I will just add: Media is a volatile place and 99% of us stick it out not because we make bank or have an agenda or fancy lives but because we care about telling stories no one else is telling, no matter how silly or painful or consequential or fun. Protect it. Lift it up.
Thrilled to say I'll be
@NatGeo
for a spell editing science stories for the website. If you have an enterprising/timely/news pitch — especially in the areas of space science, paleontology or the physical sciences — hit me
#journojobs
Some good news! I've joined the excellent news team
@semafor
as a deputy news editor. I'm thrilled to be working with some of the best in the biz and grateful for it.✌️
*JOURNALISTS!* it's a New Year. If you don't already write for
@inversedotcom
and you have a track record of covering science, innovation, and health, then pls get in touch. We're looking to expand our roster of regulars. Email me (in bio). 🙏
💥Some MORE Professional News: I'm joining
@TheMessenger
as a Breaking News Editor where I'll be working on the Science + Tech desk alongside
@dewalt
and co. Truly excited about where we're going. More TK!✌️
Looking for science/health feature pitches. Fresh angles, weird but true tales, definitive histories, debunks... here for it all. Rates vary, but we can pay as much as $1000 for a feature. Email claire at inverse dot com, "FEATURE PITCH" in subject line pls.
The last six months have been a rollercoaster with many highs covering science and tech with a team full of determination and dynamic ideas. We didn't get to finish what we started
@TheMessenger
. I just wish it hadn't ended so soon.
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Personal news: I'm thrilled to say I am taking on the role of Managing Editor at
@inversedotcom
. Considering everything we managed to do in 2020, I cannot *wait* to see what we can achieve in 2021.
💥Some Professional News: Today is my last day at
@inversedotcom
. Working alongside the team has been an honor and a privilege. Together, we punched well above our weight, and I am excited I get to watch that continue from a new perch... 🧵
Hi science/tech/health freelancers: Send me pitches for reported enterprise, profiles, and features on the future of Earth for
@inversedotcom
. Email me claire
@inverse
.com. No study stories or PR, please. Rates range up to 50 cents/word for great reporting. Thanks!
Bittersweet: I am leaving
@NatGeo
after a short, fun, and galvanizing stint with the team there. Special thanks and s/o to
@cdellamore
Amy McKeever and Ryleigh Nucilli, and all the NatGeo crew for giving me a temporary and very welcoming home. On to the next!
Thrilled to share my first story
@thedailybeast
! Thanks
@TonyHoWasHere
for aiding and abetting my deep enthusiasm for solving mysteries — and in this case, the illuminating work being done at
@scrollprize
I’m so sad for . Vice was one of the first and few places willing to publish genuinely weird, great and undercurrent stories, including those written by Kim. Read one of her stories here:
Support journalism. Lift it up ✌️
When journalism gets results: Scott Gottlieb responds to
@KHNews
and
@FortuneMagazine
story on the serious problems with electronic health records and their impact on patient safety.
I'll be OK. The Messenger was staffed with journalists who wanted to do something incredible, and barely got the chance. Hire us.
I am open to work, freelance, full time, editing, writing and otherwise. My DMs are open, my email is c.h.cameron28
@gmail
.com.
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One of the suspended journalists, Steven Monacelli of
@TexasObserver
told us that he found out from other reporters, and believes he may have been suspended due to criticism of Musk and a joke about Bill Ackman.
At
@inversedotcom
, we think of ourselves as the ultra-enthusiasts — whether it be about space science, fantasy movies, classic gaming, EVs... and everything in between. In that spirit, may I present: The Inverse Awards, 2022!
🧵
Fun fact: I have lucid dreams. Now, a study shows two-way, real-time communication between a lucid dreamer and researcher is possible. So I had to write about it.
I moved from Scotland to NYC 9 years ago today. I thought I'd maybe stay a year or so, but then I got a job at a wonderful magazine right out of grad school. Three magazines, N freelance gigs, at least 2,000 bagels, one baby, and many offerings to USCIS later, I'm still here. 🙏
"There’s a singularity about the weirdness of it all. It’s a big crazy confection. Does it all work? I have no clue."
@DannyDeVito
, Danny Elfman, Tim Burton, and more try to explain the unexplainable on
@inversedotcom
>>>>
10 years ago, I was a newly minted journalism grad in NYC, full of story ideas, and desperate to stay. TK clips, hustles, freelance gigs, late nights, edits, green cards, tears, a life partner, cat, and a kid later, I'm still here. ✌️
@NatGeo
@cdellamore
Science journalists in my feed: Pitch NatGeo! They are in need of stories about space and paleontology, in particular, but anything that is in the conversation and has a science angle is also their jam. Editor emails follow the Firstname.Lastname
@natgeo
.com convention ✌️
Coming to an
@inversedotcom
near you on Monday! So excited to work with
@camaldarelli
as our new Sr Science Editor. I can't wait to see what we will do together.
Hello, hello! Exciting ✨ personal news ✨Today is my last day as Science Editor at Popular Science Magazine after an incredible six years
@popsci
! Soon, I'll be joining
@inversedotcom
as their senior science editor. Can't wait for the new journalism adventures that await.
Psilocybin could give terminally ill people relief from anxiety and depression — and some are willing to sue the government to get it. This was so fun to work on for
@inversedotcom
, by
@KingMatigan
🎨Federico Pazos
The future of treatments for psychiatric conditions may lie in part with psychedelic-assisted therapy. If you care about these things, and about consent in medical practice and more broadly, then you need to read this story.
