SUMMARY
Experienced science journalist, writer, and fact-checker with 10+ years’ experience translating complex scientific and technical topics into clear, engaging content. Adept at long-form features, breaking news, and multimedia storytelling.
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Science Writer and Fact-checker; Sep 2015 – Jan 2016; Jan 2018 – Present
Investigate, pitch, and write news, long-form feature pieces and video scripts about health, science, and the environment. Published in the BBC, Discover Magazine, The Atlantic, Popular Science, Nature, and others.
Fact-check pieces for accuracy and rigor, including award-winning articles, major magazine cover features, and New York Times best-selling books.
Lead Science and Technology Writer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Remote, Nov 2024 – May 2025
Planned, researched, wrote, and fact-checked news articles, web pages, and newsletter articles to amplify wind energy breakthroughs and accomplishments from NREL and DOE scientists.
Advised science and communications teams on storytelling strategies, scriptwriting, and fact-checking best practices.
Researcher at Annual Reviews; Remote, Aug 2020 – Oct 2024
Fact-checked long-form science journalism features for Knowable Magazine across a range of highly technical topics, ensuring accuracy and enabling republishing by outlets such as The Atlantic
Wrote for Knowable’s award-winning newsletter as well as Q&A and feature pieces, which have appeared in multiple languages and in outlets such as The Atlantic and Smithsonian Magazine.
Writer at Upworthy and GOOD Media Group; Remote, Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
Led the company’s science coverage, writing daily news, features, and long-form pieces, garnering over 14 million unique pageviews overall, which was comparable to industry-leading outlets like Discover and National Geographic.
Analyzed audience metrics to understand and improve article reach and impact and led internal groups dedicated to experimenting with better methods for telling stories about difficult or technical subjects such as climate change.
Marketing Content Specialist at Genelex; Seattle, WA, Oct 2013 – Sept 2014
Wrote the majority of outgoing business-to-business marketing copy targeting doctors and prescribers, as well as newsletters, and book proposals.
Translated highly technical drug-drug and drug-gene interaction information into clearly written prescribing advice for an online database.
Taught genetics to lay staff in regular monthly meetings.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Board Member at Northwest Science Writers Association; Seattle, WA, Jan 2020 – Jan 2024
Served as secretary from Jan 2021 to Jan 2022; vice president from Jan 2022 to Jan 2023; president from Jan 2023 to Jan 2024.
Directed programs, such as a highly successful mentorship program that saw roughly one-fifth of the entire 200+ person organization participate. Planned events such as the yearly 100+ attendee membership and holiday party.
Maintained and updated the organization website and CMS.
EDUCATION
Master’s in Science Journalism, with distinction; City University London in London, United Kingdom, Jan 2016
Proposed, built, and served as deputy editor for a graduate program website dedicated to coverage of science in the developing world.
Internships with the BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science and Science in Action podcasts and The Guardian’s Observer Tech Monthly
Bachelor’s in Biology; University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, May 2011
SKILLS
Science communication, Feature writing, Newsletter writing, Fact-checking, Proofreading, Audience analytics, Project management, Productivity software (Asana, Trello), Adobe Photoshop, CMS (such as WordPress), Event planning, Fundraising