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EPISODE · Aug 7, 2025 · 27 MIN

Science editor Andrea Kissack on how NPR "reinvented" science reporting to cover the pandemic

from Roman on the Radio · host Nick Roman

In her 8th grade science class, Andrea Kissack was too squeamish to dissect a frog. In time, she overcame the "yecch!" to become a science reporter - and the editor in charge of NPR's Science Desk. Andrea looks back at her time as NPR's chief science editor - and explains how the network "reinvented" science reporting to cover the COVID-19 pandemic.

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