NEW: For years, I’ve heard rumors about sexual misconduct in an underground community practicing psychedelic-assisted therapy & training ‘guides.’ Until September, I’d never been able to get anyone on record about the community. CN: sexual abuse 1/
Media might be a bit *in flux* but so many of the people in the industry are just genuine people. If you have the price of a coffee to spare, consider donating it to a fund set up to help some of my former colleagues at The Messenger find their feet.
Hey friends!
@inversedotcom
is hiring! We are looking for a part-time writer who wants to delve into the weird and wonderful world of health, psychology, nutrition, and more. Rate is $25/hour, can be remote.
@Hello_Tailor
In the year of our being 2022, it continues to amaze me when Hollywood/anyone actually is like "this seems fine" with this BS. Never ceases to surpass expectations.
Do you wonder what our lives in space may be like?
@ariel_ekblaw
does. Her vision is distinct from others who love the idea of humans venturing into space — an expansion of our ecosystem, rather than a pure frontier. My latest:
How do people write w/ kids. I’m so tired. He never sleeps. He never stops moving but we can’t go anywhere indoors. Our nanny quit. We have no family here. Every time I have a free hour when Im not cleaning, cooking, or working, which is like once a week, I just want to lie down.
Astronomer
@sarneczky
just discovered an asteroid moments before it hit the Earth — the fifth time anyone has managed to spot an asteroid before impact ever in history.
Thank you Meryl Streep and
@pressfreedom
for raising awareness of my friend Kim Wall and the female journalists who deserved so much more. To keep Kim's legacy of reporting on 'the undercurrents of rebellion' going, please donate to the
@TheKimWallFund
You know what is fun? Asking
@boglio
to create an animation for
@inversedotcom
. CLICK to see "PacMan" in action — and STAY to read the essential story on accessibility and gaming by
@cmgroux
! ---->
Re-upping this. I want your pitch for an ambitious story, profile, reported essay, you name it, that gets at what will drive life on our planet forward. Send by Mar 10.
Hi science/tech/health freelancers: Send me pitches for reported enterprise, profiles, and features on the future of Earth for
@inversedotcom
. Email me claire
@inverse
.com. No study stories or PR, please. Rates range up to 50 cents/word for great reporting. Thanks!
Hello friends — Inverse is hiring a PT science reporter (focus on climate change and nature writing). Check out the job and how to apply here:
#journalismjobs
@culturedish
#journojobs
Great feature by
@LinaZeldovich
on one of the many forgotten female pioneers in science and medicine — Grunya Sukhareva, the woman who defined autism.
#womeninSTEM
👩🏽🔬
PUFF, PUFF, PASS: A NEW VAPE WITH HAZY ORIGINS TAKES JUUL'S PLACE — fabulous and dogged investigative reporting on how a mysterious company has risen where
#JUUL
has fallen, by
@emmakbetuel
“It's like nothing could go back to normal.” A fantastic and horrifying deep-dive into the reality of life in wildfire country by
@TaraYarla
. Read this:
“If there is a theme for this issue, it is incredible Black women offering their own expansive interpretations of who superheroes are and who, if our imaginations are powerful enough, those superheroes can be.”
@rgay
on
@inversedotcom
and I’m not dreaming
I'm exhilarated to announce that the guest editor of Inverse's 2021 Superhero Issue is Roxane Gay! Check out her Letter from the Editor and stay tuned for more essays and interviews assembled by the one and only
@rgay
all week
“Some small impacts from micrometeorites will happen. You know, over the lifetime of the mission there will be some damage to the mirrors of the telescope.” My latest on a rocky road ahead for
#JWST
: for
@inversedotcom
Trump is poised to sign a government spending bill that will avoid another holiday shutdown. In doing so, the federal tobacco purchasing age will go up to 21.
@emmakbetuel
explains why that's great news for teens' brains:
I don't know if I love feeling vindicated.... but!
Great reporting and context from
@AdamJKovac
on NASA's (unsurprising) announcement delaying the next Artemis missions to return humans to the moon.
I am fascinated by the weight-loss drug Ozempic. Between the reporting and anecdotes, one mystery stands out: It appears to affect people's brains — but not by just quelling hunger.
@so_dendritic
dives in for
@inversedotcom
Last week, NASA remotely fixed a 40-year-old spacecraft, 11.5 billion miles from Earth (aka outside the Solar System). Meanwhile, my phone can't cope with sustaining a local call in my kitchen. 🙃
The female stars of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ open up to
@karenyhan
about their experiences on set and in Middle-earth for Inverse's digital cover story.
#TheRingsOfPower
A2: I went to this presentation yesterday on
#MDMA
and sociability — the researchers found that the drug's pro-social effects may be driven by distinct brain circuits to that which drives the 'high.'
@nzeliadt
got the story:
#SFNChat
I'll also take this moment to share one of the last stories I edited at Inverse, on how long it'll be before a fully AI-generated blockbuster movie hits the silver screen (by the great
@stokel
!) Read it!
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Incredible discovery of a new ancient Homo morphotype in the Levant —
@elanaspivack
explains the profound significance of the "X population" for
@inversedotcom
. .
"It felt like such a big slap in the face... I was pretty disgusted. It just makes it harder for people who actually have a diagnosed learning disability to be believed.”