JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
Freelance Journalist Mar 2023 – present
- Bylines in Nature; forthcoming in Scientific American and Science News
Senior Correspondent, Chemical & Engineering News Oct 2018 – Feb 2023
- Reported on environment, energy, atmospheric chemistry, and environmental justice
- My reporting on air pollution inequality and the lives of LGBTQ+ scientists won the magazine two awards
- Edited and assigned science news for the web and weekly print magazine
- Recruited and mentored interns for C&EN’s editorial fellowship
- Conceived and comissioned special issues, including one on adaptation to climate change
- Editorial lead for C&EN’s Trailblazers project, which celebrates the lives and scientific work of underrepresented groups including Black chemists and LGBTQ+ scientists
- Recruited and worked with freelance journalists; worked to diversify C&EN’s freelance pool
Freelance Journalist Sep 2011 – Oct 2018
- Reported on energy, computing, chemistry, and biomedicine
- Contributing editor, MIT Technology Review; contributor, C&E News and San Francisco Public Press
- Work appeared regularly in Nature, Scientific American, IEEE Spectrum, and other publications
- Freelance committee, National Association of Science Writers (2017-18)
MIT Technology Review Magazine, Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, CA
Materials Science Editor July 2008 – Sept 2011
- Reported on materials science, energy, computing, and physical sciences for web and print
- Wrote, edited, and commissioned features and print stories, including a regular photo essay
- Shot video and wrote video scripts for online videos
Associate Editor Jan 2007 – July 2008
Assistant Editor Oct 2005 – Jan 2007
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, and other experience
Folio Eddie & Ozzie Award, for coverage of DEI in chemistry (writing and editing) 2022
Jesse H. Neal Award, Best DEI coverage (writing and editing) 2022
MIT science writing program, volunteer mentor 2017-present
Memberships: SEJ, NASW, NLGJA, TJA ongoing
Knight Center for Journalism, Audio Storytelling for Journalists, online Nov 2021
Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources, wildfire seminar Apr 2019
Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter, board member 2014 – 2019
UT Energy Journalism Workshop, Austin, TX Sep 2018
MBL Logan Science Journalism Program, environment, Woods Hole, MA Jun 2018
Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources, Mining Country Institute Aug 2013
Kavli Science Journalism Boot Camp, Nanoscience, Cambridge, MA Jun 2012
National Cancer Institute Press Office, Washington, DC, intern Jun 2004 – Dec 2005
EDUCATION
MIT, Cambridge, MA, Master of Science in Science Writing 2003 – 2004
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1999 – 2003
Bachelor of Arts, double major in biology and comparative literature
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