Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
@rpocisv.bsky.social
Science journalist at @ksjatmit.bsky.social + @science.org | @theopennotebook.bsky.social Español Editorial Director | Views my own | he/him
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Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
@rpocisv.bsky.social
· Apr 18
I'm thrilled to share that I'll be a 2025-26 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT @ksjatmit.bsky.social. I'll be reflecting on the state of science and journalism today, learning from top researchers and from amazing colleagues. I'm super excited for this experience! ksj.mit.edu/news/2025/04...
🧪 ✏️Apply for the 2026 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship with
@science.org! 🧪 ✏️
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
@science.org! 🧪 ✏️
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🧪 ✏️Apply for the 2026 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship with
@science.org! 🧪 ✏️
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
@science.org! 🧪 ✏️
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
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🧪 ✏️ Apply for the 2026 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship with @science.org! 🧪 ✏️
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🧪 ✏️ Apply for the 2026 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism Internship with @science.org! 🧪 ✏️
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
This could be for you if you're a student from a community historically underrepresented in #journalism who's interested in in covering science for general audiences: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
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Big thanks to @rpocisv.bsky.social for his generous spirit in suggesting we share these guidelines, and to @emmalgometz.bsky.social for the help adapting them. Let us know if you find these helpful, or put any of them to practice.
The Open Notebook’s Writers’ Guidelines - The Open Notebook
Landing an assignment, especially a feature, is an exciting moment for any early-career journalist. But what happens next in the reporting, writing, and editing phases can sometimes be ambiguous. This...
www.theopennotebook.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Big thanks to @rpocisv.bsky.social for his generous spirit in suggesting we share these guidelines, and to @emmalgometz.bsky.social for the help adapting them. Let us know if you find these helpful, or put any of them to practice.
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Muchas gracias a @rpocisv.bsky.social por su espíritu generoso al sugerirnos que compartiéramos estas guías, y a @emmalgometz.bsky.social por ayudarnos a adaptarlas. Haznos saber si te resultan útiles o si pones alguna de ellas en práctica. #TONenEspañol
Guía para escritores de The Open Notebook - The Open Notebook
Read in English Nick Fewings/Unsplash Conseguir una asignación, especialmente un reportaje, es un momento emocionante para cualquier periodista que está en el inicio de su carrera. Pero lo que sucede ...
www.theopennotebook.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Muchas gracias a @rpocisv.bsky.social por su espíritu generoso al sugerirnos que compartiéramos estas guías, y a @emmalgometz.bsky.social por ayudarnos a adaptarlas. Haznos saber si te resultan útiles o si pones alguna de ellas en práctica. #TONenEspañol
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Revolutionary techniques using traces of environmental DNA are analyzing entire ecosystems “from microbes to whales.” Learn more in @rpocisv.bsky.social's 2019 story: knowmag.org/3IcQbxZ
A world in a bottle of water
Revolutionary techniques using traces of environmental DNA are analyzing entire ecosystems “from microbes to whales”
knowmag.org
September 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Revolutionary techniques using traces of environmental DNA are analyzing entire ecosystems “from microbes to whales.” Learn more in @rpocisv.bsky.social's 2019 story: knowmag.org/3IcQbxZ
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Great podcast by @rpocisv.bsky.social and colleagues from Science @science.org about our recent publication about recovery mitogenomes from Basin of Mexico Columbian mammoths. Its a not miss! 👇
What we can learn from a mother lode of Mexican mammoths w/ @rpocisv.bsky.social this week on the @science.org podcast
Listen here 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...
Listen here 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...
September 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Great podcast by @rpocisv.bsky.social and colleagues from Science @science.org about our recent publication about recovery mitogenomes from Basin of Mexico Columbian mammoths. Its a not miss! 👇
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A military megaproject led to Mexico’s biggest paleontological discovery—and is now reshaping what we know about mammoths.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/45PD8M0
Learn more: https://scim.ag/45PD8M0
September 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A military megaproject led to Mexico’s biggest paleontological discovery—and is now reshaping what we know about mammoths.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/45PD8M0
Learn more: https://scim.ag/45PD8M0
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Mammoths in Mexico! A fascinating read by @rpocisv.bsky.social @science.org on the discovery and analysis of a massive Pleistocene fossil trove beneath an airport in Mexico City. 🧬 🦣 🇲🇽 www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Mammoths in Mexico? Huge bone trove reveals giant beasts thrived in warmth, too
Fossils found while building airport contain first mammoth DNA from tropical location
www.science.org
August 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mammoths in Mexico! A fascinating read by @rpocisv.bsky.social @science.org on the discovery and analysis of a massive Pleistocene fossil trove beneath an airport in Mexico City. 🧬 🦣 🇲🇽 www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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Thrilled to share our study sequencing genetic data from tropical mammoths 🏝️🦣. First DNA recovered from Columbian mammoths southern than USA shorturl.at/xjIvy. Thanks to all collaborators, you were key to this success! See below a fantastic note covering the paper by the great @rpocisv.bsky.social 👇
Columbian mammoth mitogenomes from Mexico uncover the species’ complex evolutionary history
Paleogenomic studies suggest that Mammuthus columbi derives from an ancient hybridization between Mammuthus primigenius and Mammuthus trogontherii. While its habitat spanned from North to Central Amer...
