Ann Finkbeiner is a science writer who has contributed to various publications including ''

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Finkbeiner test

The

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is named after her. The test is a checklist to help science journalists avoid gender bias in articles about women in science. Finkbeiner is an English major, and for 20 years taught and directed a graduate science-writing program at

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Career

Finkbeiner has written columns for ''

USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...

'' and ''Defense Technology International'' (now defunct) and her book reviews have appeared in ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

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The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

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''. Finkbeiner is a co-proprietor of the science blog ''The Last Word on Nothing''.

Books

* ''A Grand and Bold Thing''. * ''The Jasons''. * ''After the Death of a Child''.

Articles

* Ann Finkbeiner, "Orbital Aggression: How do we prevent war in space?", ''

'', vol. 323, no. 5 (November 2020), pp. 50–57.

References

External links

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