Shannon Stirone

American science journalist and editor
  • Author, Journalist
EducationB.A. in Art HistoryAlma materSonoma State UniversityGenre
  • Popular science
Websitewww.shannonstirone.com

Shannon Stirone is an American science journalist and editor, who writes about space travel and the human connection to space exploration. A native of California, she now lives in New York City.[1]

Work

Stirone has written for numerous publications, including The Atlantic,[2] Longreads,[3][4][5] National Geographic,[6] The New York Times,[7] Popular Science,[8] Rolling Stone,[9] Scientific American,[10] Slate,[11] Wired,[12] and the Washington Post.[13] Her work has also been featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing book series, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in 2019,[14] 2020,[15] and 2021.[16]

Stirone often writes about advances in space technology such as the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument[17] and profiles the work of scientists in astronomy and related fields like Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin.[18] Notably, Stirone has been a vocal critic of Elon Musk, his plans to colonize Mars,[19][20] and the impacts on the night sky due to his Starlink satellites.[13] Stirone has also criticized the billionaire space race.[21]

References

  1. ^ Stirone, Shannon (April 11, 2021). "The line of hope".
  2. ^ "Shannon Stirone". The Atlantic.
  3. ^ "Shannon Stirone, Welcome to the Center of the Universe, March 2018". Longreads. 15 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Shannon Stirone, The Hunt for Planet Nine, January 2019". Longreads. 22 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Shannon Stirone, An Atlas of the Cosmos, October 2020". Longreads. 27 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Shannon Stirone". National Geographic. 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on June 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Stirone, Shannon; Chang, Kenneth; Overbye, Dennis (14 September 2020). "Shannon Stirone, Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds, September 14, 2020". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "Shannon Stirone". Popular Science.
  9. ^ "Shannon Stirone". Rolling Stone.
  10. ^ "Shannon Stirone". Scientific American.
  11. ^ "Shannon Stirone, Why I'm Mourning the Arecibo Telescope, November 23, 2020". Slate.
  12. ^ "Shannon Stirone". Wired.
  13. ^ a b "Perspective | Elon Musk's satellites threaten to disrupt the night sky for all of us". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  14. ^ Montgomery, Sy; Green, Jaime (October 2019). The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019 - Table of Contents on Google Books. ISBN 9781328519009.
  15. ^ Kaku, Michio; Green, Jaime (3 November 2020). The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020 - Table of Contents on Google Books. ISBN 9780358074298.
  16. ^ Yong, Ed; Green, Jaime (12 October 2021). The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021 - Table of Contents on Google Books. ISBN 9780358400066.
  17. ^ "Building A Map Of The Universe". Think. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  18. ^ Green, Jaime (2021-08-28). "Future Tense Newsletter: A Planet Is More Than a Spot in the Sky". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  19. ^ DeCiccio, Emily (2021-03-05). "Dangers await humans on Mars as Elon Musk sets his sights on colonization". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  20. ^ "Science author says it's unrealistic to live on Mars". CNBC. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  21. ^ BIKHCHANDANI, RAGHAV (July 13, 2021). "Branson made it to space, and Bezos will follow suit. But honestly, no one really cares". The Print. Retrieved January 16, 2022.

External links

External links

  • Official website


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