AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social
Sharpening scientists' abilities to communicate complex issues via immersive newsroom experiences for 50 years
#SciComm #MassMediaFellows #MMF50th
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Are you ready to try something new and work in #SciComm?
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of @AAAS #MassMediaFellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news and join an alumni group of almost 900.
🔗 bit.ly/3KugH6D
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of @AAAS #MassMediaFellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news and join an alumni group of almost 900.
🔗 bit.ly/3KugH6D
💻 Spotlight on Peter! @peterha2l.bsky.social spent the summer digging into stories @technologyreview.com, supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation. Don’t miss his work: www.aaas.org/programs/mas...
#MassMediaFellowship #SciComm
#MassMediaFellowship #SciComm
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
💻 Spotlight on Peter! @peterha2l.bsky.social spent the summer digging into stories @technologyreview.com, supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation. Don’t miss his work: www.aaas.org/programs/mas...
#MassMediaFellowship #SciComm
#MassMediaFellowship #SciComm
☀️This summer, Niamh completed her fellowship at @latimes.com, proudly sponsored by @amstatnews.bsky.social. Explore her story highlights here: www.aaas.org/programs/mas...
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
☀️This summer, Niamh completed her fellowship at @latimes.com, proudly sponsored by @amstatnews.bsky.social. Explore her story highlights here: www.aaas.org/programs/mas...
🎉It’s time for Fellow Features! Marissa spent her summer at @statnews.com and was sponsored by @aamc.org. Check out her stories here: www.aaas.org/programs/mas...
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🎉It’s time for Fellow Features! Marissa spent her summer at @statnews.com and was sponsored by @aamc.org. Check out her stories here: www.aaas.org/programs/mas...
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Early career scientists — this event is for you!
Join us on Nov 19, 1 p.m. ET for “Communicating Up and Beyond: Advocating for Your Research.”
Learn to:
Speak up and self-advocate
Sharpen your elevator pitch
Reach broader audiences
AAAS members only — register now: bit.ly/47NPdST
Join us on Nov 19, 1 p.m. ET for “Communicating Up and Beyond: Advocating for Your Research.”
Learn to:
Speak up and self-advocate
Sharpen your elevator pitch
Reach broader audiences
AAAS members only — register now: bit.ly/47NPdST
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Early career scientists — this event is for you!
Join us on Nov 19, 1 p.m. ET for “Communicating Up and Beyond: Advocating for Your Research.”
Learn to:
Speak up and self-advocate
Sharpen your elevator pitch
Reach broader audiences
AAAS members only — register now: bit.ly/47NPdST
Join us on Nov 19, 1 p.m. ET for “Communicating Up and Beyond: Advocating for Your Research.”
Learn to:
Speak up and self-advocate
Sharpen your elevator pitch
Reach broader audiences
AAAS members only — register now: bit.ly/47NPdST
Introducing Fellow Features! We will be showcasing each of our fellows from the Class of 2025. Stay tuned!
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Introducing Fellow Features! We will be showcasing each of our fellows from the Class of 2025. Stay tuned!
For over 50 years, @aaas.org places students and post docs studying science, engineering, mathematics and medicine in newsrooms across the country as #MassMediaFellows. Check out this video to learn more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYv...
#SciComm #Fellowship
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYv...
#SciComm #Fellowship
AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
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November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For over 50 years, @aaas.org places students and post docs studying science, engineering, mathematics and medicine in newsrooms across the country as #MassMediaFellows. Check out this video to learn more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYv...
#SciComm #Fellowship
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYv...
#SciComm #Fellowship
We love seeing our alums thrive! 🎉
Four years ago, we were @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellows, starry-eyed at our first full-time #sciencejournalism gigs.
Now, we're working dream/beyond-dream jobs at the New York Times, @cenmag.bsky.social and @statnews.com. 2021 us could not have imagined 2025 us.
#scicomm #stem #altchemjobs
Now, we're working dream/beyond-dream jobs at the New York Times, @cenmag.bsky.social and @statnews.com. 2021 us could not have imagined 2025 us.
#scicomm #stem #altchemjobs
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We love seeing our alums thrive! 🎉
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🎉 Congrats to Alex Music (@alexmusicwrites.bsky.social), AGU’s 2025 @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social Fellow!
Alex spent the summer with the Idaho Statesman reporting Earth & space science stories and helping connect science to the public.
Apply to be a 2026 Fellow 👉 buff.ly/r8c6ybG
Alex spent the summer with the Idaho Statesman reporting Earth & space science stories and helping connect science to the public.
Apply to be a 2026 Fellow 👉 buff.ly/r8c6ybG
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🎉 Congrats to Alex Music (@alexmusicwrites.bsky.social), AGU’s 2025 @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social Fellow!
Alex spent the summer with the Idaho Statesman reporting Earth & space science stories and helping connect science to the public.
