Science Editing
As Senior Editor at The Science Writer, an online magazine edited and published by alumni of the Johns Hopkins University Master of Arts in Science Writing program, I had the honor of working with graduate student science writers. My focus was on evaluating pitch submissions, selecting the draft pieces and then guiding authors on the story's developmental edits and narrative structure, and ensuring that the story had all the necessary research and literary elements, including concise and engaging language. I was honored to have served as a founding alumni member of The Science Writer's Editorial Board.
These are links to the most recent science writing pieces I edited in The Science Writer's Enigma Issue:
Creating a Forecast for Seizures
The Riddle of Cancer Development
There are additional examples of science articles I edited for The Science Writer below.
CT scans help bioarchaeologist uncover a debilitating case of brucellosis (Story author: Annabelle Moore. Artist’s rendering of Brucella bacteria. Image Credit: Tara Holley, with elements from the National Institute of Health.)
Seed banks act as botanical insurance in the face of a changing climate (Story author: Upasana Sarraju. Samples of forage seeds in the CIAT gene bank at the institution's headquarters in Colombia, eventually sent to the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway. Image credit: ©2012 CIAT/NeilPalmer)
What can be done? (Story Author: Jennifer Clare Ball. Image Credit: Unsplash)
A Video Feature - Science Explainer
A journey of light bouncing through ice.
This was a collaborative effort. I served as one of the editors of the video script which we developed based on the essence of a full-length feature story. (Story author: Mark Jordan. Multimedia production credit: Tara Holley and full credits appear at the end of the video)
Optical deceit in vast landscapes (Story author: Mark Jordan. Image credit: Mark Jordan)
Versatile fungal threads could grow structures adapted to extraterrestrial conditions (Story author: Kimberly Scarano. Artist’s rendering of a mycelium habitat on Mars. Image credit: Redhouse Studio)