A list of professional science writers with over 500 followers. This list includes science columnists, reporters, editors, book authors, and so on engaged in such work as their primary occupation. Excludes professional researchers who write for the public as a supplemental activity (also see lists of astronomers and physicists).
| # | Account | Followers |
| 1. |  Helen Branswell@[email protected] Senior writer, infectious diseases for @newsie.social/@STAT. 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. #Covid #Ebola #monkeypox #flu #polio π¨π¦ Where I write: https://www.statnews.com Where I Tweet: https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell Twitter verified per: https://fedified.com Joined 2022-Nov-08 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 9,212 |
| 2. |  Swapna Krishna@[email protected] #space | #science | #startrek | #gaming | #scicomm | #tech | #scifi Host/Writer of PBS's Far Out. β¨I write for Wired and StarTrek.com and produce videos about space.β¨ Nana Visitor called me "fierce." Author of A POCKET GUIDE TO STARGAZING (Chronicle Books, 2023) and co-editor of SWORD STONE TABLE (Vintage, 2021). I live outside Philly. About Me: http://www.swapnakrishna.com Newsletter: http://newsletter.swapnakrishna.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/skrishna TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@swapna_krishna Joined 2022-Nov-22 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 6,865 |
| 3. |  Emily Lakdawalla@[email protected] Planetary scientist, space boffin, captain planets. Author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. π³οΈβπ she/her. Order my Curiosity book: http://amzn.to/2mlisaL Buy my art: https://elakdawalla.etsy.com Website: https://lakdawalla.com Newsletter: https://elakdawalla.beehiiv.com/ Blog and Patreon: https://patreon.com/elakdawalla Etsy Store: https://elakdawalla.etsy.com Video channel Joined 2017-Nov-14 Last posted 2023-Mar-20 | 6,059 |
| 4. |  Mika McKinnon@[email protected] Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, recreational rock licker. #YouFindARock #RockCheck #MinCup #SciComm #WomenInSTEM π¨π¦πΊπΈ Pronouns: She/Her Other sites: https://www.mikamckinnon.com/ Location: West Coast of North America (usually) Video channel Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2022-Dec-06 | 4,549 |
| 5. |  Hilda Bastian@[email protected] Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. I blog about metascience, epidemiology, grief, & evidence generally. And I write at The Atlantic. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https://hildabastian.substack.com/ #MetaScience #SystematicReviews #Epidemiology #ClinicalTrials #Grief #Vaccines #Wikipedia #HistSci #SciComm Living With Evidence: https://hildabastian.substack.com/ Verified by PressCheck.org: https://www.presscheck.org/journalists/hilda-bastian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8544-7386 Joined 2022-Oct-31 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 4,519 |
| 6. |  Laura Helmuth@[email protected] Editor in Chief of Scientific American. Birder. Previously at Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Joined 2022-Oct-28 Last posted 2022-Nov-17 | 3,418 |
| 7. |  Elizabeth Kolbert@[email protected] I am a staff writer at The New Yorker and author of "The Sixth Extinction" and "Under a White Sky." Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2023-Mar-16 | 3,345 |
| 8. |  Maggie Koerth@[email protected] Senior science writer at @FiveThirtyEight Nieman Fellow, class of '15 Council for the Advancement of Science Writing Chaos muppet She/They Joined 2022-Dec-14 Last posted 2023-Feb-10 | 3,029 |
| 9. |  Εopatologia@[email protected] writer @verge, toxo posting on mastodon The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/23519135/mastodon-verge-staff-where-to-find Twitter: @mslopatto Website: elizabethlopatto.com Joined 2017-Apr-04 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 2,714 |
| 10. |  Bethany Brookshire@[email protected] Science journalist, podcaster, author. Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains out December 6 from Ecco. Here for the trash pandas. Latest work: https://linktr.ee/BeeBrookshire Book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/pests-bethany-brookshire?variant=40262537379874 Podcast: scienceforthepeople.ca Verified by: fedified.com Video channel Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2023-Mar-20 | 2,395 |
