Nicholas Longrich
Bath, Kodiak
As seen in:
MSN New Zealand,
BBC,
El País,
The Independent (UK),
Yahoo Canada,
Yahoo News,
Yahoo News UK,
Diario ABC,
Infobae,
The Conversation
and
Covers:
Evolution, paleontology (dinosaurs, fossil birds, pterosaurs, mosasaurs, humans), mass extinction, human evolution, biogeography, archaeology, macroevolution
Paleontologist, biologist, sometimes archaeologist from Alaska. Dinosaurs, evolution in deep time and writing. Nature is the only authority that is never wrong.
Interview
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes
How is social media changing news?
Eating away at it alive like parasitic wasp larvae devouring a caterpillar
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Peter B. Parker
What does it mean to be a journalist?
to report honestly on how the world is
What's your favorite social network?
None of them
Who do you wish followed you?
Hiyao Miyazaki, Susannah Clarke, Genghis Khan, Charles Darwin, Oscar Wilde
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
no
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
Human mass extinction
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Study scientific thinking
When's the best time to pitch you?
12:00 AM to 11:59 PM
What's your favorite drink?
A good stout
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
That because lots of scientists think something, it's true
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