I feel a little unreasonably proud at the moment. I really wasn't expecting to, because this is simply not a story I think I would click on and bother to read even though I'm the one who wrote it: I was assigned to write this story. When stories like this pop up, I just think:… Continue reading My first article
My inbox was not empty ... I had almost everyone respond to my requests for interviews. So I spoke with five people on the phone yesterday, sometimes back to back. The longest interview was 50 minutes. Since I am writing about a journal paper, that like I said seems quite easy to sensationalize, I can't… Continue reading Working on my first article
I was apprehensive, but I liked it. I met my editor and the rest of the science team. There were five stories that I "pitched" to my editor, and she was really nice about it. She didn't immediately toss them out the window. Instead, we "workshopped" them, meaning we talked about what kind of information… Continue reading First day at WIRED Science
Hello! I just moved to San Francisco (but only for the summer) to write for WIRED magazine - the science desk. I'm not entirely sure what I'll be writing about. I wanted to write about science education and outreach. That often means you're writing about a bunch of cute kids ooh-ing and aah-ing about cool… Continue reading Summer hopes
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