Photo taken from Hayden’s website I have to admit, I was a little intimidated by the prospect of interviewing Erika Check Hayden. Not that much older than I, she has already established herself as a prominent figure in the science writing community. With an undergraduate degree in biology from Stanford University, Hayden began writing for [...]

Adam Rogers has been a science journalist for nearly 15 years. That’s a long time. And with that much experience, he’s bound to have accumulated some knowledge that eager journalism students could benefit from. People like me. Rogers has quite the resume, including staff writer for Newsweek, staff writer for the Washington Bureau of Newsweek, [...]

As director of research communications at Ohio State University, Earle Holland is the public face of Ohio State’s research programs. Since he took the position in 1990, he has explained the scientific process and publicized the findings of Ohio State’s researchers. He has also done damage control, responding to ethical concerns and explaining why the [...]

Adam Frank is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Rochester in New York. He earned his PhD in 1992 from the University of Washington. In 1995, he was the recipient of the Hubble Fellowship, a postdoctoral fellowship that supports young scientist in astronomy and physics to conduct research and analyze data from NASA’s [...]

Jyllian Kemsley, writer and associate editor of Chemical and Engineering News, the magazine for the American Chemical Society, understands what it’s really like to be scientist. She knows the agony of data that doesn’t make sense, the staying up all night to do just one more experiment, and that smoothbeautiful click when it comes together.

While attending the National Association of Science Writers conference, I had the privilege of meeting an emerging science writer, Laura Petersen. Laura graduated from the University of California San Diego with her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications. As a student at UCSD she received a great deal of experience from internships and editing the student newspaper, [...]

Science writers are one of two breeds — those who start as journalists and those who start as scientists. The end result is usually similar, but the path that each writer takes is as different as the individual. Sheila Sperber Haas received her PhD in psychology from City University of New York. After finishing her [...]

Never have I finished an interview with the thought, “Man, I wish I was more like her." That is, until I met Karen Kreeger. Kreeger is one very accomplished journalist. After working as senior editor for The Scientist, she trekked to England were she freelanced and worked on a book, Guide to Nontraditional Careers in [...]

If you’re a fan of National Public Radio’s "Science Friday," then you are familiar with Joe Palca’s quirky, friendly approach to communicating science. He is an occasional host for Science Friday, as well as regular science correspondent for NPR. He’s done pretty well for a guy who once hated writing. During his career he has [...]

The light continuously dimmed in the courtyard of the hotel as the sun Californian sun began to set and I began a conversation with Ron Winslow, the deputy news editor for health and science, and senior medical and healthcare writer at The Wall Street Journal. The catering staff was preparing an outside wine bar for [...]