Siri Carpenter Explained

Education:University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA)
Yale University (MS, PhD)
Genre:Journalism
Siri Jane Carpenter
Occupation:Freelance science journalist

Siri Carpenter (born 1971) is an American freelance science journalist and editor living in Madison, Wisconsin. The author of multiple articles in Scientific American, Science, APA Monitor, and other publications, she is a co-founder and the editor-in-chief of The Open Notebook. In 2018 Carpenter was elected to a two-year term as president of the National Association of Science Writers.

Early life and education

Carpenter grew up in La Crescent, Minnesota. She is married, with two daughters, and lives in Madison, Wisconsin. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, earning a B.A. in psychology in 1995.[1] She earned an M.S. in 1997, and Ph.D. in 2000, both in social psychology at Yale University.[2] Her dissertation, Implicit gender attitudes, was directed by Mahzarin R. Banaji.[3]

Career

Early career

In 1998 Carpenter was a Science and Engineering Mass Media Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Richmond, Virginia.[4] The following year she was a science writer intern at Science News in Washington, D.C.[5] After completing her Ph.D., Carpenter was hired as a senior science writer for the APA Monitor on Psychology in Washington, D.C., from 2000 to 2002.[6]

Science journalist, editor

Carpenter's career as a freelance science journalist began in 2002. From 2012 to 2014, she was a senior editor and then a features editor at Discover Magazine in Waukesha, Wisconsin.[7] [8] Since 2014 Carpenter has also worked as a freelance editor for several publications, including bioGraphic,[9] and Science News for Students.[10]

The Open Notebook

In 2010 Carpenter co-founded The Open Notebook (TON), a science journalism non-profit organization, magazine and publisher, with Jeanne Erdmann, a health science journalist.[11] Carpenter is president and editor-in-chief; Erdmann is vice president, secretary, and editor-at-large. Gary Price of Library Journal said The Open Notebook "provides unique tools and resources to help science journalists at all experience levels hone their craft".[12]

National Association of Science Writers

Carpenter was vice president of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW), 2016–2018,[13] and was elected to a two-year term as president in 2018.[14] NASW is "...a community of journalists, authors, editors, producers, public information officers, students and people who write and produce material intended to inform the public about science, health, engineering, and technology".[15]

Publications

Books

In 2007, Carpenter and Karen Huffman wrote the textbook, Visualizing Psychology. A second edition was published 2010, and Wiley published the third edition in 2012.[16]

In 2020, TON published The Craft of Science Writing: Selections from The Open Notebook, edited by Carpenter. Jonathan Wai wrote in Psychology Today, "...a new book edited by distinguished science writer Siri Carpenter seeks to illuminate The Craft of Science Writing by collecting numerous perspectives from science writers themselves about how to improve their own craft of science writing."[17]

