Robert Frederick Email & Phone Number

United States

Journalist, interviewer, host, and multimedia storyteller with experience at the regional, national, and international level in science, technology, health, policy, education, and business reporting.A good story has the power to inform and entertain, yes, but also to move people to action, to involvement, to participation. It's why I became a journalist.

Cambridge, MA, US

Teach and mentor journalism students, with focus on podcasting and science journalism -- see “courses“ section below in LinkedIn profile. (Note: Invited but not teaching Fall, 2024)

Perform in concert for professional choirs, small groups, and as a soloist; lead bass section for television choir at the seat of the cardinal in Chicago; currently singing with Bel Canto in Greensboro, North Carolina. Singing is storytelling set to music. -- https://www.belcantocompany.com/artist/robert-frederick/

Tampa, Florida, US

In this editorially independent role as GVN's inaugural Chief Content Officer (with the option of becoming or hiring the inaugural Editor-in-Chief), my responsibilities included implementing GVN’s mission to produce authoritative science-driven journalism and Op-Ed/policy perspectives within the ever-changing media content and distribution.

Research Triangle Park, NC, US

Managing editor of all things digital for American Scientist magazine, including website, multimedia, and social media. (2020-2021 academic year absence for fellowship from Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.)Project manager of a six-figure web-redevelopment project to entirely re-make AmericanScientist.org (completed June, 2017). With it, we won.

Cambridge, MA, US

Studying how people reason about science and what evidence they need to trust that reasoning—issues underscored by the coronavirus pandemic. Developing interactive web projects that both engage the public in scientific reasoning and generate data for new journalism projects.https://nieman.harvard.edu/alumni/class-of-2021/

Member of the Board of Directors, a volunteer position. The Music Academy of North Carolina is a non-profit organization of musicians and music-lovers that provide both private lessons and group classes in the community. http://www.musicacademync.org/

One of 15 board members elected to lead the organization of ~2,400 science writers in the United States and around the world. A volunteer position, I was elected treasurer in 2016, which is one of four executive board positions.

Washington, DC, US

In this position, my main duty was to refine and improve a user's online experience at Science's multimedia web site.In particular, I organized, interviewed, wrote, announced/recorded, produced, and manage the weekly Science magazine podcast. I also conceived, wrote, and organized online video presentations as well as shot, edited, and produced them. In.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

Grant-funded reporter, for which I traveled weekly from Ann Arbor, Michigan to establish the NPR member station's science reporting position; produce original enterprising features for airing at the regional level and for NPR; write, edit, and voice short reports for airing at the regional level and contribute to AP.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

Teach, grade, and evaluate students in college-level mathematics; advise and hold additional office hours for students in Comprehensive Studies Program. Through this position, my master's degree was fully funded.

Washington, DC, US

Enterprise science reporting at Community Radio for Northern Colorado, KUNC-FM, where I quickly learned of the similarities between radio reporting and singing: they're both storytelling via voice.

Chicago, IL, US

Teach all aspects of mathematics courses, advanced algebra through AP calculus; create curriculum and teach all aspects of philosophy course for high school seniors; co-coach school’s Quiz Bowl team to nationals; honored by students who dedicated first-ever digital yearbook to me; honored by peers to serve as youngest elected member of the Faculty Council

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Develop curriculum for elementary math textbooks; work with authors on NSF-funded middle-school grade math textbook series; create and edit mathematics problems from the elementary through high-school level.

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Interview clients and survey infrastructure to identify missing components; create and present algorithms and programs to PW and client staff; code and implement algorithms in a variety of programming languages

Nieman Foundation For Journalism Fellowship, Journalism

Master Of Science - Ms, Applied And Interdisciplinary Mathematics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Triple: Mathematics, Philosophy, And Statistics

High School, International Baccalaureate Diploma, National Merit Scholar