About Julia:
Julia Rosen was the 2014 AGU-sponsored AAAS Mass Media Fellow. She spent her summer as a science reporter at the Los Angeles Times.
Rosen has a Ph.D. in geology from Oregon State University where her research included drilling an ice core in the Greenland Ice Sheet to study past climate changes. Rosen has a B.S. in geology from Stanford University. She has written for for Oregon State’s research magazine, Terra, and worked as an intern at EARTH Magazine.
Read more about Julia on The Plainspoken Scientist:
- 2014 AGU Mass Media Fellow to Report Science for the Los Angeles Times (2014 AGU Mass Media Fellow announcement)
- Adventures in the (other) field: Mass Media Fellow Julia Rosen reports from the Los Angeles Times (Mid-fellowship report)
- Scientists and Reporters Just Want to Get to the Bottom of It All (Post-fellowship report)
Read some of Julia’s stories from her Los Angeles Times fellowship:
Julia Rosen, AGU’s 2014 Mass Media Fellow, stands outside the Los Angeles Times building. Rosen is spending her summer working as a science reporter for the Times. Photo courtesy of Julia Rosen.
- During penalty shootouts, goalies fall prey to ‘gambler’s fallacy’
- Rain of asteroids melted early Earth, boiled its oceans, study shows
- Study casts doubt on rate of Antarctic sea ice growth
- Seals connect the dots to feed in offshore wind farms
- Scientists follow magma from Earth’s belly to base of Mt. Rainier
- To change attitudes, don’t argue — agree, extremely
- About half of kids’ learning ability is in their DNA, study says
- When brain says buy, you may not know why
- Smooth surfaces help make cities into sizzling urban heat islands
- Buzz Aldrin makes the case for a one-way manned mission to Mars
- Mantis shrimp wear tinted shades to see UV light
- Tibetans get high-altitude edge from extinct Denisovans’ genes
- Ancient baby boom in American Southwest exceeded modern birthrates
- NASA Mars test a success. Now to master the parachute
- Simulating a Martian landing in the sky above Hawaii
- Road to Mars: JPL scientists prepare for a supersonic test over Hawaii
- New robot learns from plain speech, not computer code [Video]
- A wrinkle in time: Finding the ice age in urban Los Angeles
- Colorado River researchers find signs of ancient, devastating floods
- Icebergs take a bite out of Antarctic biodiversity
- Walk now to walk through arthritis later
- Wood-aged cheese: How science slices the debate over bacteria
- Tiny new synthetic diamonds increase strength of girl’s best friend
- Frog tongues flick with power and stick with ease