Kenneth
Chang
kchang@nytimes.com
Journalism Experience
Science Reporter
,
The New York Times
, New York City, April 2000-present.
• Current beat includes NASA, mathematics, physics and other sciences.
• Recent articles include the Museum of Mathematics, the exodus of
astronauts from NASA and the competition among museums for the retired
space shuttles.
Science Producer
, ABCNEWS.com, Bellevue, Wash. & New York City,
Oct. 1997-April 2000.
• Sole staff writer for the science section of the ABCNEWS Web site.
• Wrote more than 250 articles in 2.5 years covering biological and physical
sciences.
Science Writer,
The Star-Ledger
, Newark, N.J., June 1997-Sept. 1997.
• Articles included Parkinson’s disease gene, infertility treatment, a math call-
in show on cable TV.
Staff Writer
,
Greenwich Time
, Greenwich, Conn., June 1996-June 1997.
METPRO program
,
Los Angeles Times
, Los Angeles, Calif., July 1995-June
1996.
• Articles included discovery of breast cancer gene, ancient Assyrian
civilizations, the comic book industry, calculating the slowing of the Earth’s
spin from mentions of solar eclipses in historical Chinese texts.
Science Writing Intern
,
San Diego Union-Tribune
, San Diego, Calif., June 1995.
• Articles included herons dying of yellow fat disease, predicting the stock
market using artificial intelligence, the dynamics of the Sun.
Reporter Intern
,
Santa Cruz County Sentinel
, Santa Cruz, Calif., Sept. 1995-Dec.
1995.
Science Writer
,
San Francisco Chronicle
, San Francisco, Calif., June 1991-Aug.
1991.
• 10-week fellowship sponsored by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Reporter Intern
,
The Courier-News
, Bridgewater, N.J., July 1984-Aug. 1984.
Web & Internet Experience
Research Programmer
, National Center for Supercomputing Applications,
Champaign, Ill., June 1993-Sept. 1994.
• Wrote
A Beginner’s Guide to HTML
.
• Wrote the user’s guide for NCSA Mosaic for Macintosh.
Education
Graduate certificate
,
science writing,
University of California Santa Cruz, December 1995.
M.S., physics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sept. 1988.
B.A., physics,
Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., June 1987. Graduated
cum laude.
Awards
Published in
The Best American Science Writing 2006.
1991 American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media
Fellowship.