| 11. |  Jennifer Ouellette@[email protected] Science writer, Ars Technica. Formerly Gizmodo. Exvangelical. Married to @seanmcarroll. Baltimore, MD. She/her Joined 2022-Nov-19 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 2,386 |
| 12. |  GeneticJen@[email protected] Game dev. Writer. Science consultant (games, books, tv). Narrative design. Twitch Affiliate. Intermittent journalist. Evo devo. Physics. Just a Scottish trans woman making a focused effort to further decentralise my online presence and the tools I use. #Science #Gaming #GameDev #Privacy #Decentralized #decentralised #LGBTQ #ADHD #Trans #Scottish #fedi22 Pronouns: She/her Twitch: https://twitch.tv/geneticjen Blog: https://www.geneticjen.com GIF Earth: @[email protected] Joined 2022-Nov-02 Last posted 2023-Feb-20 | 2,336 |
| 13. |  Alexandra Witze@[email protected] Freelance science journalist. Correspondent for Nature. Managing editor, Annals of the Deep Sky. President, Science Writers Association of the Rocky Mountains. Board member, The Open Notebook. Website: http://www.alexandrawitze.com Joined 2022-Nov-06 Last posted 2023-Mar-21 | 2,313 |
| 14. |  Ariel Waldman@[email protected] Antarctic Explorer + Creative Director.β¨TED speaker + National Geographic explorer. Previously: NASA + art school. Website: https://arielwaldman.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/arielwaldman Patreon: https://patreon.com/arielwaldman My Book: https://amzn.to/3HfCVnw Joined 2018-Aug-16 Last posted 2023-Mar-19 | 2,295 |
| 15. |  Natalie Wolchover@[email protected] Physics journalist at Quanta Magazine. 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. She/her. Kindness, independent thinking, the dignity of people & animals. (For the migration bots: I am @nattyover on Twitter.) Joined 2022-Oct-07 Last posted 2023-Mar-06 | 2,073 |
| 16. |  Amy Maxmen@[email protected] Award-winning science reporter covering global health & inequality. Words @Nature @natgeo etc www.amymaxmen.com. Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow @cfr_org. Views are my own. She/her. Covid: Global Health: Journalism: Equality: Joined 2022-Nov-12 Last posted 2023-Jan-25 | 1,886 |
| 17. |  Kendra Pierre-Louis@[email protected] Joined 2022-Nov-16 | 1,767 |
| 18. |  Amy Harmon@[email protected] New York Times reporter covering science, nature and social inequality. leaf miners, oak galls, eastern grey squirrels. pronouns: she/her NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/by/amy-harmon iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/amy_harmon Joined 2022-Nov-06 Last posted 2023-Mar-07 | 1,715 |
| 19. |  Bianca Nogrady@[email protected] Freelance science journalist ~ Nature, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, WIRED, The Scientist etc ~ author, broadcaster, nerd, feminist ~ president http://SJAA.org.au ~ biancanogrady.com ~ she/her ~ Darug/Gundungurra lands. my stuff: https://biancanogrady.com/ VERIFIED BY PRESSCHECK.ORG: https://presscheck.org/journalists/bianca-nogrady Joined 2022-Oct-31 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 1,696 |
| 20. |  Tara Haelle@[email protected] #Science & #health & #medical #journalist β’ mom β’ #feminist β’ #teacher β’ #photographer β’ #author β’ #kidlit β’ #AHCJ β’ #NASW β’ #binder β’ #Texan β’ she/her β’ supports π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ #BLM βπΏ β’ dog lover β’ rat mom β’ #bookworm β’ I β€οΈ fantasy, scifi, romance, NF & YA Website: www.tarahaelle.net Facebook Professional Page: https://www.facebook.com/tarahaellejournalist My words: https://muckrack.com/tarahaelle/articles Verified by: https://fedified.com Joined 2022-Oct-31 Last posted 2023-Mar-22 | 1,620 |
| 21. |  brookejarvis@[email protected] Reader, magaziner. I'm a contributing writer for @NYTmag, and a writer for @newyorker, @wired and elsewhere. Joined 2022-Nov-06 | 1,480 |
| 22. |  LizNeeley@[email protected] Founder of Liminal, focused on sensemaking & science communication. Going on sabbatical in 2023. She/her. Married to Ed Yong Twitter: @LizNeeley Website: LizNeeley.com Website: LiminalCreations.com Joined 2022-Nov-03 Last posted 2022-Nov-07 | 1,323 |
