We are sorry that Christie Aschwanden will not be joining us next year as an instructor. Her reasons are exciting ones: a new job as a science writer at Five Thirty-Eight and a journalism fellowship at the Santa Fe Institute.
Meanwhile we are delighted to announce that she will be replaced by Adam Rogers, writer and editor for Wired and author of Proof: The Science of Booze.
This year’s instructors will be
George Johnson, a New York Times science writer, whose nine books include The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine’s Deepest Mystery and The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
Sandra Blakeslee, a New York Times science writer and co-author of The Body Has a Mind of its Own (with Matthew Blakeslee), Sleights of Mind:
What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions, and many other books.
Denise Grady, science writer for The New York Times and winner of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting
Alan Boyle, science editor for NBC News Digital (also known as MSNBC)
Christie Aschwanden, an award-winning freelance science writer and health columnist for the Washington Post
In addition we’ll be joined by David Corcoran, editor of the Science Times section of the New York Times.
Please see our website for instructions on how to apply.
Two of our three instructors have been confirmed:
Alan Boyle, science editor for NBC News Digital (aka MSNBC)
Christie Aschwanden, an award-winning freelance science writer and health columnist for the Washington Post
One more still to come . Please stay tuned.
Some material to read in advance. More to come.
George Johnson:
“The Books in the Basement” and “Inside the Black Box.” Links are at http://talaya.net.
Sandra Blakeslee:
Sleights of Mind book proposal
Guy Gugliotta:
With Gravity’s Help, Cassini Puts On a Saturn Spectacular – NYTimes.com
Digitizing the Hanging Court | History | Smithsonian
Sound, the Way the Brain and the Ear Prefer to Hear It – NYTimes.com
We’ve posted the class list. We are now taking applications for the waiting list. There is still a pretty good chance we can squeeze in one or two more people.
We’ve accepted 36 people so far. That leaves nine positions left. If you have applied but have not heard back, please let us know. We’ve also updated the daily schedule.
