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April-June 2019 Top Pick Authors
Author Q&A: Geoffrey Giller on Witnessing Sand Mining & the Importance of Following up on Pitches

Author Q&A: Geoffrey Giller on Witnessing Sand Mining & the Importance of Following up on Pitches

This week’s SciShortform author Q&A features freelancer Geoffrey Giller sharing the process behind his June 2019 story on sand mining.
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Author Q & A: Kristen Coyne Teams Up With Physicists to Report on Thermoelectric Properties of…

Author Q & A: Kristen Coyne Teams Up With Physicists to Report on T...

One of our Institutional category’s top pieces for April-June was Kristen Coyne’s “Scientists discover thermoelectric properties in…
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Author Q & A: Jonathan Lambert’s Playful Approach to Covering Mosquitoes

Author Q & A: Jonathan Lambert’s Playful Approach to Covering Mosqu...

This week, we feature Jonathan Lambert, who wrote a piece for NPR called “How Do Mosquitoes Taste DEET? Hint: It’s Not With Their…
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Author Q & A: Kimberlee D’Ardenne on Sleep, Stress, and Dogs

Author 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…
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Author Q & A: Katherine J. Wu on Demystifying Talking Seals and the Demises of Chatty Birds

Author Q & A: Katherine J. Wu on Demystifying Talking Seals and the...

Two pieces by Katherine J. Wu of NOVA appeared in SciShortform’s April-June round-up. Here, she shares her reporting & writing process
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Author Q & A: Ramin Skibba on Invasive Digital Searches at the US Border & Trump’s Moon Plans

Author Q & A: Ramin Skibba on Invasive Digital Searches at the US B...

Two of science writer Ramin Skibba’s pieces appeared in SciShortform April-June 2019. So we asked him a few questions about his process.
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Author Q & A: Katie Langin On Covering the New GRExit Movement

Author Q & A: Katie Langin On Covering the New GRExit Movement

Katie Langin’s piece, “A wave of graduate programs drops the GRE application requirement,” published in Science Magazine, was featured in…
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Jan-March 2019 Top Pick Authors
Author Q & A: Emiliano Rodriguez Tells Us About the Time He Exposed A Dangerous Threat to…

Author Q & A: Emiliano Rodriguez Tells Us About the Time He Exposed A Dangerous Threat to…

We chose Emiliano Rodríguez Mega’s story, “Violent Drug Cartels Stifle Mexican Science,” published in Nature News and Comment, as one of…
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Author Q &A: Katharine Gammon on the Aftermath of the Government Shutdown in Joshua Tree Nat’l Park

Author Q &A: Katharine Gammon on the Aftermath of the Government Sh...

One of SciShortform’s January-March 2019 top picks in the Data or Investigative category was The Guardian’s “The shutdown is over. Can…
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Author Q & A: Shannon Brescher Shea Shares her Recipe for Writing about Efficient Fusion Energy

Author Q & A: Shannon Brescher Shea Shares her Recipe for Writing a...

One of our January-March top-picks under our Institutional category was Shannon Brescher Shea’s piece, “Science Up-Close: Developing a…
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Author Q & A: Gemma Conroy on How She Covered a Solution to the Problem of Marine Roadkill

Author Q & A: Gemma Conroy on How She Covered a Solution to the Pro...

Gemma Conroy’s piece, “Stopping Marine Roadkill,” published in Hakai Magazine, appeared in our January-March 2019 round-up of top picks in…
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Author Q & A: Sarah Gilman Shares How She Channeled Inner Pain into a Cathartic Piece About…

Author Q & A: Sarah Gilman Shares How She Channeled Inner Pain into...

Two of environmental science writer and illustrator Sarah Gilman’s stories, “Strawberries in the Blast Zone,” published in a blog called…
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Author Q & A: Julia Sklar’s Journey to Uncover Why So Many People Are Unfazed by Global Warming

Author Q & A: Julia Sklar’s Journey to Uncover Why So Many People A...

We included independent journalist Julia Sklar’s piece, “The Subtle Seduction of the ‘Warm’ in Global Warming,” in our January through…
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Author Q&A: How Julia Rosen Covered the Global Glaciation that Weathered Miles of Rock in the Earth

Author Q&A: How Julia Rosen Covered the Global Glaciation that Weat...

We featured LA Times reporter Julia Rosen’s piece, “Around the world, miles of rock are missing. Could ‘Snowball Earth’ be the culprit?”…
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