Selected articles

Awards and honors

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sakai. Jill. November 7, 2013. Science writer in residence visiting campus week of Nov. 11. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151216064659/https://news.wisc.edu/science-writer-in-residence-visiting-campus-week-of-nov-11/. December 16, 2015. 2020-09-11. news.wisc.edu. en-US.
  2. Web site: 2020. Psychology Dept. Ph.D. Graduates Department of Psychology. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205054236/https://psychology.yale.edu/graduate/history/psychology-dept-phd-graduates. December 5, 2014. 2020-09-10. psychology.yale.edu.
  3. Book: Carpenter, Siri Jane. Implicit gender attitudes. Yale University. 2000. 978-0-599-98169-0. September 15, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200916232427/https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9843005. September 16, 2020. live.
  4. Web site: June 17, 2020. Writers and Editors - Science and medical writing. 2020-09-12. writersandeditors.com. The setting: The newsroom of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. A young Siri Carpenter, a bright-eyed graduate student trying her hands at journalism as a AAAS Mass Media Fellow, gets paired with editor A.J.Hostetler.
    ...Carpenter, Siri. The Craft of Science Writing: Selections from The Open Notebook..
  5. News: Wood. Clark. 1999-08-26. Cleanliness is not necessarily key to healthiness. 22. The Bangor Daily News. 2020-09-17. Indeed if a recent article by Siri Carpenter in Science News is any indication the character Pigpen in the popular Charlie Brown cartoon strip may be the epitome of childhood good health..
  6. News: Carpenter. Siri. Fall 2002. Becoming a Science Writer. Psychological Science Agenda. live. 2020-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200917000417/https://www.apa.org/careers/resources/profiles/carpenter. September 17, 2020.
  7. Web site: 2013. Discover Magazine Builds New Staff in Wisconsin. 2020-09-11. Discover Magazine.
  8. Web site: Johnson. George. February 27, 2014. Farewell to Discover. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200917221113/https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/farewell-to-discover. September 17, 2020. 2020-09-11. Discover Magazine.
  9. Web site: 2019. The team. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200816160817/https://www.biographic.com/about/. August 16, 2020. 2020-09-13. bioGraphic, California Academy of Sciences.
  10. Web site: 2017-12-22. Revisit 2017's most important stories. 2020-09-11. Science News for Students. en-US. Even though we’re often not aware of these implicit biases, they can lead us to treat other people unfairly," says SNS contributing editor Siri Carpenter..
  11. Web site: Davis. Spencer. 2016-05-05. The Open Notebook's Siri Carpenter Reveals What She Looks for in a Pitch. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200716185705/https://contently.net/2016/05/05/resources/career-advice/journalism/the-open-notebooks-siri-carpenter-reveals-pitch/. July 16, 2020. 2020-09-11. The Freelancer.
  12. Web site: Price. Gary. October 20, 2011. Journalism: Reference Tools: The TON Pitch Database. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170607223102/https://www.infodocket.com/2011/10/20/journalism-reference-tools-the-ton-pitch-database/. June 7, 2017. 2020-07-15. Library Journal infoDOCKET. en-US.
  13. Web site: September 13, 2016. 2016-2018 Board election results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190311145158/https://www.nasw.org/article/2016-2018-board-election-results. March 11, 2019. 2020-09-14. www.nasw.org.
  14. Web site: January 2020. NASW officers, executive board, and key people. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200729045537/https://www.nasw.org/nasw-officers-executive-board-and-key-people. July 29, 2020. 2020-09-12. www.nasw.org.
  15. Web site: About the National Association of Science Writers Inc.. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200723151411/https://www.nasw.org/about-national-association-science-writers-inc. July 23, 2020. 2020-09-13. www.nasw.org. en.
  16. Web site: Carpenter. Siri. Huffman. Karen. December 2012. Visualizing Psychology, 3rd Edition Wiley. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200917225846/https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Visualizing+Psychology%2C+3rd+Edition-p-9781118388068. September 17, 2020. 2020-09-12. Wiley.com.
  17. Web site: Wai. Jonathan. April 23, 2020. What Scientists Can Learn From Science Writers. live. https://archive.today/20200917230452/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-the-next-einstein/202004/what-scientists-can-learn-science-writers. September 17, 2020. 2020-09-14. Psychology Today. en-US.
  18. Web site: April 24, 2009. 2009-04-24: American Society of Journalists and Authors 2009 Writing Awards. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204409/https://asja.org/About/For-Media/2009-04-24-American-Society-of-Journalists-and-Authors-2009-Writing-Awards. March 31, 2019. 2020-09-12. asja.org.
  19. Carpenter. Siri. May 1, 2008. Buried Prejudice. Scientific American Mind. 19. 2. 32–39. 10.1038/scientificamericanmind0408-32. https://web.archive.org/web/20140313164549/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/buried-prejudice-the-bigot-in-your-brain/. 13 March 2014.
  20. Book: The Best American Magazine Writing 2009 . Columbia University Press . Editors, American Society of Magazine Editors . 2010 . 978-0-231-14796-5 . New York . 416 . October 4, 2020 . https://archive.today/20200917231916/https://books.google.com/books?id=eMQIeR9m2WgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%222009+National+Magazine+Award%22&hl=en%23v=onepage&q=%222009%20National%20Magazine%20Award%22&f=false . September 17, 2020 . live.
  21. Carpenter. Siri. December 2008. Is Your Parent Over-Medicated?. Prevention. https://web.archive.org/web/20200903113652/https://www.prevention.com/life/a20464694/is-your-parent-over-medicated/. September 3, 2020.
  22. Web site: ONA Community Award . 2023-11-25 . Online Journalism Awards . en-US.

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