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Why are we assuming the New York Times doesn't hire science majors as science reporters? >a Master of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Wis
by hoppyhoppy2 5y ago
Why are we assuming the New York Times doesn't hire science majors as science reporters?
>a Master of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mandavilli https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mandavilli
( ^ the author of the NYT article that was the subject of the correction!)
>graduated cum laude with a B.A. in physics from Princeton University in 1987. He also received an M.S. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988 and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1995.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/kenneth-chang https://www.nytimes.com/by/kenneth-chang
>graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz Science Communication Program and completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University, where he studied biology.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-st-fleur https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-st-fleur
>holds a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunobiology from Harvard University.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/katherine-j--wu https://www.nytimes.com/by/katherine-j--wu
etc, etc, etc if you search the web for "science reporter nyt" (these are just a few of the first results).
- xyzzy21 5y agoEvidently their degrees are Bayesian FALSE POSITIVES - they are NOT the experts qualified as their degrees would mislead you to believe!