| 23. |  Julia Belluz@[email protected] Global public health journalist, currently writing a book about nutrition, metabolism and obesity. Formerly Vox.com, MIT Knight Fellow etc. Newsletter: https://juliabelluz.substack.com/ Joined 2022-Nov-21 Last posted 2023-Mar-09 | 1,286 |
| 24. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@[email protected] Journalist. I host podcasts and TV shows at VICE News. They/Them Video channel Joined 2022-Oct-28 Last posted 2023-Mar-08 | 1,080 |
| 25. |  Michelle Nijhuis@[email protected] Writer and editor thinking about #conservation, #climate, #ecology, and paths to a better future. Author of BELOVED BEASTS: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction, a critical history of the modern conservation movement. Project editor at #TheAtlantic, consigliere of #HighCountryNews, bylines #NationalGeographic, #NYRB, #NYTOpinion. Minimalist packer. Website: http://www.rhymeswithmyhouse.com Book: http://www.tinyurl.com/belovedbeasts Joined 2022-Nov-11 Last posted 2023-Feb-07 | 1,057 |
| 26. |  Gaia Vince@[email protected] Writer, broadcaster, author (NOMAD CENTURY; TRANSCENDENCE; ADVENTURES IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: https://bit.ly/3QR898d). Science of human and Earth systems Joined 2022-Nov-05 Last posted 2023-Mar-23 | 1,053 |
| 27. |  Siri Carpenter@[email protected] #Science #journalist and #editor. Co-founder & editor-in-chief of The Open Notebook. Past President of the National Association of Science Writers #NASW. Editor of THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING. http://www.siricarpenter.com. [email protected] She/her/hers Website: http://www.siricarpenter.com Joined 2022-Nov-22 Last posted 2022-Nov-27 | 1,033 |
| 28. |  Nadia Drake@[email protected] Science journalist and contributing writer at National Geographic, focusing mostly on astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science and space exploration. Former ballet dancer, current overuser of emojis π€·ββοΈ. Champagneophile. PhD. (she/her) π±π§πΊπΈπ³οΈβπ WEBSITE: http://www.nadiadrake.com TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/nadiamdrake Joined 2022-Nov-18 | 985 |
| 29. |  Laurie Winkless@[email protected] Physicist & science storyteller. Book#1: SCIENCE AND THE CITY. Book#2: STICKY (finalist for 2023 AAAS/Subaru prize). Irish in π³πΏ. Feminist. Opinionated. She/her Website: https://www.lauriewinkless.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-winkless/ My latest book: https://www.lauriewinkless.com/books/sticky-the-secret-science-of-surfaces Portfolio: https://authory.com/LaurieWinkless Joined 2022-Nov-04 Last posted 2023-Mar-22 | 917 |
| 30. |  Seelix@[email protected] Science Communicator. Cosplayer. Corsetiere. Genderqueer, pan, polyam nerd femme.. I am like a roulette wheel of hyperfocuses. Good luck with your spin! Pronouns: they/them Joined 2022-Nov-03 Last posted 2023-Feb-25 | 761 |
| 31. |  Liza Gross@[email protected] Reporter, covering #agriculture, the #climatecrisis and oil and gas industry effects on Earth and all her inhabitants for Inside Climate News #climate #environmentaljustice #fossilfuels #biodiversity #water #agriculture #environmentalhealth #publichealth website: https://insideclimatenews.org/profile/liza-gross/ Pronounts: she/her Place: Ohlone land website: https://www.lizagross.com/ Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2023-Mar-17 | 677 |
| 32. |  Christie Aschwanden@[email protected] award-winning science journalist, author NYT bestseller GOOD TO GO @wwnorton, co-host EMERGING FORM podcast, VP @Council for Advancement of Science Writing, VP @KVNF mountain-grown community radio, alum @FiveThirtyEight, outdoor adventurer. My parties have dancing. Good to Go: https://www.goodtogobook.com/ Emerging Form Podcast: https://emergingform.substack.com/ Grand Mesa Nordic Council: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1II5d-h2iA Intellectual Humility project: https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/who_we_are/news/announcement/meet_the_ggscs_intellectual_humility_grant_winners Joined 2022-Dec-13 Last posted 2023-Mar-20 | 659 |
| 33. |  erineaross@[email protected] Freelance science journalist based in Oregon. tryinta figure this out but my dog keeps stealing shit & it's very distracting. She/her Joined 2022-Nov-18 | 594 |