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Diya Chacko

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Los Angeles
As seen in: UCLA Health
Covers:  Health, science, environment, books, festivals and conventions
science journalist now: @UCLAHealth then: @latimes, @ocregister, @NOLANews. pls send sci-fi, horror, anime recs 🪔 she/her 🪔

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Diya Chacko’s Biography

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Diya Chacko is an editor, writer, content designer and communications expert. She currently works in the communications department at UCLA Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine. She previously worked at the Los Angeles Times, where she wrote the Coronavirus Today newsletter and served as an audience engagement editor for the Metro desk. She also served as an assignment editor for the Southern California News Group, where she ran a team of reporters covering environment and public healt…

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Comic-Con 2022: Why Netflix's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' is so timely

Comic-Con 2022: Why Netflix's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' is so timely

Gaiman and Allan Heinberg, co-executive producers, and members of the show's cast discussed how the series br…

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Coronavirus Today: Readers, I'm passing the torch

Coronavirus Today: Readers, I'm passing the torch

Diya Chacko's last edition of Coronavirus Today will equip you for the weekend and get you up to date on what…

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Comic-Con 2023: Her Universe celebrates 100 years of Disney on the runway

Comic-Con 2023: Her Universe celebrates 100 years of Disney on the runway

The looks created by talented amateur designers were inspired by Disney properties from Marvel to National Ge…

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See into the Spider-verse with a look at Marvel's Spider-Man exhibition in the Comic-Con Museum

See into the Spider-verse with a look at Marvel's Spider-Man exhibition in the Comic-Con Museum

The exhibit celebrates 60 years of the superhero from his creation by artist Steve Ditko and writer Stan Lee …

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Cancer screenings delayed by the pandemic must resume, Biden says

Cancer screenings delayed by the pandemic must resume, Biden says

The president issued a call to action on early detection efforts during the announcement of the relaunch of h…

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(Audience engagement) How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster

(Audience engagement) How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster

The U.S. buried nuclear waste in the Pacific after WWII. It's close to resurfacing.

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