Portfolio: Multimedia

While I was editor at Discover magazine, I hosted a YouTube show and was regularly interviewed on NPR. As a freelance science communicator, I’ve hosted webinars and created (and appeared in) TikToks and Instagram reels. I also edit the script for the podcast In Defense of Fandom by Sadie Witkowski.

Most recent

Video

• SciStarter LIVE: Help and Observe Migrating Wildlife with Fall Gardening Tips. Live on Facebook and Zoom. October 17, 2023. 
• TikTok for @adynhealth: Is there a link between birth control and breast cancer risk? Anna, one of our scientists at adyn, breaks down the new headline from the Washington Post. July 24, 2023. (Instagram reel)
• Instagram reel for @adynhealth: Whether to have kids, and how many, should be YOUR decision. April 19, 2023.
• TikTok for @adynhealth: Hey. Did you see this headline? Biden administration to strengthen Obamacare contraceptive mandate in proposed rule. What’s that mean? April 4, 2023. (Instagram reel)
• TikTok for @adynhealth: Male contraception… for mice?! March 14, 2023
• TikTok for @adynhealth: The American Society of Human Genetics has issued an apology for their ties to racism and eugenics. February 25, 2023,
• TikTok for @adynhealth: Can you believe it’s been FIFTY YEARS since Dr. Walter Fiers sequenced the first gene (MS2)? February 23, 2023. (Instagram reel)
• SciStarter LIVE: How Answering Surveys and Playing Games Advances Mental Health Research. Live on Facebook and Zoom. October 12, 2022.
• SciStarter LIVE: Observing Monarch Butterflies, For Science! Live on Facebook and Zoom. August 30, 2022.
• SciStarter LIVE: How To Do Citizen Science With Your Dog. Live on Facebook and Zoom. August 23, 2022.
• Citizen Science 101: Everything you’ve wanted to know but were afraid to ask! with SciStarter.org. Live on Facebook, April 1, 2022. Watch the recording.

YouTube Series for Discover magazine

• Why Vaccines Take So Long | Dr. Anna Funk | Discover. September 11, 2020.
• The %$#@ing Science of Swearing | Dr. Anna Funk | Discover. May 1, 2020.
• Should You Eat Breakfast? | Dr. Anna Funk | Discover. April 10, 2020.
• The Sun: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Hot | Dr. Anna Funk | Discover. March 26, 2020.
• Is Alcohol Really That Bad for You? | Dr. Anna Funk | Discover. February 6, 2020.
• Meet the Denisovans, Humans’ Mysterious Cousins | Dr. Anna Funk | Discover. January 30, 2020.
• How Did Saturn Get Its Rings? | Dr. Anna Funk | Discover. December 17, 2019.

Audio

• [Script Editor, Podcast] In Defense of Fandom. Seasons 1 & 2. (Spotify)(Apple Podcasts)
• [Podcast Appearance] Dugongs & Seadragons. Spring 2020. Special guest on Episodes 70-76.
• [Radio Appearance] Central Time, WPR. 16 September 2019. “Science News: Experiments On Plants, Saving Baby Flamingos, Advances In Paralysis Research“
• [Radio Appearance] Central Time, WPR. 15 July 2019. “Science News: Robots Picking Vegetables, Virus Outbreaks, Preserving Microbiome Diversity“
• [Radio Appearance] Central Time, WPR. 20 May 2019. “Science News: Apollo Mission Anniversary, New Food Study, Ancient Peruvian Brewery“
• [Radio Appearance] Central Time, WPR. 11 March 2019. “Science News With ‘Discover Magazine’“
• [Radio Appearance] Central Time, WPR. 14 January 2019. “Science News: How At-Home Genetic Tests Are Raising Questions About Law Enforcement, Bees And Stem Cells, And How Gut Bacteria Shines Light On Common GI Diseases“
• [Radio Appearance] Central Time, WPR. 20 December 2018. “A Look At Some Of The Biggest Science News Of 2018“
• [Podcast Appearance] The Daily Dive, iHeartRadio. 4 September 2018. “Incredible corn tech could revolutionize the farming industry“
• [Live Event] Lansing Storytellers Project, 21 March 2017. “Lies”