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Rod McCullom

  • Science and Technology Journalist, Freelance
  • Senior Contributor, UNDARK
  • None, Undark, Freelance
Chicago
As seen in: UNDARK, Nature, TIME, The Atlantic, Quartz, Scientific American, MIT Technology Review, Salon, Popular Science, The Nation, ProQuest and
Science + tech writer | Sr Contributor @UndarkMag | @SciAm @techreview @TheAtlantic @NatureNews etc | #BlackAndSTEM #AI #neuro | Alum @KSJatMIT @MIT @UChicago
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ROD MCCULLOM specializes in reporting on the intersections of science, technology, biomedicine, violence, crime and poverty. McCullom's focus areas include reporting new research and developments around artificial intelligence, biometrics, biotechnology, brain and cognition, genetics, infectious disease, and, the science of crime and violence. He has reported from across Sub-Saharan Africa and been awarded reporting fellowships to Australia, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Spain and Zambia.

McCullom is the “Convictions”: columnist at UNDARK where he reports new research and developments around the science of crime. He is a contributor to Nature, Scientific American, The Atlantic, Undark, The Nation, Time, and other publications. He has written and produced for ABC News, NBC, and, The Los Angeles Times.

Rod McCullom attended the University of Chicago. He was 2016 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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