NessinSciShortformAuthor Q&A: Geoffrey Giller on Witnessing Sand Mining & the Importance of Following up on PitchesThis week’s SciShortform author Q&A features freelancer Geoffrey Giller sharing the process behind his June 2019 story on sand mining.Jan 6, 2020Jan 6, 2020
NessinSciShortformAuthor Q & A: Kristen Coyne Teams Up With Physicists to Report on Thermoelectric Properties of…One of our Institutional category’s top pieces for April-June was Kristen Coyne’s “Scientists discover thermoelectric properties in…Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2019
NessinSciShortformAuthor Q & A: Jonathan Lambert’s Playful Approach to Covering MosquitoesThis week, we feature Jonathan Lambert, who wrote a piece for NPR called “How Do Mosquitoes Taste DEET? Hint: It’s Not With Their…Dec 9, 2019Dec 9, 2019
NessinSciShortformAuthor Q & A: Kimberlee D’Ardenne on Sleep, Stress, and Dogs“Sleepovers Reduce Stress in Shelter Dogs,” by Kimberlee D’ Ardenne, was one of our top Institutional category picks for April-June…Dec 2, 2019Dec 2, 2019
NessinSciShortformAuthor Q & A: Katherine J. Wu on Demystifying Talking Seals and the Demises of Chatty BirdsTwo pieces by Katherine J. Wu of NOVA appeared in SciShortform’s April-June round-up. Here, she shares her reporting & writing processNov 25, 2019Nov 25, 2019
NessinSciShortformAuthor Q & A: Ramin Skibba on Invasive Digital Searches at the US Border & Trump’s Moon PlansTwo of science writer Ramin Skibba’s pieces appeared in SciShortform April-June 2019. So we asked him a few questions about his process.Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019
NessinSciShortformAuthor Q & A: Katie Langin On Covering the New GRExit MovementKatie Langin’s piece, “A wave of graduate programs drops the GRE application requirement,” published in Science Magazine, was featured in…Nov 11, 2019Nov 11, 2019
NessinSciShortformAuthor Q &A: Katharine Gammon on the Aftermath of the Government Shutdown in Joshua Tree Nat’l ParkOne of SciShortform’s January-March 2019 top picks in the Data or Investigative category was The Guardian’s “The shutdown is over. Can…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
NessinSciShortformAuthor Q & A: Shannon Brescher Shea Shares her Recipe for Writing about Efficient Fusion EnergyOne of our January-March top-picks under our Institutional category was Shannon Brescher Shea’s piece, “Science Up-Close: Developing a…Sep 16, 2019Sep 16, 2019
NessinSciShortformAuthor Q & A: Gemma Conroy on How She Covered a Solution to the Problem of Marine RoadkillGemma Conroy’s piece, “Stopping Marine Roadkill,” published in Hakai Magazine, appeared in our January-March 2019 round-up of top picks in…Sep 9, 2019Sep 9, 2019