Apply to be a 2026 Fellow 👉 buff.ly/r8c6ybG
Alex spent the summer with the Idaho Statesman reporting Earth & space science stories and helping connect science to the public.
Apply to be a 2026 Fellow 👉 buff.ly/r8c6ybG
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Another great dispatch here from @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellow @amberonradio.bsky.social, on how native species can help Altadena recover after the fires. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
After the L.A. Fires, Locals Turn to Native Plants to Help Shield Homes From Flames and Clean Contaminated Soil
Scientists and community members in Altadena are testing ways that California species can assist efforts to rebuild
www.smithsonianmag.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Another great dispatch here from @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellow @amberonradio.bsky.social, on how native species can help Altadena recover after the fires. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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I was part of the 2021 cohort! Although it as totally a remote experience at the time, I learned so much and made some really great friends in the program!
If you have any inkling that you'd like to try science writing, definitely apply to this!!!
If you have any inkling that you'd like to try science writing, definitely apply to this!!!
Are you ready to try something new and work in #SciComm?
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of @AAAS #MassMediaFellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news and join an alumni group of almost 900.
🔗 bit.ly/3KugH6D
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of @AAAS #MassMediaFellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news and join an alumni group of almost 900.
🔗 bit.ly/3KugH6D
October 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I was part of the 2021 cohort! Although it as totally a remote experience at the time, I learned so much and made some really great friends in the program!
If you have any inkling that you'd like to try science writing, definitely apply to this!!!
If you have any inkling that you'd like to try science writing, definitely apply to this!!!
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The 2026 AAAS Mass Media Fellowship application is open! This program was one of the best experiences of my PhD, highly recommend it for anyone interested in #SciComm /Journalism. Happy to answer questions about the app or @technologyreview.com.
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social @aaas.org
aaas.org/mmf
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social @aaas.org
aaas.org/mmf
AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship
This 10-week summer program places science, engineering, and mathematics students at media organizations nationwide. Fellows use their academic training as they research, write, and report today’s hea...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The 2026 AAAS Mass Media Fellowship application is open! This program was one of the best experiences of my PhD, highly recommend it for anyone interested in #SciComm /Journalism. Happy to answer questions about the app or @technologyreview.com.
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social @aaas.org
aaas.org/mmf
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social @aaas.org
aaas.org/mmf
¿Es un científico o ingeniero interesado en periodismo! También puede completar este programa en español. Escribe y reporta ciencia en español durante diez semanas durante este verano.
¡Aplica ahora! bit.ly/3KugH6D
#CienciaEnEspañol #SciComm
¡Aplica ahora! bit.ly/3KugH6D
#CienciaEnEspañol #SciComm
October 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
¿Es un científico o ingeniero interesado en periodismo! También puede completar este programa en español. Escribe y reporta ciencia en español durante diez semanas durante este verano.
¡Aplica ahora! bit.ly/3KugH6D
#CienciaEnEspañol #SciComm
¡Aplica ahora! bit.ly/3KugH6D
#CienciaEnEspañol #SciComm
Are you ready to try something new and work in #SciComm?
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of @AAAS #MassMediaFellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news and join an alumni group of almost 900.
🔗 bit.ly/3KugH6D
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of @AAAS #MassMediaFellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news and join an alumni group of almost 900.
🔗 bit.ly/3KugH6D
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Are you ready to try something new and work in #SciComm?
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of @AAAS #MassMediaFellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news and join an alumni group of almost 900.
🔗 bit.ly/3KugH6D
Apply now to be a part of the next cohort of @AAAS #MassMediaFellows! Spend the summer using your STEMM background as a journalist writing the news and join an alumni group of almost 900.
🔗 bit.ly/3KugH6D
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What are the environmental impacts of data centers? @amberonradio.bsky.social answers that question as A.I. increases the demand for more and more of them. @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It
The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental costs
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What are the environmental impacts of data centers? @amberonradio.bsky.social answers that question as A.I. increases the demand for more and more of them. @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Science journalism fans: I made a starter pack of
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellows from 2015 to 2025.
I did this by hand, so if you notice someone missing or mistakenly added, please shoot me a DM or comment.
I'll keep it updated as new fellows are announced!
🧪 #scicomm #journalism
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellows from 2015 to 2025.
I did this by hand, so if you notice someone missing or mistakenly added, please shoot me a DM or comment.
I'll keep it updated as new fellows are announced!
🧪 #scicomm #journalism
September 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Science journalism fans: I made a starter pack of
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellows from 2015 to 2025.
I did this by hand, so if you notice someone missing or mistakenly added, please shoot me a DM or comment.
I'll keep it updated as new fellows are announced!
🧪 #scicomm #journalism
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellows from 2015 to 2025.
I did this by hand, so if you notice someone missing or mistakenly added, please shoot me a DM or comment.
