A list of professional science writers with over 100 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 🇨🇦 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 2024-Apr-22 | 10,525 |
| 2. |  Swapna Krishna@[email protected] #space | #science | #startrek | #gaming | #scicomm | #tech | #scifi Freelance space editor, Inverse. Occasionally: Fast Company, Wired, NPR, Science Friday, StarTrek dot com 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: https://www.adastraspace.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2VD08etb0UT-yU5gOEYEg TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@swapna_krishna Joined 2022-Nov-22 Last posted 2024-Apr-23 | 9,669 |
| 3. |  Emily Lakdawalla@[email protected] Planetary scientist, space boffin, captain planets. Author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. 🏳️🌈 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-Jul-20 | 6,653 |
| 4. |  Hilda Bastian@[email protected] Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. I blog about metascience, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/ #MetaScience #SystematicReviews #Epidemiology #ClinicalTrials #Grief #Vaccines #Wikipedia #History #HistSci #Science #OpenScience #OpenSocialWeb Living With Evidence (via Mastodon follow): @[email protected] Verified by PressCheck.org: https://www.presscheck.org/journalists/hilda-bastian Linktree: https://linktr.ee/hildabastian Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hildabast Joined 2022-Oct-31 Last posted 2024-Apr-24 | 6,261 |
| 5. |  Mika McKinnon@[email protected] Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, recreational rock licker. #YouFindARock #RockCheck #MinCup #SciComm #WomenInSTEM 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Pronouns: She/Her Other sites: https://www.mikamckinnon.com/ Location: West Coast of North America (usually) Video channel Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2023-Aug-29 | 5,028 |
| 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 2024-Apr-24 | 4,945 |
| 7. |  Jennifer Ouellette@[email protected] Science writer, Ars Technica. Formerly Gizmodo. Exvangelical. Married to @seanmcarroll. Baltimore, MD. She/her Joined 2022-Nov-19 Last posted 2024-Apr-24 | 4,747 |
| 8. |  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 | 3,659 |
| 9. |  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 | 3,589 |
| 10. |  łopatologia@[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-Jul-14 | 3,185 |
| 11. |  Ariel Waldman@[email protected] Antarctic Explorer + Filmmaker. TED speaker + National Geographic explorer. Previously: NASA + art school. Website: https://arielwaldman.com Location: San Francisco Patreon: https://patreon.com/arielwaldman Book: https://amzn.to/3HfCVnw Joined 2018-Aug-16 Last posted 2024-Apr-20 | 3,093 |
| 12. |  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 2024-Apr-24 | 2,655 |
| 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 2024-Mar-22 | 2,646 |
| 14. |  GeneticJen@[email protected] Game dev. Writer. Science consultant (games, books, tv). Narrative design. Twitch Affiliate. Intermittent journalist. Evo devo. Physics. Hill walking. Wild camping. toki a! jan Yenapa! 日本語OK! 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 #Queer #HillWalking Pronouns: She/her Twitch: https://twitch.tv/geneticjen Blog: https://www.geneticjen.com GIF Earth: @[email protected] Joined 2022-Nov-02 Last posted 2023-Dec-30 | 2,634 |
| 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 | 2,193 |
| 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 | 2,113 |
| 17. |  Bianca Nogrady@[email protected] Freelance science journalist ~ Nature, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, WIRED, The Scientist etc ~ author, broadcaster, nerd, feminist ~ biancanogrady.com ~ biancanogrady.substack.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 2024-Apr-24 | 2,015 |
| 18. |  Kendra Pierre-Louis@[email protected] Joined 2022-Nov-16 | 1,934 |
| 19. |  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-Apr-17 | 1,913 |
| 20. |  Tara Haelle@[email protected] #Science & #health & #medical #journalist • mom • #feminist • #teacher • #photographer • #author • #kidlit • #AHCJ • #NASW • #binder • #Texan • she/her • supports 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #BLM ✊🏿 • dog lover • rat mom • #bookworm • I ❤️ 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-Aug-25 | 1,729 |
| 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 Last posted 2023-Jun-06 | 1,528 |
| 22. |  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-Apr-18 | 1,469 |
| 23. |  Eva Amsen@[email protected] Science writer covering the overlap of #science and #culture /#art. Words in Forbes, Nature, Hakai, Undark and other places. Loves #music, #coffee, #animals and #books. 🇪🇺🇳🇱 in 🇬🇧 Lives in #London with a cat and a human. Website and portfolio: https://evaamsen.com Mixture (science/art/fun newsletter): https://mixture.substack.com/ Verified by: https://fedified.com Verified journalist: https://www.verifiedjournalist.org/people/@[email protected] Joined 2022-Nov-04 Last posted 2024-Apr-19 | 1,432 |
| 24. |  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 | 1,391 |
| 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-Sep-24 | 1,300 |
| 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-Dec-19 | 1,215 |
| 27. |  Laurie Winkless@[email protected] Physicist & science storyteller. Book#1: SCIENCE AND THE CITY. Book#2: STICKY (finalist for 2023 AAAS/Subaru prize). Irish in 🇳🇿. 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 2024-Apr-23 | 1,210 |
