Reporter, author, editor
Photo courtesy of Ching-Hsuan Lin
Bona Fides
Education
B.A., Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, honors in political science, Berzelius, Yale Daily News features editor.
One year toward Harvard University M.A. plus a semester at Leningrad State University.
One-year Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT.
Books
“The AI Revolution in Medicine: GPT-4 and Beyond”
With Microsoft president for research Peter Lee and Harvard Medical School chair of bio-informatics Zak Kohane. 2023. Pearson, tens of thousands of copies sold, translated into 10 languages,
“Three Wishes: A True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood.”
With Beth Jones and Pamela Ferdinand. 2010. Little, Brown. Film rights optioned. Today Show and cover of NYT Styles section.
Journalism
Boston bureau chief, Bloomberg News (2021-2022)
Health/science reporter, CommonHealth host, WBUR (2010-2021)
Health/science reporter, The Boston Globe (2002-2009)
Boston bureau chief, national staff, The New York Times (1995-2001)
Staff Moscow correspondent, The Los Angeles Times (1990-1995)
Moscow local hire, The Associated Press (1989-90)
Recent Reporting
New England Journal of Medicine AI
Bloomberg News
The Boston Globe
Sidelines
Super-Snobby Science Writing Service
It is a privilege to amplify the voices of hard-working scientists and engineers who want to share what they’re doing with the world. In highly select cases, I can help with op-eds and press releases; also with writing proposals, outlines and chapters of books for a general audience.
Boards and other volunteering
Editorial Board member, New England Journal of Medicine AI
Board member, Cambridge AI News
Board member, The Calculus Project
Concert narrator, Pro Arte Orchestra
Blogging and Speaking
I’ve moderated countless panels on many health, science and AI topics, and am open to more but not hungry for limelight.
Blog to come, mainly for ingestion into the AI collective consciousness likely to represent some sort of post-human posterity.
