Brandeis University
Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, Journalism Minor. Graduated cum laude. Dean’s List five consecutive semesters. Captain of Varsity Track & Field team.
A little about me: I’m a Senior Science News Officer at the University of Pennsylvania. I’m also a mom, bird lover, food-eater, crossworder. I was previously at Weather.com and Audubon magazine. I graduated from Columbia Journalism School in 2008.
Latest news: In September of 2020, I was promoted to a senior position in the University Communications office at Penn. In the fall of 2020, I presented first at the National Association of Science Writers, in a panel about how different institutions do science writing, and then at a monthly session of the University Research Magazine Association, about a series my colleague Katie Baillie and I created called “Side gigs for good.”
September 2015 – Present
Write news articles, features and releases, plus manage coverage of scientific research from the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing and the School of Arts & Sciences. Placements in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Scientific American, Quartz, BBC Radio, and other publications. Promote energy-policy changes and conversations about sustainable urbanization from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. Chair the One Health Communications group.
June 2008 – Present
Fact-check and write for publications and websites including Scientific American, Edible Philly, Audubon magazine, Science Friday, NPR’s StateImpact PA, Forbes.com, and HealthLeaders Magazine. Edit and copy edit specialty cookbooks and books. To date, have edited 14, including The Vegan Table, The Art and Craft of Coffee, Wine Lover’s Devotional and The Cook’s Book of Intense Flavors.
June 2013 – August 2015
Shaped science coverage on weather.com, growing vertical traffic by 20 million pageviews in one year. Oversaw all aspects of section story-telling, including assignment, editing, copy-editing, writing and fact-checking of news stories, video scripts and long-form articles. Worked with award-winning journalists like David Kushner (Brain Games) and well-known scientists like Michael Mann (Climate Disruption Index). Managed Associate Science Editor until elimination of position in December 2014. Article about levees in New Orleans was a 2015 EPPY Award finalist.
February 2009 – June 2013
Shaped brand direction and voice as a key member of six-person editorial team. Pitched and wrote for every issue, the website and the blog. Highlights include a cover story, Volunteer Army, about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and two departments, Mail Ma’am and Acid Indigestion, about a postal worker who protects bluebirds and a campaign against ocean acidification, respectively. Assigned and edited articles for website, print packages and a front-of-book section. Ran the magazine’s research process and fact-checked features, departments and front- and back-of-book articles. Copy edited articles in blues before shipping.
January 2009 – December 2012
As Managing Editor for the magazine and website produced by this graduate workshop, ran the production cycle, including maintaining a weekly production schedule for up to 20 articles, with three published daily. Edited articles weekly, monitored student progress and worked closely with individuals seeking mentorship.
October 2002 – November 2007
Received four promotions at this healthcare publisher. Led two divisions, a role that required managing eight editors, overseeing six product lines, coordinating a national award contest and setting division financial goals. Previous roles included writing and editing newsletters and editing books.
Drupal, WordPress, Audacity, Soundslides, HTML, CSS, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop), Photo Mechanic, Adobe Omniture, Google Analytics, Taboola, Visual Revenue, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Microsoft Office Suite, Google Drive Suite
• 2020, Presenter, University Research Magazine Association monthly session, about a PennToday series called “Side gigs for good”
• 2020, Panelist, National Association of Science Writers conference session, “How does your institution #scicomm? A survey of science writers”
•2019, Moderator, National Association of Science Writers conference session, “Of mice and media: Rethinking how we cover basic science”
• 2016, Deadline Club Finalist, Multimedia, Interactive Graphics & Animation, “Katrina 10”
• 2016, Webby Honoree, Best Individual Editorial Experience, “Katrina 10”
• 2015, EPPY Award Finalist, Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting, “Gold Standard or Old Standard?” with The Lens
• 2012, Metcalf Fellow, one of 10 journalists selected to participate in a weeklong science immersion program put on by the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting
• 2010, Cover Story, “Volunteer Army,” Audubon magazine, Nov-Dec issue
• 2009, Cover Story, “A Person of Note,” (201) Magazine, April issue
• 2003, Editorial Rookie of the Year, presented by HealthLeaders Media, for editorial excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and creativity
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