wudan yan journalist Based in Seattle, Washington

JOURNALISM & EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE Co-host, The Writers’ Co-op November 2019-Present • The Writers’ Co-op is a business audiobook for freelance creatives • Secured funding from the National Association of Writers for $3000 to execute season one of the podcast • Secured funding from the International Women’s Media Foundation for $2800 to execute season two of the podcast • Develop episode ideas, research possible guests to bring on the podcast, and write scripts for 30- 40min episodes • Create resources (i.e.: worksheets) for subscribers to the podcast • Host monthly workshops on pitching, contracts, and the business of freelancing.

Independent Journalist April 2014 – Present Writing • Reported and wrote long-form features and news with a focus on science, environment and human rights from the US, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Thailand • Published in The Atlantic, The California Sunday Magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, Discover Magazine, Harper’s, High Country News, Huffington Post, Longreads, MIT Review, Nature, NewYorker.com, New York Magazine, , National Geographic, STAT News, among others • Writer for the American Chemical Society’s Chemical & Engineering News and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)’s Pulse Magazine • Copywriter for Patagonia Fact-checking • Fact-checker for bioGraphic, The California Sunday Magazine, Discover Magazine, JSTOR Daily, Knowable, Matter, OMNI Magazine, , Proto Magazine, Quanta Magazine, , Spectrum, Undark. • Contributed fact-checking to “All We Can Save,” an anthology of work from women about the climate crisis • Fact-checked and researched sections of journalist Meredith Wadman’s book, “The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease in Postwar America.” • Fact-checked season five of “Drilled,” a true crime podcast about climate change. Photography • Photography bylines in Harper’s, High Country News, Medium, Nature, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, STAT News, VICE.

Nature Medicine, News Intern April – July 2015 • Reported and wrote news briefings, news stories, and features for the monthly print magazine • Fact-checked other news pieces as needed

Hippo Reads, Science Editor October 2014 – July 2015 • Developed science content for Hippo Reads (“Beyond the Microscope” series) and managed partnerships with other publications • Recruited and managed six science and medicine correspondents • Guided scientists and other academics through the editorial process

Nautilus, Editorial Intern March – June 2014 • Assisted editors and writers in fact-checking and researching stories for web and print versions of the magazine • Curated educational content for the high school biology curriculum from published stories in the magazine, adhering to the areas of emphasis detailed by the Next Generation Science Standards

AWARDS & GRANTS Society of Environmental Journalists’ Fund for Environmental Journalism, 2020 Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting (Bangladesh), 2020 Peggy Girshman Ideas Grant, National Association of Science Writers, 2020 Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources Environmental Justice Reporting Award, 2019 2Lives Steven J. Sotloff Memorial Foundation Security Training Scholarship, 2018 Richard King Mellon – Society of Environmental Journalists Conference Fellowship, 2017 UC Berkeley – 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship, 2016 Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting (Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar), 2016 Northwest Science Writers Association Career Development Award, 2016

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Knight School of Journalism, Fact-Checking Advisory Board (2019 – Present) Northwest Science Writers Association (January 2016 – Present; Board Member 2018 - 2020) Society of Environmental Journalists (August 2017 – Present) Investigative Reporters & Editors (March 2016 – Present) National Association of Science Writers (January 2016 – Present)

PUBLIC SPEAKING & APPEARANCES Panelist for Dinghy’s event on contracts and freelancing April 2021 Panelist for Knight Science Journalist’s Science Editing Webinar Series April 2021 Panelist for Society of Professional Journalists’ Regional Conference on Freelancing April 2021 Speaker for Boston University’s “Power of Narrative” Conference Mar. 2021 Guest lecturer for NYU’s course on fact-checking Mar. 2021 Panelist for AAAS Meeting on scientific publishing & pre-prints Feb 2021 Trainer for a COMPASS Science Communication Workshop Jan 2021 Guest lecturer for Robin Lloyd’s NYU’s Science, Health, Environment Reporting Program Class Nov 2020 Guest speaker for Pulitzer Center’s Reporting Fellows Sept. 2020 Guest lecturer for Emory University’s “Health Writing and Narratives” class Sept. 2020 Panelist for Asian American Journalists Association’s freelancing session Aug. 2020 Guest lecturer for Johns Hopkins University’s Science Writing class June 2020 Guest lecturer for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Science Writing class May 2020 Guest lecturer for Michael Fitzgerald’s Freelance Journalism class at Harvard University April 2020 Guest lecturer about environmental journalism in Judy Twedt’s science writing class at University of Washington Dec 2019 Guest lecturer about narrative journalism in Kate Schapira’s “True Stories” class at Brown Nov 2019 Panelist for the National Association of Science Writers, on travel reporting Oct 2019 Trainer for a COMPASS Science Communication Workshop Oct 2019 Panelist for a Society of Enviro. Journalist meeting on population Oct 2019 Served as mentor for Asian American Journalists Association’s Speed Mentoring event Jan. 2017, ’18, ‘20 Panelist for University of Washington’s “Women in Multimedia” event May 2017 Presentation on “Science, Fact Checking, and the News” at Town Hall, Seattle May 2017 Presentation on international reporting for Northwest Science Writers Association event Feb. 2017 Spoke about science writing in Kate Schapira’s “True Stories” class at Brown University Nov. 2014

EDUCATION Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School New York, NY Enrolled in a Ph.D. Cancer Biology Program August 2012 – March 2014

Brown University Providence, RI Sc.B. Biochemistry, with Honors 2011 Honors thesis on the development of turmeric oil for the treatment of pancreatic cancer

SKILLS Film experience: On-camera interview experience for documentaries

Computer skills: Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Blogging platforms (Tumblr, Wordpress), Web development (HTML5, CSS), Audacity, Loopback

Laboratory expertise: Tissue culture & sterile techniques, DNA isolation, RNA isolation, protein isolation, recombinant DNA techniques, polymerase chain reaction, Western Blotting, immunofluorescent microscopy, multiprotein arrays/ELISA, proliferation assays (MTT, ViCell), flow cytometry

Language: Mandarin (fluent)

Other: PADI certified, Hostile Environment and Emergency First Aid certified (2018)