| 28. |  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 | 1,156 |
| 29. |  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 🤷♀️. Champagneophile. PhD. (she/her) 🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈 WEBSITE: http://www.nadiadrake.com TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/nadiamdrake Joined 2022-Nov-18 | 1,139 |
| 30. |  Siri Carpenter@[email protected] #Science #journalist and #editor. Co-founder, executive director & 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 Website: http://www.siricarpenter.com Joined 2022-Nov-22 Last posted 2022-Nov-27 | 1,129 |
| 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.verifiedjournalist.org/people/@[email protected] Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2023-Sep-23 | 1,111 |
| 32. |  Susan [email protected]@[email protected] #RenewableEnergy reporter covering #Solar for #SolarFuels, #ThermalEnergyStorage at SolarPACES, an international research organization under the IEA I cover the renewable energy solutions to the fix we find ourselves in: attempting to live within our means as a species. I am interested in clever new policy ideas and in great engineering advances and am privileged to be able to cover this with in depth interviews with innovators IRL, live on Waiheke in New Zealand, previously California and NYC PRESSCHECK/MASTODON.NZ: https://presscheck.org/journalists/susan-kraemer REPORTER FOR SolarPACES.ORG: https://www.solarpaces.org LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/contactsusankraemer/ MUCKRACK JOURNALISTS: https://muckrack.com/susan-kraemer Joined 2022-Nov-21 Last posted 2024-Apr-13 | 918 |
| 33. |  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 2024-Apr-06 | 851 |
| 34. |  AskPippa🇨🇦@[email protected] I'm a science & medical writer curious about the world. I like to share what I find out. Remember Ask Pippa, science for kids in the Toronto Star? That was me. Also the Medical Post, Medscape, SciAm, Vice and more. #scicomm #journalism #medicine #science #technology #ScienceFiction #PublicHealth #scifi #vaccine #immunology #oncology #pediatrics #cardiology #diabetes #virus #cancer #epidemiology #Medmastodon #IDmastodon #plastic #climate #biodiversity #space LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pippawysong/ My outdated science website for kids: www.AskPippa.ca A medical outreach program I developed: https://sci-why.blogspot.com/2014/07/quarantine-tent-looks-to-past-in.html Joined 2022-Nov-05 Last posted 2024-Apr-25 | 837 |
| 35. |  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 Uncertain, podcast from Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/uncertain Joined 2022-Dec-13 Last posted 2023-Nov-10 | 762 |
| 36. |  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 | 641 |
| 37. |  Hannah Devlin@[email protected] Science Correspondent for The Guardian. Get in touch: [email protected] or DM. Also on twitter @hannahdev Joined 2022-Nov-05 | 440 |
| 38. |  Carmen Drahl@[email protected] Washington, DC-based freelance journalist and editor covering chemistry, biosciences, health, and food. My work appears at Chemical & Engineering News, Science News, Forbes, Scientific American, and DCist. I'm secretary of the D.C. Science Writers' Association. Chemistry Ph.D. Inglés + Español. She/her. Website: https://www.carmendrahl.com Joined 2022-Nov-11 Last posted 2024-Apr-05 | 439 |
| 39. |  Jeanne Garbarino@[email protected] Scientist, educator, advocate | ED of RockEDU Science Outreach at The Rockefeller University | 🍄🧬🌊🧫 Place Based Programming: https://www.rockefeller.edu/outreach/ Global Science Engagement Resources: https://rockedu.rockefeller.edu/ Joined 2022-Nov-10 Last posted 2023-Jan-04 | 422 |
| 40. |  Maggie Fox@[email protected] Health, science, tech in plain English and in context. Facts matters and truth is not liberal bias. Website at maggiefox.com. Contributing writer, The Fuller Project and podcast host at One Health Trust https://onehealthtrust.org/news-media/ podcasts/ Verified: https://www.verifiedjournalist.org/people/@[email protected] Joined 2022-Nov-19 Last posted 2024-Apr-25 | 410 |
| 41. |  JoAnna Wendel@[email protected] Science writer, Kavli Award-winning science cartoonist. Check out my work at joannawendelcomics.com Joined 2022-Nov-16 Last posted 2022-Nov-21 | 384 |
| 42. |  Christie Wilcox@[email protected] Author of Venomous (http://amzn.to/1Y9WwIm); Newsletter Editor for Science; Cell & Molec PhD; partner; mom (not in that order) | she/her Joined 2022-Oct-31 Last posted 2024-Feb-13 | 373 |
| 43. |  Sarah Keenihan@[email protected] PhD | science writer and editor | immunology fanatic | former researcher | Adelaide Joined 2022-Nov-08 Last posted 2022-Nov-08 | 288 |
| 44. |  Roxanne Khamsi@[email protected] science journalist - on book leave covering the pandemic as an independent reporter for WIRED, Nature, The New York Times, The Atlantic and elsewhere. Joined 2023-Jan-03 Last posted 2023-Jan-03 | 250 |
| 45. |  Ainissa Ramirez@[email protected] Joined 2022-Nov-18 Last posted 2023-Jul-30 | 244 |
| 46. |  Tanya Lewis@[email protected] Senior Health and Medicine Editor at Scientific American and co-host of the podcast COVID, Quickly on 60-Second Science. Twitter: @tanyalewis314. She/her Joined 2022-Nov-07 Last posted 2022-Dec-17 | 235 |
| 47. |  sally church@[email protected] Website: https://biotechstrategyblog.com Podcast: https://noveltargets.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/maverickny Joined 2022-Nov-08 Last posted 2022-Nov-18 | 114 |