As editor in chief for an institutional magazine about particle physics and astrophysics, Kathryn Jepsen has spent a lot of time thinking about how to tell stories about science. In this talk, learn about four different story structures: the news story, the explainer, the feature, and the profile. Come away with an understanding of the benefits of each, along with the requirements for making them work.
For the past 10 years, Kathryn Jepsen (she/her) has served as editor in chief of Symmetry, an online magazine about particle physics and astrophysics published by two US national laboratories. She has a master’s degree in journalism, with a focus on science writing, from Northwestern University, and she has studied creative writing and the developmental editing of fiction.