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Produced and edited monthly documentary-style podcast on wide ranging scientific topics from the ethical challenges of legally defining an intellectual disability to problems arising from land creation in Nigeria to attempts to wrangle India’s mischievous monkeys. Solicited and selected freelance pitches in line with the magazine’s mission to shine a light on the places where science and society collide. Story edited, produced and hosted these feature-length stories. Coordinated with fact check… Show more Produced and edited monthly documentary-style podcast on wide ranging scientific topics from the ethical challenges of legally defining an intellectual disability to problems arising from land creation in Nigeria to attempts to wrangle India’s mischievous monkeys. Solicited and selected freelance pitches in line with the magazine’s mission to shine a light on the places where science and society collide. Story edited, produced and hosted these feature-length stories. Coordinated with fact check and promotional teams to ensure accurate and compelling content. Mixed and packaged all audio for publication. Maintained digital archives. Show less

Teach Climate Science and Communication to seminar-size class of undergraduate students. Prepare lectures on multimedia communication including podcast, video, and animation. Teach communication ethics, copyright, and fair use. Collaborate with co-instructor to plan curriculum, select guest lecturers, and evaluate student work.

Greater New York City Area

Create videos to report on new research findings and explain scientific concepts to a broad general audience. Research, shoot, write, edit, produce, and animate these videos, balancing several projects on a range of deadlines. Assign stories to freelancers and top-edit their work. Train intern in software, shooting, and storytelling techniques and manage day-to-day tasks. Generate monthly reports to track viewership and video success. Curate partner content.

Researched, shot, wrote, edited and produced news/explainer videos for ScientificAmerican.com. Optimized and versioned stories for social media platforms. Created animations and motion graphics. Participated in studio and field shoots as videographer, producer, and audio technician. Recorded and edited voiceovers. Led data migration and archiving project for video department. Obtained rights to images and footage, and maintained documentation database.

Greater New York City Area

Pitched and wrote news stories and explainers for the web in a fast-paced, self-motivated environment. Wrote short pieces for the Next and Manual sections of the magazine, ensuring clarity and broad appeal. Covered science-art exhibits and lecture events. Edited video footage to accompany articles.

Greater New York City Area

Wrote features and news stories on diverse topics from the mission to Pluto to the physics of dog sledding to the discovery of minuscule frog species. Pitched stories that would appeal to our Grade 3-10 audience. Wrote and edited video scripts, hands-on-experiments, educational games, and teachers’ materials.

Greater New York City Area

Managed a team of 4 editors and 30+ reporters at NYU’s college radio station’s news division. Assigned stories, approved pitches, edited scripts and audio files. Wrote and produced stories. Packaged the best stories into 30-minute, twice-weekly episodes to air on FM radio. Led pitch meetings and equipment and software training sessions.

Greater New York City Area

Interviewed museum scientists and wrote blog posts. Monitored online, television, and print news sources for the museum’s presence, including tracking metrics on articles that mention the museum. Performed administrative tasks for the communication department. Assisted in arranging interviews and meetings between members of the press and museum staff.

Master’S Degree, Science, Health, And Environmental Reporting

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Activities and Societies: Varsity Crew, Princeton Quadrangle Club Wrote senior thesis on independent research on the social networks.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology