Journalism: New York Times • Carl Zimmer
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Airborne Ideas: The Life of Scientific Storytelling
What makes a science story worth telling — and how do you make it stick? In this episode, Nic speaks with Carl Zimmer, the award-winning science journalist behind the New York Times “Origins” column and author of fifteen books, including She Has Her Mother’s Laugh and Air-Borne.
Carl’s work has earned the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, a National Academies Communication Award, and contributed to Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, he and Nic explore how storytelling can bring complex science to life, how Carl chooses which discoveries to follow, and how the field of journalism is evolving under pressure from AI and fragmented media.
Whether you're a scientist, communicator, or just curious, this episode is a deep dive into the craft of making science matter.
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