Celebrate 50 years of AAAS Mass Media Fellowship Fellowship! 🎉 Reflect on the program’s legacy in training scientists to communicate complex science to the public & discuss the future of #SciComm bit.ly/4jUib7k #AAASmtg #MMF50

NOW OPEN: Applications for the @AAAS STPF Rapid Response Cohort in AI! Applications will close on May 1 - apply now: aaas.org/ai-stpf-cohort Bring your expertise to meet the urgent need to shape AI policies. #artificialintelligence #scipol

"[MMF] has also made me a more effective advocate for my own research in the public sphere and helped me engage public audiences with my research.” ~@JohannaVarner Congrats to Johanna Varner '15 and the Limelight Rainforest team on their win! 🎉🏆 #SciComm #MMF50th

The #MMF50th fellows have completed orientation and we're thrilled to watch as they use their learned #SciComm skills to write the news!

New study challenges understanding of how age, chronic diseases and inflammation are linked. Interesting story for STAT by Marissa Russo, our AAAS Mass Media Fellowship fellow statnews.com/2025/06/30/inf…

Max Springer grew up reading Scientific American, but he never expected to write for the prestigious publication. Read how this recent UMD Math Department grad cast a media spotlight on math, including writing about the mathematics of Love Island and promoting #PiDay on TV: go.umd.edu/springer

As a cancer patient, access to innovative drugs can help extend your life — that is, if you have health insurance, a new study finds. Story via AAAS Mass Media Fellowship Fellow Marissa Russo for STAT statnews.com/2025/07/07/can… via STAT

We've got something in the works! The STPF application will open in the coming weeks as we finalize the online app portal. Thank you for your patience. To prepare, check out the app FAQ page: bit.ly/44JKheP Join our Live Chat Series for app tips: bit.ly/4lWuMr6

The @AAAS STPF fellowship can be a transformative experience for scientists and engineers interested in policy. TOMORROW at 1 p.m. ET, alumni Mackenzie Bloom, Ryan Bixenmann, and Elizabeth Stulberg share how their journeys continue post-fellowship! Register: bit.ly/July25LiveChat

The FDA and NIH are moving away from animal testing, but do researchers think that's a good idea? AAAS Mass Media Fellowship Fellow Marissa Russo and I spoke with 10+ researchers across academia and biotech to find out. Story via STAT. statnews.com/2025/07/25/nih…

In my latest feature for Smithsonian Magazine, I reported on a new study that suggests people in Thailand could have been chewing the psychoactive betel nut as early as 4,000 years ago. My first story on an embargoed study for the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship fellowship! smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…

Important story about the consequences of trying to control our environment (which may be futile), and also the potential costs of letting nature takes its course, from our AAAS Mass Media Fellowship fellow Alex Music. Someone should hire her before she's already snapped up.

Had an amazing time in D.C. wrapping up this year’s AAAS Mass Media Fellowship fellowship 💖 I love all of the talented science journalists that I met through this program and am so excited to see what comes next 🐣🌟

And that's a wrap on the 2025 #MassMediaFellows and #MMF50th! 🎉 The last 10 weeks have flown by and the fellows will soon be taking flight after spending two days back in DC with panels and presentations on what could be next for them with their newly gained #SciComm skills!