Sujata Gupta and Science Journalism: An Unusual Journey via Japan, Park Service to Johns Hopkins and Beyond.

Episode summary introduction: Sujata Gupta is Social Sciences Reporter at Science News. Sujata is an alum of Cornell University and Johns Hopkins. In this podcast, Sujata gives us a peek into the world of Science Journalism, and how one goes about becoming a Science Journalist. In particular, we discuss the following with her: What is Science Journalism? How do you become a Science Journalist? How to distill a Study into a News Story? Advice to Aspiring Journalists Topics discussed in this episode: Introducing Sujata Gupta, Social Science Journalist [0:57] Professional Background [3:29] Johns Hopkins’ Science Journalism [7:35] Journalism under Duress  [10:16] Arduous Route to Journalism [11:44] The Freelance Mode [13:43] How a Study becomes a News Story [19:08] Advice for Aspiring Journalists [27:00] The Realities of being Journalist [34:06] Our Guest: Sujata Gupta is Social Sciences Reporter at Science News. Sujata graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Masters degree from Johns Hopkins University in Science Writing. Memorable Quote: Sujata Gupta: “Good to think of my career as a spiral, what we hope is going up. Sometimes, [it’s] hard to tell when you are in the middle of a spiral”. Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast Digest. To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email [email protected]. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.