Christie Aschwanden

An Olympic Trend That Defies Tradition At Milan Cortina, every major sport category but ice hockey features men and women competing together.

I wrote about Skimo's Olympic debut and the rise of mixed gender events in the Olympics for @theatlantic.com Can't wait to watch these events! www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

Lessons From Mr. Nobody Against Putin - The Last Word On Nothing In May of 2025, I went to Mountainfilm in Telluride with my BFF Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. We watched numerous amazing films, but there’s one that continues to haunt me, eight months later.  Mr. Nobod...

My BFF and I watched a film called Mr. Nobody Against Putin. We had opposite reactions to it, which we discussed at Last Word On Nothing. lastwordonnothing.com/2026/01/26/l...

CASW prizes entries are now open. Taylor/Blakeslee graduate fellowships, Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award,Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting and
Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for a young science journalist.
Details and application links here: casw.org/news/entry-w...

There is no such thing as certainty when it comes to health. But there's a great big market for people willing to peddle it anyway.

Viewing the video from one angle, it looks like an ICE agent murdered Renee Nicole Good in cold blood. But viewing the video from a different angle, it looks like an ICE agent murdered Renee Nicole Good in cold blood. So who's to say what really happened?

Calling all early career science, health and environment reporters. Deadline for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships has been extended until Dec. 31. Click below for more info.

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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...

The cruelty is the point. Absolutely heart-wrenching accounting of the deaths and destruction caused by USAID cuts. Top notch reporting by @annamaria.bsky.social @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/usai...

‘Train Dreams’ Is Afraid Of Its Own Shadow | Defector By now, you have probably heard about Train Dreams. Since premiering this past January at Sundance, Clint Bentley’s adaptation of the Denis Johnson novella has been lauded by critics, screened at vari...

I loved Train Dreams the novella and was disappointed by the film adaptation. This review by @robrubsam.bsky.social is the best explanation I've seen of why the film falls short.
defector.com/train-dreams...
Also, subscribe to @defector.com! great writers like @evaholland.bsky.social

The kind of "gold standard science" they're touting doesn't exist. fivethirtyeight.com/features/the...

If you are one of those special freaks, come to my workshop! christieaschwanden.com/the-book-pro...

What a thrill when a reader really gets my message. Better yet when she’s a reporter writing on the tooic observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)

RTs appreciated.

The Book Proposal Boot Camp, Winter 2026 A workshop to help you do the work. This eight-week workshop takes place virtually, via Zoom. The workshop is aimed at people who either have a book idea that needs more development or who have a d…

I can't say enough good things about @cragcrest.bsky.social's Book Proposal Boot Camp! I've been trying to get a proposal done for years, and this helped me get up to speed and actually writing. christieaschwanden.com/the-book-pro...

what the hell is this??? Very similar to what chatGPT barfed out.

This thing about Nate Silver remains my favorite chatGPT answer of all time. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/10/a...

I just finished reading Willa Cather's O Pioneers!, a true masterpiece. My first Cather novel was My Ántonia (also a masterpiece!) Which should I read next?

"Chat GPT is not hallucinating, it’s bullshitting,"

ChatGPT is that guy in law school, dangerously wrong, deeply uninformed, and totally sure Debate Team is real life.

Except now, in 2025? Everyone trusts him. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/10/a...

By @cragcrest.bsky.social

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

OMG, please let the baseball time space continuum be the thing that bumps us to a better timeline!

I wish that were a joke.

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

How much deader can the rule of law be?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

Interesting thread about No Kings coverage that starts with a paper here in Western Colorado.

How Much More Would People Pay in Premiums if the ACA's Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire? | KFF The ACA's enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025. This calculator estimates how much out-of-pocket premiums would increase for families if Congress does not extend the credi...

If you buy your own health insurance, this calculator will show you how much your premiums will rise if Congress does not extend the enhanced tax credits. You'd better be sitting down... I'm surely not the only one who will consider going without if these credits expire. www.kff.org/interactive/...

And Miller McCune before that...

Will Science Journalism Funders Step Up or Retreat? Amid Trump-era funding turmoil, foundations are finding themselves pulled in many directions to fill in the gaps.

Important @undark.org story about the precarious nature of philanthropic funding for science journalism. With insight from @meaghanparker.bsky.social and @siricarpenter.bsky.social undark.org/2025/10/15/s...

The photos with this story are really something.

I’m just fundamentally incapable of leaving a library without at least one book in my hands. Today’s exciting find: Insectopolis by Peter Kuper.

Wait, that’s not a bird! I guess I’m going to wait until hibernation has begun to refill the bird feeder.

Congratulations to this year's Victor Cohn Prize winner, @charlespiller.bsky.social casw.org/news/charles...