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Melinda Wenner Moyer is a science journalist based in the Hudson Valley, New York. She is a contributing editor at Scientific American and a columnist for Slate.

Earl life and education
Moyer graduated from St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire in 1997. At the University of Michigan she received a Bachelor of Science in molecular biology and a Bachelor of Music. With a science education, she worked at a bio tech company before deciding to switch careers, and, become a science writer. She feels that science writing allows here to explore different topics and issues; she was afraid of becoming bored doing the same experiments repetitively. In 2006 she received a master's degree in Science, Health and Environmmental Reporting (SHERP) from New York University.

Career
Early in her career she worked briefly as an editor, rarely getting a by-line. She did not find this satisfying, and, became a freelance journalist, just writing. She prefers writing for multiple publications as this gives her the opportunity to interact with different audiences and master different styles.

Her early features were in institutional publications, particularly for Pitt Med, of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She used this early work to "hone her narrative voice and learned to infuse her writing with color." Clips from these writings were used to showcase her talent, and this opened the doors to more prestgious journals. She now avoids non-journalistic work entirely; without any clear guidelines, the posssibility of conflicts of interest from working for institutional publications may lead to ethical situations difficult to navigate.

After a "fat pitch" to Slate, Moyer has been a frequent contributor. Moyer is now the science-based parenting columnist, and, has written over 100 articles for Slate. Other publications have included Nature, Discover, and, Self, among others.

As of March, 2018, she is a visiting scholar at New York University. She had previously been an adjunct assistant professor of journalism at the City University of New York. She is an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellow.

Awards

 * Excellence in Reporting, American Society of Journalists and Authors, 2018, for “Journey to Gunland," writing in Scientific American
 * June Roth Award for a Medical Article, American Society of Journalists and Authors, 2018, for "Deserted,"published in Women’s Health.
 * American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Media Award, 2017, for "You Eated Gogurt for Bekfast!" in Slate
 * Awards for Excellence in Health Care Reporting, 2016, for "The Looming Threat of Factory-Farm Superbugs" in Scientific American
 * American College of Emergency Physicians Journalism of Excellence Award, 2010, for "Cold Relief" in Popular Science