Debbie Ponchner, editor of Scientific American Español, hails from Costa Rica, where she got her start as a staff reporter at a newspaper called La Nación. “Before the fellowship I was already writing about health and genetics,” she said. Although most of her stories ran in the health and features sections, Ponchner covered early genome […]
Looking Back at ScienceWriters2015, Via Twitter
Thanks to Twitter, my iPhone, and the unstoppable sharing habits of our attendees, we had a window into everything going on across the recent conference in Cambridge.
Science Writers Consider Alternative Narratives
A panel at the National Association of Science Writers 2015 conference in Cambridge discussed alternative narrative approaches.
ANNALEE NEWITZ, ’03
By the early 2000s, Annalee Newitz says she was at a “crossroads” in her career. Her syndicated tech-culture column Techsploitation was an early success, but her longing to branch out led her to the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. KSJ “was an incredible help,” said Newitz. “I was able to re-educate myself with a lot of biology and […]
Buried in the Data, A Wealth of Stories
At the 2015 National Association of Science Writers meeting, journalists and other writers took time out for a panel session on one of the hottest topics in journalism today: Data.
JOHN MUCHANGI, ’13
John Muchangi began his journalism career in 2005 at The People Daily newspaper in Kenya — first as a science features writer, and later as the publication’s science editor. In 2007 he moved to The Star, a startup newspaper based in the capital city Nairobi, where he currently serves as science editor. John was awarded […]