senior editor, syndicate @nytimes
New York, NY
Joined August 2011
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I wrote a kids' book! It's out today! Your Vote Matters: How We Elect the US President amazon.com/Your-Vote-Matters…
Check out today’s Kids section of the @nytimes — I got to write a choose your own adventure game about my favorite topic - bananas! - and their uncertain future
A favorite cover story I wrote this year - on the Benin Bronzes and the movement to return stolen art/artifacts
BIG news for Shackleton fans everywhere
Breaking News: The wreck of Endurance, Ernest Shackleton’s ship, has been found 106 years after it was crushed by pack ice during an Antarctic expedition. nyti.ms/3MAhYp9
My last hurrah before the pandemic was a visit to Norway's Lofoten Islands to talk to the kids as young as 6 who spend their free time cutting cod tongues for big money (giant knives, bloody smocks, and all).
For the Feb issue of @SmithsonianMag: smithsonianmag.com/arts-cult…
Today is my last day at @TIME. It's been a wild ride explaining the world to kids over the past ~6 years at @timeforkids & I'll miss everyone so much. Heading to The New York Times Upfront @Scholastic where I'll be switching to the teenage audience. Excited for longer sentences!
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For this week's @TIME cover story, @katiemacreilly, @Jas_Aguilera and I profiled educators who went to extraordinary lengths to support students amid the pandemic. These are their stories:
time.com/6094017/educators-c…
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😁 Check it out! Time for Kids was able to condense down my loquacious interview answers into an engaging article for kids 😍🐛🐜🐞🦟🐌🪲🦗😍
#SciComm #ScienceEducation #Entomologist #BlackInEnto
"Incredible things can come in small packages" 🐛🐞🦟🐝🦗
In this interview, @drsammytweets tells TFK about his job as an entomologist and what insects can teach us: tfk.news/2V1dJx0
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Kids across the country are going back to school. In TFK's first issue of the school year, we talk to students and teachers about how they feel heading into this uncertain year.
Read the issue now ✏️📓🎒
Grades 3-4: tfk.news/3mKQm6r
Grades 5-6: tfk.news/3kDsrD7
Truly a wild ride to begin reporting this cover story in mid July, when the Delta outlook was so different
timeforkids.com/g56/back-in-…
Wrote about Cairo which will soon open the largest archaeological museum in the world (!!) and the largest observation wheel in Africa
Find out why Cairo is one of the World's Greatest Places of 2021
ti.me/3roaviU
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My latest: This week's cover story on the controversy about critical race theory and the fight over what kids learn about America's history time.com/6075193/critical-ra…
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Thanks to my friends @TIME & @timeforkids for asking me to participate in this important project. I’m honored to be part of this video—and proud of how my family & friends have pulled together to make it through, stronger than ever! 😷
@alsinger @BeccaKatzman @joey_lautrup
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Watch from @timeforkids: A new study by @SesameWorkshop reveals how kids and families perceive racism in the U.S. ti.me/3v4Jl0B
Nobody asked, but ..
Cicadas for grade 2: tinyurl.com/nxcbpa2k
Cicadas for grades 3-4: tinyurl.com/aedek9tm
Cicadas for grades 5-6: tinyurl.com/24d9rhzb
Cicadas for adults: time.com/5954444/brood-x-cic…
Animated cicada explainer: time.com/6047529/brood-x-cic…
Yes okay I'm biased but this was the best TV I saw all year
.@TIME Studios earns Daytime Emmy nomination for 2020 TIME Kid of the Year special on @Nickelodeon ti.me/3upHgw8
Produced this summer toy guide which includes many of my favorites: a history of the slip n' slide, a formula for making soap bubbles and a quicker way to fill 100 water balloons!
timeforkids.com/g56/summer-t…
"This is stranger than fiction" 😱
A fungus that emits a kind of amphetamine is infecting some cicadas and causing their genitals to fall off — while prolonging their sexual stamina and making them want to obsessively mate with everyone.
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