC (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/)
- Erik Stokstad: ScienceNOW (http://www.sciencenow.org/)
- Mary Crowley: PraxisMD (http://www.praxismd.com/)
- Charles Barthold Space.com http://www.space.com
Light buffet dinner begins at 6 p.m., presentations start at 6:45 p.m.
Place:
The Rockefeller University, 17th Floor Weiss Research Building
1230 York Avenue (at East 66th St.)Cost:
$15 for SWINY members; $17 for nonmembers; $12 for students (must show current student ID).SWINY membership is $15 (join and get the members' rate).RSVP:
Beth Schachter bschachter@nasw.org
Please note: If you RSVP and do not attend, you are expected to please pay anyway.Directions:
Subway: No. 6 train to Hunter College/68th Street stop, walk east to York Avenue.Bus: M68 (last stop is Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at 68th Street and York Avenue) or M31 (67th Street and York Avenue).
There is no parking on campus. Parking may be available on York Avenue or in garages in the neighborhood.