Resume
Journalism Experience
Freelance Science & Medical Journalist, 2008 – 2009
- Clients include the Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Nature
Science News, 2007
- Health and Medicine Writer, contract
- Unfailingly hit daily and weekly deadlines while covering journals and scientific meetings
- Wrote briefs, news and features and also covered basic biology, chemistry and anthropology
Freelance Science & Medical Journalist, 2004 – 2007
- Clients included Science, National Geographic News, BBC 5 Live , New Scientist, Nature, Health
Journal of the American Medical Association, 2000 – 2004
- Associate Editor, Medical News and Perspectives
- Identified and wrote weekly briefs and features, including trend pieces, analysis and profiles
- Cultivated a broad stable of sources in the Washington biomedical scene
Other positions
Science Writer (National Cancer Institute, 1999-2000), Senior Media Relations Representative (Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 1999), Science Writing Fellow (NCI, 1998)
Education
Texas A&M University, 1997-1998
Completed course work for M.S. in science and technology journalism; courses in bioinformatics, neuroscience, genetics, immunology, physical anthropology, research methods, journalism
University of Minnesota, 1992-1996 , B.S. in urban studies
Awards & Honors
- Judge, AAAS Science-in-Society journalism award, 2009
- President, DC Science Writers Association, April 2007-April 2008
- Judge, Society of Environmental Journalists award for outstanding online reporting, 2007
- Invited Participant, Environmental Journalism Fellowship, Nat’l Tropical Botanical Garden, Kauai, May 2006
- Invited Speaker, “Drugs and Society” undergraduate course, Columbia University, Sept. 2005
- Winner, Media Award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, June 2005
- Invited Speaker, Japanese Medical Communicators Association symposium, Tokyo, Nov. 2004
- Invited Participant, Neuroscience Nexus, University of California-Los Angeles, April 2004
- Winner, Media Award, Addiction Studies Program for Journalists, Jan. 2004
- Invited Participant, Addiction Studies Program for Journalists, Wake Forest University, June 2003
References
- Frances Sellers, Health Editor, Washington Post
- David Lindley, former Associate Editor, Science News.
- Ben Harder, Deputy Editor, U.S. News & World Report.