I'll keep it updated as new fellows are announced!
🧪 #scicomm #journalism
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Can scrolling on your mobile phone really cause "brain rot"? @amberonradio.bsky.social digs into the science in this in-depth feature. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social
Can You Really ‘Rot’ Your Brain by Scrolling Too Much on Your Smartphone?
While that message has been spread on social media, researchers are just beginning to understand how the devices affect the mind
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Can scrolling on your mobile phone really cause "brain rot"? @amberonradio.bsky.social digs into the science in this in-depth feature. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social
And that's a wrap on the 2025 #MassMediaFellows and #MMF50th! 🎉 The last 10 weeks have flown by and the fellows will soon be taking flight after spending two days back in DC with panels and presentations on what could be next for them with their newly gained #SciComm skills!
August 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
And that's a wrap on the 2025 #MassMediaFellows and #MMF50th! 🎉 The last 10 weeks have flown by and the fellows will soon be taking flight after spending two days back in DC with panels and presentations on what could be next for them with their newly gained #SciComm skills!
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In my latest feature for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, I spoke to archaeologists on a new study that suggests that people in Southeast Asia have been chewing the psychoactive betel nut for thousands of years.
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Were Humans in Thailand Getting High Off Betel Nuts 4,000 Years Ago?
Scientists believe they have found the earliest biochemical evidence of people chewing the popular psychoactive plant
www.smithsonianmag.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In my latest feature for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, I spoke to archaeologists on a new study that suggests that people in Southeast Asia have been chewing the psychoactive betel nut for thousands of years.
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
@aaasmassmedia.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Scientists at MIT have created a prothesis that is directly integrated with muscle and bone. @amberonradio.bsky.social reports on the innovation. @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
This New Bionic Knee Is Changing the Game for Lower Leg Amputees
Scientists have developed a prosthesis that is directly integrated with muscle and bone in order to improve movement
www.smithsonianmag.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Scientists at MIT have created a prothesis that is directly integrated with muscle and bone. @amberonradio.bsky.social reports on the innovation. @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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How will deep-sea mining affect the environment? @amberonradio.bsky.social reports in her first feature for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social. Another great story by a @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellow. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
As Interest in Deep-Sea Mining Grows, Scientists Raise Alarms About the Possible Ecological Consequences
Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertain
www.smithsonianmag.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How will deep-sea mining affect the environment? @amberonradio.bsky.social reports in her first feature for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social. Another great story by a @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellow. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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The first article I wrote for my @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellowship with @idahostatesman.com is up! Excited for the rest of the summer 🧡 www.idahostatesman.com/news/weather...
Longest day is coming, Boise, and it will be cool. When will it get dark?
With cooler temperatures set for the long days ahead this weekend, Boise residents can plan to take full advantage of the summer solstice.
www.idahostatesman.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The first article I wrote for my @aaasmassmedia.bsky.social fellowship with @idahostatesman.com is up! Excited for the rest of the summer 🧡 www.idahostatesman.com/news/weather...
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Thank you, @aaas.org and @aamctoday.bsky.social! I’m excited to learn alongside my talented colleagues. Thank you to my family, friends, and mentors for their support. Excited to get started!
This news is hot off the press! We are so excited to present the 2025 #MassMediaFellows! These 17 scientists will spend their summer writing, reporting, and working on their #SciComm skills in news outlets across the country! Learn more about the #MMF50th class here: www.aaas.org/news/aaas-ma...
April 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thank you, @aaas.org and @aamctoday.bsky.social! I’m excited to learn alongside my talented colleagues. Thank you to my family, friends, and mentors for their support. Excited to get started!
This news is hot off the press! We are so excited to present the 2025 #MassMediaFellows! These 17 scientists will spend their summer writing, reporting, and working on their #SciComm skills in news outlets across the country! Learn more about the #MMF50th class here: www.aaas.org/news/aaas-ma...
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This news is hot off the press! We are so excited to present the 2025 #MassMediaFellows! These 17 scientists will spend their summer writing, reporting, and working on their #SciComm skills in news outlets across the country! Learn more about the #MMF50th class here: www.aaas.org/news/aaas-ma...
Are you excited for #MMF50th? Come celebrate with us at #AAASmtg in Boston! 🎉
Register now and learn more about the offerings available for MMF alums and anyone interested in learning more about MMF! meetings.aaas.org/registration/
Register now and learn more about the offerings available for MMF alums and anyone interested in learning more about MMF! meetings.aaas.org/registration/
January 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Are you excited for #MMF50th? Come celebrate with us at #AAASmtg in Boston! 🎉
Register now and learn more about the offerings available for MMF alums and anyone interested in learning more about MMF! meetings.aaas.org/registration/
Register now and learn more about the offerings available for MMF alums and anyone interested in learning more about MMF! meetings.aaas.org/registration/