Maggie Koerth (born 1981), formerly known as Maggie Koerth-Baker, is an American science journalist. She is a senior science editor at FiveThirtyEight and was previously a science editor at Boing Boing and a monthly columnist for The New York Times Magazine. Koerth is the author of the 2012 book Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us.
Born in Kansas, Koerth lived in Minneapolis with her husband as of 2012.[1] Koerth studied journalism and anthropology at the University of Kansas.[2]
Careeredit
In 2009, Koerth co-authored the book Be Amazing: Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury Duty, Identify a Witch, Colonize a Nation, Impress a Girl, Make a Zombie, Start Your Own Religion with Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur, the co-founders of Mental Floss.[3] The book was described as "a tongue-in-cheek self-improvement guide".[3] Koerth was an assistant editor at Mental Floss.[4]
She later joined Boing Boing, where she specialized in science blogging and was known for her ability to explain science coherently and understandably while keeping it interesting.[5][6] A piece Koerth wrote for Boing Boing in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster explaining nuclear power plant operations was featured in the anthology The Best Science Writing Online 2012.[7]
In June 2012, Koerth suffered a miscarriage. She wrote about her experiences with the social expectations and medical regulation surrounding abortions and miscarriage in a series of blog entries.[8][9][10]
In 2012, Koerth published Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us, a book about the complexity of energy systems in the United States, the roadblocks to change, and the possibility of doing things differently.[14]
In 2016, Koerth began working for FiveThirtyEight as a senior science editor.[15]
Awardsedit
In June 2014, Koerth was named one of two Nieman-Berkman Fellows in journalism innovation at Harvard University.[16] In 2017, she won the American Meteorological Society's Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences.[17]
Carl Zimmer has called her "one of the most innovative science writers at work today."[13]
Referencesedit
^Tom Vandyck (April 9, 2012). "Q&A with Maggie Koerth-Baker". Midwest Energy News. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
^Frank Jossi (October 10, 2012). "Q&A: Author dissects issues with the electric grid". Finance & Commerce. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
^ abcd. Archived from the original on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
^"2015 Nieman-Berkman Fellows named". Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. June 30, 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
^AGU (25 August 2017). "Honoring Earth and Space Scientists". Retrieved 2018-03-06.
External linksedit
New York Times columns
Boing Boing blog entries
Twitter
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Maggie Koerth born 1981 formerly known as Maggie Koerth Baker is an American science journalist She is a senior science editor at FiveThirtyEight and was previously a science editor at Boing Boing and a monthly columnist for The New York Times Magazine Koerth is the author of the 2012 book Before the Lights Go Out Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us Maggie KoerthMaggie Koerth Nov 2021Born1981 age 42 43 Kansas U S OccupationAuthor BloggerNotable worksBefore the Lights Go Out Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us Contents 1 Background 2 Career 3 Awards 4 References 5 External linksBackground editBorn in Kansas Koerth lived in Minneapolis with her husband as of 2012 1 Koerth studied journalism and anthropology at the University of Kansas 2 Career editIn 2009 Koerth co authored the book Be Amazing Glow in the Dark Control the Weather Perform Your Own Surgery Get Out of Jury Duty Identify a Witch Colonize a Nation Impress a Girl Make a Zombie Start Your Own Religion with Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur the co founders of Mental Floss 3 The book was described as a tongue in cheek self improvement guide 3 Koerth was an assistant editor at Mental Floss 4 She later joined Boing Boing where she specialized in science blogging and was known for her ability to explain science coherently and understandably while keeping it interesting 5 6 A piece Koerth wrote for Boing Boing in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster explaining nuclear power plant operations was featured in the anthology The Best Science Writing Online 2012 7 In June 2012 Koerth suffered a miscarriage She wrote about her experiences with the social expectations and medical regulation surrounding abortions and miscarriage in a series of blog entries 8 9 10 Beginning in August 2012 Koerth wrote Eureka a monthly column for The New York Times about research of interest to the layperson at the intersection of science technology and culture 11 3 12 She has also contributed to Discover Popular Science New Scientist Scientific American and National Geographic 13 3 In 2012 Koerth published Before the Lights Go Out Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us a book about the complexity of energy systems in the United States the roadblocks to change and the possibility of doing things differently 14 In 2016 Koerth began working for FiveThirtyEight as a senior science editor 15 Awards editIn June 2014 Koerth was named one of two Nieman Berkman Fellows in journalism innovation at Harvard University 16 In 2017 she won the American Meteorological Society s Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences 17 Carl Zimmer has called her one of the most innovative science writers at work today 13 References edit Tom Vandyck April 9 2012 Q amp A with Maggie Koerth Baker Midwest Energy News Retrieved December 10 2012 Frank Jossi October 10 2012 Q amp A Author dissects issues with the electric grid Finance amp Commerce Retrieved December 10 2012 a b c d Who is Maggie Koerth Baker Archived from the original on 2012 06 22 Retrieved 2013 04 18 Maggie Koerth Baker Society of Professional Journalists Retrieved December 10 2012 Kyle Niemeyer April 7 2012 Why you should read the book Before the Lights Go Out Ars Technica Retrieved December 10 2012 Alyssa Battistoni May 5 2012 Boing Boing Editor Makes Energy Policy an Illuminating Read Mother Jones Retrieved December 10 2012 Deborah Blum September 18 2012 The Best Science Writing Online 2012 Knight Science Journalism Retrieved December 10 2012 Koerth Baker Maggie 20 June 2012 The only good abortion is my abortion boingboing Retrieved 17 April 2013 Koerth Baker Maggie 23 July 2012 My miscarriage my abortion boingboing Retrieved 17 April 2013 Koerth Baker Maggie 21 July 2012 I don t deserve better healthcare than you boingboing Retrieved 17 April 2013 Lindgren Hugo 15 August 2012 Introducing Maggie Koerth Baker New York Times Retrieved 16 April 2013 Chris O Shea August 15 2012 Maggie Koerth Baker Named Monthly Columnist for New York Times Magazine Fishbowl NY Retrieved December 10 2012 a b Piper Klemm May 1 2012 Piper Promotes BSR Spring Seminar featuring Maggie Koerth Baker May 2 2012 Berkeley Science Review Retrieved December 10 2012 Maryn McKenna July 15 2012 Superbug Summer Books Before the Lights Go Out Wired Retrieved December 10 2012 Maggie Koerth Baker FiveThirtyEight Retrieved 2016 04 10 2015 Nieman Berkman Fellows named Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard June 30 2014 Retrieved 2014 11 24 AGU 25 August 2017 Honoring Earth and Space Scientists Retrieved 2018 03 06 External links editNew York Times columns Boing Boing blog entries Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maggie Koerth amp oldid 1170360561, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
