Oh Hey There
I am a freelance science and tech journalist and the assistant director of professional development for the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing.
Science, Technology and the FUUUUUUUUTURE
I also graduated from MIT’s science writing program, where I did my thesis on the science of white supremacy. My bylines can be found in Discover Magazine, Fast Company, NBC News, The New York Times, NOVA Next, Mental Floss, MIT Technology Review, Science Friday, The Verge, Wired Magazine, and Wired UK.
If you’re interested in the bad science that MDMA criminalization is based on, startups that are trying to grow crops in seawater, or a man who believes he’s discovered the fountain of youth for cats, this is the place for you.
Beyond Journalism
I’ve also been a writer on some educational games, including Evolution, a phylogenesis-themed video game produced by PBS and the Harvard Deep Tree project, and Tech It!, an award-winning tabletop game produced by MIT and the Grenoble School of Management.
Click here to read more about those projects.
When I’m not writing about science, I run professional development programs for MIT’s science writing program where I get to help young writers break into science journalism.
In a Former Life
Prior to transitioning to science, I covered finance, human interest and travel with the odd celebrity interview thrown in. My bylines include Entrepreneur Magazine, MSN.com, Playboy.com, The A.V. Club, Time Out Chicago, and the Chicago Sun-Times. In 2007, I was awarded first place in Business and Financial Writing in the Specialty Publications category at the Virginia Press Association’s annual news contest for a collection of articles that included this piece on the people behind Wal-Mart’s massive rebranding efforts.
If you’re looking for information on whether you need a student loan for a kindergartener (no, absolutely not), the filthiest jobs in Chicago, or why one man has a garage filled with faceless Chuck E. Cheese robots, click away.
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Ecstasy and Absolution
The Verge
As a teenager, he went to prison for selling ecstasy. Now his MDMA research is debunking the bad science that got him there
Mental Health and the Modern Fisherman
Hakai Magazine
Fishermen are confronting the toll that dangerous working conditions, economic and environmental uncertainty, and ever-changing regulations take on their minds and bodies
How to Raise a 165 Year-Old Cat
Jake Perry is a cat man, and he thinks he might have the secret to feline longevity
Designing for a Better Death
Nova Next
In Boulder, Colorado, Jed Brubaker is plotting ways to creep you out, and he’s reaching beyond the grave to do it
The Psychological Trauma of Defecting from North Korea
How to treat trauma in those who don’t know that mental health exists
Anchovy Sex is a Force of Nature
It’s not the size of the fish that counts, it’s the motion of the ocean.
