Eli Chen Email & Phone Number

Durham, North Carolina, United States

My core duties as a digital news producer include pulling copy relevant to North Carolina audiences from the Associated Press, North Carolina NPR stations and other publications that allow republication; copy-editing, image searching and editing, and publishing reporters' stories; monitoring local, regional and national news for content to share across our.

I'm senior editor of the Overheard at National Geographic podcast, which features narrative stories and interviews from Nat Geo photographers, explorers, journalists and scientists who are pushing the boundaries of human knowledge about our planet and universe. I work with our executive producer of audio to manage producers, edit scripts, produce copy for.

Greater St. Louis Area

I co-produce and co-host The Story Collider shows in St. Louis. I look for storytellers in scientific and non-scientific communities. I also review pitches from people who live in the St. Louis region and coordinate with St. Louis Public Radio's staff in recording, marketing and setting up the shows. I shared my own personal story at The Story Collider's.

St. Louis

- Report spots and feature-length stories on the latest scientific advances and environmental issues in the St. Louis metro area- Reports on long-range subjects, such as the West Lake Landfill Superfund site, one of the most publicly scrutinized Superfund sites in the country

Dover, Delaware Area

- Reporting on general assignment stories throughout the state of Delaware for the daily newscast- Produce 5 to 10 minute features on the latest advances in science in Delaware- Host interviews with local scientists about their research and/or their perspective on trending national/international science news- Manage WDDE's partnership with climate change.

New York, NY

Assist producers in researching topics and guests for programs; writing promotional materials; generating a daily science newsfeed for staff; pitching ideas for online multimedia content. Past projects include WSF's panel at New York Comic Con 2013 and WSF's Annual Gala. Current projects include the robotics exhibit for WSF 2014.

New York, NY

Worked on the show's 2013 tour dates at Salt Lake City, Utah; Stanford, Calif.; Seattle, Wash. Researched potential guests on topics that included microbiology, neuroscience and climate change. Helped with screening calls and live-tweeting during the regular weekly show.

New York, NY

Research, fact-check, pitch and write articles for a quarterly environmental magazine.

New York, NY

Reported features for a live podcast show run by third-semester students at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.

New York, NY

Assisted with the production of weekly segments for a live radio talk show broadcast on NPR's Talk of the Nation.

New York, NY

Edited scientists' field notes for the Scientist At Work blog and edited segments for the weekly Science section podcast.

Bronx, NY

Reported and pitched stories on the environment and parks beat in the South Bronx neighborhoods.

Champaign, IL

Wrote reviews, columns, features for the music, community and food sections; and edited the music section.

Urbana, IL

Edited and maintained a database of scientific studies for a comparative genomics website based out of Schook Laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Journalism, Health & Science Reporting

Bs, Environmental Communications; Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: President of Tree House Society (Childhood-themed recreation club), Head student coordinator of Earth Week.