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Journalism: articles, reviews, & columns
Music reviews (for RTR FM & Blogcritics)
Game reviews (for Specusphere)
Perth Diary column | Full Perth Diary archives till December 2008
Science articles (for Science Network WA)
“Marisa’s articles get to the heart of the story, as she has a knack for understanding why a piece of scientific research is significant.” – Amanda Ellis, Freelance journalist, Science Network WA
“Marisa is a professional journalist who has the ability to consistently produce high quality copy within tight deadlines on a range of assigned subjects.” – David Satterthwaite, Editor, Science Network WA
Editing work
Diabetes WA, Western Australia, Australia : diabetes Matters / dialog (Diabetes WA members only publication)
Centre for Policy Development, Victoria, Australia : Insight.
Edited work: Centre for Policy Development, Insight Edition: “Upgrading Democracy”, 2009. Editor: Fiona Cameron. Download the pdf here.
Chapters I edited: “Case study: South Australia’s plan for open access government” by Amy King, “Rebooting Australia?” by James Dellow and Lee Bryant, & “Case study: Collaborating with the crowd for better policy development” by Mark Elliott, Darren Sharp & Matt Cooperrider.
“Marisa is a fast, professional and very skilled editor – great at improving the flow and quality of prose on a tight deadline. A pleasure to work with.” – Miriam Lyons, Director, Centre for Policy Development, Australia
Oaktree Foundation, Western Australia: evoke.
Website management & weblogging
Marisa Wikramanayake – http://www.marisa.com.au
Society of Editors W.A. – http://www.editorswa.com
“Marisa is a very proactive member of the SoEWA committee and shows initiative, attention to detail and enthusiasm. She has excellent ideas which she follows up and implements and is a very valuable member of the team. I’m excited to see what she’s going to think of next!” – Robin Bower, President, Society of Editors (WA) Inc.
Creative writing
Poetry (published in Eureka Street)
Fiction
