Jenna Jakubisin
@heyjennajay.bsky.social
Science editor and writer in Chicago. Books, dogs, whiskey, comedy. (she/her)
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"Whether it’s five people or 50, my nervous system floods with adrenaline like I’m facing Hannibal Lecter instead of some barely interested coworkers."
I Was Terrified Of Public Speaking For Years. Here's How I Finally Conquered My Debilitating Fear.
"Whether it’s five people or 50, my nervous system floods with adrenaline like I’m facing Hannibal Lecter instead of some barely interested coworkers."
www.huffpost.com
Ever wonder about the #science behind public speaking anxiety? I wrote about it for the HuffPost! Big thanks to @noahmichelson.bsky.social.
Ever wonder about the #science behind public speaking anxiety? I wrote about it for the HuffPost! Big thanks to @noahmichelson.bsky.social.
"Whether it’s five people or 50, my nervous system floods with adrenaline like I’m facing Hannibal Lecter instead of some barely interested coworkers."
I Was Terrified Of Public Speaking For Years. Here's How I Finally Conquered My Debilitating Fear.
"Whether it’s five people or 50, my nervous system floods with adrenaline like I’m facing Hannibal Lecter instead of some barely interested coworkers."
www.huffpost.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ever wonder about the #science behind public speaking anxiety? I wrote about it for the HuffPost! Big thanks to @noahmichelson.bsky.social.
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Apropos of nothing, you can always reach ProPublica with anonymous tips, files, and information that you think could hold powerful people and institutions accountable via this link: www.propublica.org/tips/
How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
www.propublica.org
July 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Apropos of nothing, you can always reach ProPublica with anonymous tips, files, and information that you think could hold powerful people and institutions accountable via this link: www.propublica.org/tips/
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
MA in Science Writing: check! 🎓
May 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
MA in Science Writing: check! 🎓
My master's thesis was accepted by the Johns Hopkins #ScienceWriting program. After 3 years of grad school + a full-time job, having free time feels bizarre. See you soon, Baltimore! 🎓
May 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
My master's thesis was accepted by the Johns Hopkins #ScienceWriting program. After 3 years of grad school + a full-time job, having free time feels bizarre. See you soon, Baltimore! 🎓
I'm so excited to hear this! Second City, best city. #SciWri25
BIG NEWS: #SciWri25 has a new location and dates! Get ready to gather in Chicago Nov 7-9. The virtual portion will take place Oct 22-24. Thank you to everyone for your support during this journey.
Details: www.nasw.org/article...
Details: www.nasw.org/article...
ScienceWriters2025 to be held in Chicago November 7-9
The National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing are excited to announce that ScienceWriters2025 will take place in Chicago, November 7–9, at the Marriott Chicago O’Hare.
www.nasw.org
April 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'm so excited to hear this! Second City, best city. #SciWri25
An incredibly valuable and absolutely sickening timeline. Thank you, STAT.
We’re tracking, day by day, what’s happened in the worlds of science and health.
Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health
STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.
buff.ly
April 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
An incredibly valuable and absolutely sickening timeline. Thank you, STAT.
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There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
March 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
By this time next month, my master's thesis will be submitted.
March 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
By this time next month, my master's thesis will be submitted.
Over 3500 signatories and growing, including 91 organizations. Have you checked this out? #DefendResearch #Science #Journalism
Scicomm and scholarly publishing friends: I've signed this declaration to #DefendResearch from #Censorship and I hope you'll consider it, too.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Government Censorship - The Scholarly Kitchen
In response to US government efforts to censor research and researchers, a small group of scholarly communications professionals have launched a Declaration to defend research. Learn more in today's p...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
March 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Over 3500 signatories and growing, including 91 organizations. Have you checked this out? #DefendResearch #Science #Journalism
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"But what Trump is doing is not reform, it is subversion. And it could not come at a worse time."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
Trump’s Agenda Is Undermining American Science
Research funded by the federal government has found useful expression in many of the defining technologies of our time. This Administration threatens that progress.
www.newyorker.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"But what Trump is doing is not reform, it is subversion. And it could not come at a worse time."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
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The court ordered that NIH grant funding be unfrozen, so The Regime found a way around it. For NIH grants to be funded, a review panel must rank them. In order for a review panel to meet, they must post it on the Federal Register. Submissions to the Federal Register are now on hold “indefinitely”.
