I have written both news stories and science features for broadcast on
National Public Radio stations.
The radio format poses both challenges
and rewards for me as a writer. I enjoy condensing a complicated topic into its
most important elements; it brings me to a greater understanding of the subject
and connects me to the audience, people who might otherwise think subjects like
tetanus or honey bees hold little interest.
Short Science
Features
I currently write scripts for MicrobeWorld, a 90-second
radio spot aired by National Public Radio stations across the country. A few
examples of my work for MicrobeWorld include:
Life on
Mars and Methane. Broadcast January 7, 2008.
Climate
Change and Plant Parasites. Broadcast December 21, 2007.
Tetanus
Among Us. Broadcast November 29, 2007.
Click on the titles to listen
to the pieces. All of the above are products of Finger Lakes Productions International,
based in Ithaca, New York.
News
Features
As a Mass Media Fellow with the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001, I worked for a time as an on-air
science correspondent for WOSU, a National Public Radio affiliate in
Columbus, Ohio. The topics I covered during this time ranged from the effects of
sulfur emissions from a coal-burning power plant to the latest results of
research from labs at Ohio State University. I pitched, planned, interviewed,
wrote, voiced, and produced stories for broadcast on the evening and morning
local news segments.