shorturl.at
August 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Thrilled to share our study sequencing genetic data from tropical mammoths 🏝️🦣. First DNA recovered from Columbian mammoths southern than USA shorturl.at/xjIvy. Thanks to all collaborators, you were key to this success! See below a fantastic note covering the paper by the great @rpocisv.bsky.social 👇
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La historia de cómo secuenciamos los mamtus 🦣 más tropicales 🏝️ secuenciados al momento la pueden leer aquí 👇https://shorturl.at/KE6Ux. Redactadó por el gran @rpocisv.bsky.social. Muchas gracias Rodrigo por cubrir con tanto entusiasmo la nota sobre nuestro trabajo.
Mammoths in Mexico? Huge bone trove reveals giant beasts thrived in warmth, too
Fossils found while building airport contain first mammoth DNA from tropical location
shorturl.at
August 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
La historia de cómo secuenciamos los mamtus 🦣 más tropicales 🏝️ secuenciados al momento la pueden leer aquí 👇https://shorturl.at/KE6Ux. Redactadó por el gran @rpocisv.bsky.social. Muchas gracias Rodrigo por cubrir con tanto entusiasmo la nota sobre nuestro trabajo.
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What we can learn from a mother lode of Mexican mammoths w/ @rpocisv.bsky.social this week on the @science.org podcast
Listen here 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...
Listen here 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...
August 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What we can learn from a mother lode of Mexican mammoths w/ @rpocisv.bsky.social this week on the @science.org podcast
Listen here 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...
Listen here 🎧 www.science.org/content/podc...
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Bed bugs have always our urban companions.
Populations of the bed bug that associates with people appear to have surged as human societies shifted from nomadic to more settled lifestyles
@rpocisv.bsky.social reports in @science.org 👇
www.science.org/content/arti...
Populations of the bed bug that associates with people appear to have surged as human societies shifted from nomadic to more settled lifestyles
@rpocisv.bsky.social reports in @science.org 👇
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org
June 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Bed bugs have always our urban companions.
Populations of the bed bug that associates with people appear to have surged as human societies shifted from nomadic to more settled lifestyles
@rpocisv.bsky.social reports in @science.org 👇
www.science.org/content/arti...
Populations of the bed bug that associates with people appear to have surged as human societies shifted from nomadic to more settled lifestyles
@rpocisv.bsky.social reports in @science.org 👇
www.science.org/content/arti...
A new study of bedbug genomes traces their success back to early civilization, and claims that they may be the first urban pest. More in my story for @science.org. www.science.org/content/arti...
Bedbugs may be the first urban pest
A new study of the insects’ genomes traces their success back to early civilization
www.science.org
May 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A new study of bedbug genomes traces their success back to early civilization, and claims that they may be the first urban pest. More in my story for @science.org. www.science.org/content/arti...
Massive DNA sequencing effort reveals how colonization shaped Brazil’s genetic diversity. My new story in @science.org. www.science.org/content/arti...
Massive DNA sequencing effort reveals how colonization shaped Brazil’s genetic diversity
New study identifies thousands of new variants related to diseases
www.science.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Massive DNA sequencing effort reveals how colonization shaped Brazil’s genetic diversity. My new story in @science.org. www.science.org/content/arti...
In the largest ever study of Tenochtitlan obsidian, researchers found that the Aztec empire sought obsidian from far and wide to make ritual jewelry and basic tools, revealing complex trade networks and ritual preferences. More in my story in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Aztec empire sought obsidian from far and wide to make ritual jewelry and basic tools
Largest ever study of Tenochtitlan obsidian reveals complex trade networks and ritual preferences
www.science.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In the largest ever study of Tenochtitlan obsidian, researchers found that the Aztec empire sought obsidian from far and wide to make ritual jewelry and basic tools, revealing complex trade networks and ritual preferences. More in my story in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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As a hugeeeeee fan of TON, this is very exciting news to get to share. I live in perpetual yearning for the day they ask me to do a Day in the Life article.