I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The court ordered that NIH grant funding be unfrozen, so The Regime found a way around it. For NIH grants to be funded, a review panel must rank them. In order for a review panel to meet, they must post it on the Federal Register. Submissions to the Federal Register are now on hold “indefinitely”.
Scicomm and scholarly publishing friends: I've signed this declaration to #DefendResearch from #Censorship and I hope you'll consider it, too.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Government Censorship - The Scholarly Kitchen
In response to US government efforts to censor research and researchers, a small group of scholarly communications professionals have launched a Declaration to defend research. Learn more in today's p...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Scicomm and scholarly publishing friends: I've signed this declaration to #DefendResearch from #Censorship and I hope you'll consider it, too.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
"The accurate, timely and transparent communication of scientific, health and environmental information is essential to creating a just, healthy, safe, and prosperous society." 👏👏
CASW, along with @healthjournalism.org, @sciencewriters.org, @sejorg.bsky.social, and @uprootproject.bsky.social, objects to the removal of public data and information from more than a dozen federal U.S. websites.
Read our full letter: casw.org/news/journal...
Read our full letter: casw.org/news/journal...
February 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"The accurate, timely and transparent communication of scientific, health and environmental information is essential to creating a just, healthy, safe, and prosperous society." 👏👏
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The RFK hearing is telltale of our new era: white men will prevail irrespective of merit or qualification. Unless we stop it. CALL YOUR SENATORS!
February 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The RFK hearing is telltale of our new era: white men will prevail irrespective of merit or qualification. Unless we stop it. CALL YOUR SENATORS!
January 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Chicago appreciation post.
January 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Chicago appreciation post.
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Is the communications pause that's been imposed on the US government's health agencies affecting you? @statnews.com would love to hear about it. Please let us know. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
Are you affected by the Trump administration’s pause on health communications, science meetings, and reviews?
Have you been affected by the Trump administration’s pause on communications, science meetings, and reviews? @statnews would like to hear from you.
www.statnews.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Is the communications pause that's been imposed on the US government's health agencies affecting you? @statnews.com would love to hear about it. Please let us know. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
"Text and language is alive so it’s always changing. To me, there is no end point and that is a joy."—Tina Chang via lithub.com/12-contempor...
#Writing
#Revising
#Writing
#Revising
12 Contemporary Writers on How They Revise
“Writing is rewriting,” says everyone all the time. But what they don’t say, necessarily, is how. Yesterday, Tor pointed me in the direction of this old blog post from Patrick Rot…
lithub.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Text and language is alive so it’s always changing. To me, there is no end point and that is a joy."—Tina Chang via lithub.com/12-contempor...
#Writing
#Revising
#Writing
#Revising
January 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Master doc of mutual aid groups helping people and animals on the ground in LA. Please share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
docs.google.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Master doc of mutual aid groups helping people and animals on the ground in LA. Please share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Firearms are closely linked with domestic violence. With a gun in the home, it’s 5 TIMES more likely that a woman will be killed by a domestic abuser. This bill closes a harmful loophole in Illinois law and will save lives. #KarinaGonzalez #DomesticViolence #GunSafety
news.wttw.com/2025/01/07/i...
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Illinois Senate Passes Karina’s Bill, Measure That Requires Police to Take Guns After Orders of Protection
Karina’s Bill seeks to protect domestic violence victims by creating uniform processes for removing guns from alleged abusers who are subject an order of protection.
news.wttw.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Firearms are closely linked with domestic violence. With a gun in the home, it’s 5 TIMES more likely that a woman will be killed by a domestic abuser. This bill closes a harmful loophole in Illinois law and will save lives. #KarinaGonzalez #DomesticViolence #GunSafety
news.wttw.com/2025/01/07/i...
news.wttw.com/2025/01/07/i...