Annalee Newitz 🍜
I am looking for all my #science #journalism peeps and scientists to follow! Please speak up if you are a #sciencejournalist or a scientist who doesn't mind talking to journalists! #noxp
Dec 16, 2022 at 7:56pmWeb
Show threadCarl HeathDec 16, 2022
@annaleen heres one. :)
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 16, 2022
@carl *waves*
Show threadRichard DeVaulDec 16, 2022
@annaleen less a working scientist these days and more an opinionated consumer of scientific results, but happy to chat :)
Show threadWim🧮Dec 16, 2022
@annaleen I'm a computing scientist, if that counts too.
Show threadChadDec 16, 2022
@annaleen I’m more of a technologist than scientist, but I’m fairly journo-friendly… https://www.nasa.gov/smallspacecraft/
Small Spacecraft Technology Program

NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.

NASA
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 16, 2022
@chad hello!
Show threadCharlotte Kirchhoff-LukatDec 16, 2022
@annaleen I'm a scientist, though a theoretical one (pure maths). I post also post about recreational maths, maths education, theoretical physics. And some unrelated things.
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 16, 2022
@charlottekl awesome!
Show threadCandice HuberDec 16, 2022
@annaleen I'm not a science journalist but I'm a book person! *waves*
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 16, 2022
@nolafleurdelit nice to see you here Candice!!
Show threadCandice HuberDec 17, 2022
@annaleen Figured it was time *sigh*
Show threadBrian RepkoDec 16, 2022
@annaleen thank you - yes this 100% - science journals setup accounts or stand up your own servers
Show threadIan RoseDec 16, 2022
@annaleen *Early career freelancer wave*
Show threadEvan Urquhart 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 16, 2022
@annaleen I'm science journalism adjacent. I write about trans issues with a focus/specialty in science and social science topics. For example: https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/puberty-blockers-side-effects-controversy.html
The NYT’s Big Piece on Puberty Blockers Mucked Up the Most Important Point About Them

They can have side effects. But here’s what else to consider.

Slate
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 16, 2022
@e_urq hello friend!
Show threadMatt BilleDec 16, 2022
@annaleen I do some science journalism, though I can't claim to be a pro. If you want space or cryptozoology, though, I'm your man.
Show threadNicholas WeaverDec 16, 2022

@annaleen

Computer Scientist/Technologist here, happy to talk to journalists, and critically happy to say "I don't know" when I don't know.

Show threadRitaDec 16, 2022
@annaleen #science adjacent - we run science events in bars.
Show threadBianca NogradyDec 16, 2022
@annaleen Howdy from Australian science journalism!
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 16, 2022
@biancanogrady hellooo
Show threadBarbara J. KingDec 16, 2022
@annaleen Hello! I'm an anthropologist who often works with journalists on pieces related to evolution, animal cognition, animal emotion, and /or human-animal relationships. And I'm a freelance science writer.
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 16, 2022
@bjkingape hellooooo nice to meet you
Show threadIgnacio CastroDec 16, 2022
@annaleen computational social scientist here. Happy to talk with journalists about research on the fediverse (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349641-most-people-who-threatened-to-quit-twitter-for-mastodon-havent-left/) or other areas where l work on :-)
Most people who threatened to quit Twitter for Mastodon haven't left

Of more than 140,000 Twitter users who announced they were moving to Mastodon, just 1.6 per cent have actually quit Elon Musk’s social media platform

New Scientist
Show threadLeft In MissouriDec 16, 2022
@annaleen Mind if I follow? I'm a science fan. I know only enough to get whatever I attempt to explain wrong, even if I understood while I listened to more informed folks explain it.
Show threadSophie BushwickDec 16, 2022
@annaleen I joined via sciencemastodon.com , which has some other science / journalism / science journalism folks
Show threadHilda BastianDec 16, 2022
@annaleen 👋
Show threadLordWoolamalooDec 17, 2022
@annaleen @jdiannedotson have you seen this?
Show threadMichael BuschDec 17, 2022
@annaleen I am known to sometimes talk with journalists about piles of rock in space.
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 17, 2022
@michael_w_busch and for that I thank you! I love a good pile of rocks in space.
Show threadCenobyte Dec 17, 2022
@annaleen Nice to meet you. I’m a scientist who doesn’t mind talking to journalists or really anyone else. I run the thirring.org mastodon instance as well as https://thirring.org
Thirring Institute for Applied Gravitational Research

Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 17, 2022
@cenobyte nice to meet you too!
Show threadCenobyte Dec 17, 2022
@annaleen Also hi from my mastodon ambassador Skye
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 17, 2022
@cenobyte I'd wager that's the softest nose on the elephant app
Show threadCenobyte Dec 17, 2022
@annaleen Definitely one of them!   
Show threadEmily Alpert ReyesDec 17, 2022
@annaleen I’m a public health reporter — not necessarily straight up science, but it definitely comes up a lot!
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 17, 2022
@Emilyalpertreyes nice to meet you!
Show threadDan GillmorDec 17, 2022
@annaleen Looking forward to seeing this list.
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 17, 2022
@dangillmor me too! Glad to see you here!
Show threadBarneyDec 17, 2022
@annaleen chemist here—happy to talk (or point to others if they’d know better)
Show threadSeaFury Dec 17, 2022
@annaleen I'll talk to anyone who will listen #ClimateEmergency
Show threadsciencequicheDec 17, 2022
@annaleen I saw this general journalism google doc and just searched for self described science journalists. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/htmlview?pru=AAABhUBN8DA*cEFQByNX4LWcrE5N7W34gg#gid=1320898902
Journalists on Mastodon and Fediverse (Responses) - Google Drive

Show threadToxteth O'GradyDec 17, 2022
@annaleen Will you take a civil engineer? Aviation SME?
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 17, 2022
@toxtethogrady hell yeah!
Show threadDaniel L CarlsonDec 17, 2022
@annaleen
I'm a publicly engaged scholar who really enjoys interacting with journalists who are interested in my work. I am a sociologist studying work-family policy and the division of labor in families. I have an NSF funded study looking at how the COVID pandemic has affected both.
Show threadDr. ir. Brian R. PauwDec 17, 2022
@annaleen hi! I’m in the second category. I’ve also maintained a science blog (lookingatnothing.com) and a YouTube channel (drheaddamage). 🖐️
Show threadDr David MillsDec 17, 2022
@annaleen I'm a scientist who has been quoted in the media. Hello!
Show threadHeidi SeiboldDec 17, 2022
@annaleen 🤗
Show threadJeff MartinDec 17, 2022
@annaleen @rossgrady *wave* science programmer here. Don’t mind journalists, but I’m not one myself.
Show threadJamie FrewDec 17, 2022
@annaleen I do green hydrogen stuff and was a scientist in the distant past. Follow me for green hydrogen insights and if I get some traction I will try to quit my birdsite habit and post here primarily.
Show threadNorbert HolsteinDec 17, 2022
@annaleen Check the profiles on the instance Fediscience.org.
Show threadDr. Brandy SchillaceDec 17, 2022
@annaleen same! I think there is a list…
Show threadDr. Erin ZimmermanDec 17, 2022
@annaleen Hi there! I write about botany!
Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Dec 17, 2022
@doctorzedd hello!
Show threadRuhi (she/her)Dec 17, 2022
@annaleen you are my kind of human. Hello!!
Show threadMeagen S ACRDec 17, 2022
@annaleen
I recommend
@Dtl
Show threadJack RyanDec 18, 2022
@annaleen that's what we're here for!!