🧪 @claudia-lopez.bsky.social brought together a group of reporters, including @scattercushion.bsky.social, @usha.bsky.social, @martinaigini.bsky.social @nicolakimjones.bsky.social and others to ask what advice they have for tackling major reports in their respective beats.
Roundtable: Reporting on Reports—How Journalists Harness Hundred-Page Documents - The Open Notebook
Reports, often published by leading institutions and organizations, are goldmines for science journalists—packed with data, insights, and leads that can spark compelling stories. These offer journalis...
www.theopennotebook.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
As a hugeeeeee fan of TON, this is very exciting news to get to share. I live in perpetual yearning for the day they ask me to do a Day in the Life article.
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¿Cuánto prerreporteo es buena práctica y cuánto es una exageración? Bueno, depende, pero esta guía con @mxeliramos.bsky.social, @adithi-r1.bsky.social, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, y otros puede ayudarte a encontrar tu respuesta. #TONenEspañol 🧪
¿Qué es el prerreporteo, y realmente necesito hacerlo? - The Open Notebook
Muchos reporteros dudan en invertir tiempo o dinero en una posible historia sin garantía de remuneración, pero pasan por alto el prerreporteo —o desarrollar una historia antes de que sea aceptada para...
www.theopennotebook.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
¿Cuánto prerreporteo es buena práctica y cuánto es una exageración? Bueno, depende, pero esta guía con @mxeliramos.bsky.social, @adithi-r1.bsky.social, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, y otros puede ayudarte a encontrar tu respuesta. #TONenEspañol 🧪
Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm, my latest in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm
Behavior is more complex than scientists realized, could reveal origins of musicality
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm, my latest in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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Scientists “blow up” brains 16 times their size to map neurons with superfine detail.
Learn more: scim.ag/42Uyv1K
Learn more: scim.ag/42Uyv1K
May 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Scientists “blow up” brains 16 times their size to map neurons with superfine detail.
Learn more: scim.ag/42Uyv1K
Learn more: scim.ag/42Uyv1K
Can't see tiny neurons and their many connections? No problem, just "blow them up"! My latest for @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Scientists ‘blow up’ brains 16 times their size to map neurons with superfine detail
Method—which uses a light microscope—offers a powerful, cost-effective alternative to electron microscopy
www.science.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Can't see tiny neurons and their many connections? No problem, just "blow them up"! My latest for @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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“Deciphering the brain’s wiring is one of neuroscience’s toughest challenges. […] But in a new Nature study published today, researchers offer a clever approach: Instead of struggling to ‘see’ tiny cell structures in a chunk of mouse brain, just make them bigger.”
@rpocisv.bsky.social ‣ @science.org
@rpocisv.bsky.social ‣ @science.org
Scientists ‘blow up’ brains 16 times their size to map neurons with superfine detail
Method—which uses a light microscope—offers a powerful, cost-effective alternative to electron microscopy
www.science.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Deciphering the brain’s wiring is one of neuroscience’s toughest challenges. […] But in a new Nature study published today, researchers offer a clever approach: Instead of struggling to ‘see’ tiny cell structures in a chunk of mouse brain, just make them bigger.”
@rpocisv.bsky.social ‣ @science.org
@rpocisv.bsky.social ‣ @science.org
Meet a worm that can stretch like an accordion! Found off the coast of a Spanish estuary, worm can contract its body to one-fifth its original length. More in my story for @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Meet a worm that can stretch like an accordion
Found off the coast of a Spanish estuary, worm can contract its body to one-fifth its original length
www.science.org
May 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Meet a worm that can stretch like an accordion! Found off the coast of a Spanish estuary, worm can contract its body to one-fifth its original length. More in my story for @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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CONGRATS to TON's @rpocisv.bsky.social, selected as a 2025-2026 @ksjatmit.bsky.social fellow!! We're so thrilled for and proud of you, Rodrigo!! 🧪
KSJ Announces 2025-26 Fellowship Class - Knight Science Journalism @MIT
In August, eleven award-winning journalists will join KSJ at MIT to learn from the world’s top scientists and storytellers.
ksj.mit.edu
April 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
CONGRATS to TON's @rpocisv.bsky.social, selected as a 2025-2026 @ksjatmit.bsky.social fellow!! We're so thrilled for and proud of you, Rodrigo!! 🧪