Nsikan Akpan
Verified
(He/Him)
As seen in:
The Council on Foreign Relations,
MSN,
Goats & Soda,
National Geographic,
National Geographic Traveler,
Newsweek,
NPR,
PBS,
PBS NewsHour,
MDPI,
Scientific American
and
Covers:
mental health, public health, environment, nature, pediatrics, outbreaks, stroke, neuroscience, infectious disease
Highly melanated. Managing Editor, @ThinkGlobalHlth/@CFR_org. BSky: monscience.bsky.social Past: WNYC, NatGeo, PBS NewsHour | PhD pathobiologist | YNWA
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
Medical Daily
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Nope.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
J Jonah Jameson
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter
Who do you wish followed you?
Carl Zimmer
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Nope.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
"Fiscal Cliff" Threatens to Impede Biomedical Discoveries (Scientific American)
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
"Don't be intimidated by your readers." -Colin Norman
When's the best time to pitch you?
Early in the morning (EST)
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.