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Katherine McAlpine

Currently based in London

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I am a freelance science writer. In the past I have been a news intern with New Scientist

Profile:

magazine, a reporter and web editor for the ATLAS e-News, a freelancer for publications such

as Physics World, Nature News, Chemistry World, Symmetry and Discover, and a rapper on

YouTube.

New Scientist News Intern 4/10 10/10

Staff work:

New Scientist; London, UK

Wrote news stories for the magazine and website, and posted to the blog

Found exclusive stories through journals and conferences

Covered any topic, specialising in physics and technology

ATLAS e-News Writer/Webmaster 5/08 4/10

ATLAS Collaboration, CERN; Geneva, Switzerland, and working remotely

Wrote articles for the e-News (for physicists) and outreach website (for a lay audience)

Provided editing feedback for fellow writers

Updated the website on a fortnightly basis: www.atlas-service-enews.web.cern.ch

Improved technical aspects of the website, such as continuing the transition from HTML

to PHP

US LHC Communicator 10/07 4/08

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, stationed at CERN; Geneva

Planned and accompanied visits of US journalists to CERN

Revised CERN press releases to highlight US contributions

Updated US LHC website and supervised blog: www.uslhc.us

Wrote articles for Fermilab Today, www.LiveScience.com, and Symmetry magazine (details at

www.katemcalpine.com)

Science Writing Intern 5/07 9/07

American Physical Society; Washington DC, USA

Selected stories and explained physics research from Physical Review articles

Wrote for tip sheets, APS News, Physical Review Focus, and Physics Buzz blog (details at

www.katemcalpine.com)

Created and edited audio and video clips

Rapping Science 2006 present

Other

No record label as yet

Experience: 2009: Black Hole Rap (December), Rare Isotope Rap (June)

2008: Large Hadron Rap (July)

o Over 6 million views on YouTube; in science and tech, #7 most favourited and #14

most watched (all time)

o Covered in print, web, TV and radio around the world

2007: N3UROCH!P (August)

Spoke on the subject of science rap at the SciCom08 conference in Vienna, Austria

(November 2008), COMEX3 in Michigan, USA (June 2009), and Move On! in

Stockholm, Sweden (December 2009)

Michigan State University 2003-2007

Education

Dual degree: Professional Writing B.A., Physics B.A. (Honors)

& Honors: Alumni Distinguished Commended Scholar, Michigan State University

Honors College, Michigan State University

Phi Beta Kappa (honors society)

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