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NICHOLAS ST. [email protected] Science Journalist (631) 384-36www.linkedin.com/in/nstfleur www.nicholasstfleur.com twitter: @scifle
Experience Scientific American, New York Cityonline reporting intern 9/14 12/ Write science news stories; cover the outbreaks of Ebola in West Africa and the respiratory virus EVD-68 in
the United States; print circ. 460,000; 3.88 million unique online visitors per month.
National Public Radio, Washington D.C.science editorial intern 6/14 8/
Wrote 20 bylined posts for NPRs health blog, Shots; food science blog, The Salt; global health blog, Goat
and Soda; and tech blog,All Tech Considered; 3.1 million unique online viewers per month.
Reported the death of a Sierra Leone doctor who battled the Ebola outbreak in his country, and blogged
about how dramatic World Cup soccer matches may trigger heart attacks in fans.
The San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CAregional reporting intern 1/14 6/
Wrote 10 bylined enterprise and news stories for the major daily newspaper serving the California Bay Area
circ. 610,000; Contributed to the regional desks coverage of the California drought.
Produced five A1 stories the most of any intern including one about the sustainable practices of an
abalone farm that grows an endangered delicacy in a wooden cavern hidden beneath a fishermens wharf.
The Monterey County Herald, Monterey, CAgeneral reporting intern 10/13 12/
Wrote 12 bylined stories for the daily newspaper serving Monterey County, CA., circ. 23,800. Produced five A1 stories, including one about the government shutdowns impact on Antarctic researchers
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NYnews intern 6/13 9/
Wrote seven bylined feature articles about U.S. Department of Energy research, including a piece about
transporting a 17-ton, 50 foot-wide electromagnet off site for a cross-country trip to Fermilab in Batavia, IL
Science Magazine, Washington D.C.sciencenews reporting intern 6/12 8/
Wrote 11 bylined articles for Sciencemagazines daily news website, ScienceNOW,including one about th
unfortunate consequences for house flies having noisy sex in a bat-filled cave; produced two printarticles
the weekly edition of Science, est. readership 570,400; 5.2 million unique monthly online visitors.
The Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca, NYscience editor 4/12 3/
Managed the weekly science section of Cornell Universitys student-run daily newspaper, circ. 16,000;named the nations top college newspaper of 2013 by the Princeton Review.
Skills Twitter Followers: 900+!WordPress !Drupal !Final Cut Pro !Audacity !Blogging!Podcasting!AP Sty
Professional Affiliations:National Association of Black Journalists !National Association of Science Writ
Awards 2014 New York Times Student Journalism Institute in New Orleans, The New York Times Selected as one of 26 NABJ student members for a two-week reporting boot camp hosted by the NYT.
2013 Science Writing Scholar, National Academy of Sciences Keck Futures Conference
Covered a nuclear energy conference as one of 12 grad student recipients of a science writing scholarship
2013 AAAS Student Travel Fellow, National Association of Science Writers
Reported on the 2013 AAAS conference in Boston as one of 10 national recipients of an NASW travel gran
2012 Student Science Journalism Award Recipient, Society for NeuroscienceAwarded the undergrad journalist travel grant in a national competition to cover the annual SfN conference
Education University of California, Santa Cruz 6/Graduate Certificate, Science Communication Program
Cornell University,Ithaca, New York 5/B.S. Biological Sciences; Minor in Communications
References Scott Hensley, Shots Host, NPR [email protected] !(202) 513-2437
Ken McLaughlin, Regional Editor, The San Jose Mercury News! [email protected] !(408) 920-55
David Grimm, Online News Editor, [email protected] !(202) 326-7024