After 150-plus years, Popular Science digital magazine shutters

The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times: In yet another sign of its decline, Popular Science has stopped publishing its online magazine, three years after it shut its storied print edition, which began in 1872. Popular Science will continue to publish articles and videos on its website, and will still produce […]

Scientific American hires Young as associate health editor

Lauren J. Young will join Scientific American as an associate health editor. She comes from Popular Science, where she was an associate science editor. Young was a digital producer at NPR’s Science Friday, where she also interned. She was an editorial fellow at media and entertainment company Atlas Obscura. She interned at IEEE Spectrum, a […]

Popular Science is looking for a astrophysics writer

PopSci is hiring a weekly astrophysics contributor asap. Join Tatyana Woodall in covering existential questions, extraordinary discoveries, and otherwise excellent space oddities for our 150-year-old publication. ABOUT THE COMPANY Popular Science points readers to the wonders of science, technology, and the future. A publication of Camden Media, Popular Science aims to answer the largest questions […]

Kansas City Star makes 11 new hires

The following excerpt announcement was sent out: J.M. BANKS Banks is The Star’s new culture and identity reporter, a role envisioned to shine light on underserved communities. He grew up in Kansas City and is an alumnus of the Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Most recently, he […]

NY Times Opinion adds two staff members

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times: Sara Chodosh will be joining Opinion graphics as a graphics editor. Her first day will be October 25. As is typical for new Opinion graphics hires, Sara will join the newsroom graphics team for some training before coming to Opinion. Sara comes to […]

Epstein joining Popular Science as reviews editor

Michael Epstein will be joining Popular Science as a reviews editor next month. Recently, Epstein was working freelance for various outlets, including Gizmodo, Gamespot, GamesRadar+, PC Gamer, Reviewed, Variety, LaptopMag, Input and IGN Entertainment He was also an editorial assistant and then an associate editor, gaming at Digital Trends. He was also a tech reporter […]