Writing
There's a Gold-Standard Treatment for Opioid Addiction. What Keeps Treatment Centers from Using It?Pacific Standard
A quest through California to find which addiction and recovery centers aren't using medication-assisted treatment—our country's best bet for beating the opioid crisis |
Francisco Ayala Resigned After a University Inquiry Found Him Guilty of Sexual Harassment. What Happened to the Federal Grants He Received?Pacific Standard
What happens to taxpayer money when scientists are faced with accusations or findings of wrongdoing? |
Does It Make a Difference When Politicians Tell Their Abortion Stories?Pacific Standard
Abortion storytelling projects, aimed at reducing stigma, have proliferated in recent years, but what's their real effect on public opinion? |
Inside North America's Only Legal Safe Injection FacilityPacific Standard
Cities across North America are considering opening supervised injection facilities, where addicts can shoot up under the watchful eyes of nurses. Pacific Standard visited North America's only legally operating, standalone supervised injection facility to see what we're in for. |
Cholesterol ConundrumScientific American
Why fixing biomarkers doesn't always fix your health |
The Passing of the Indians Behind GlassThe Appendix
Why natural history museums are taking down their indigenous cultures dioramas—and what can take their place |
What Does Being a Man's Type Have to Do with Harassment and Rape?Pacific Standard
President Donald Trump recently defended himself against an accusation of rape by saying the accuser wasn't his type. How much does attraction play into sexual harassment and assault? |
Confronting My Cyberbully, 13 Years LaterThe Atlantic
Between ages 13 and 16, she sent me emails, from my own account, "reminding" me to kill myself. Well, I didn't—I grew up, and so did she. |
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I'm an independent science journalist based in Washington, D.C. You can find my resume here.
Most recently, I was a staff writer at Pacific Standard, where I covered public health, harassment in the sciences, and stigmatized health behaviors, such as addiction and abortion. My work has been supported by the University of Southern California's Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, and cited in policy proposals by the Drug Policy Alliance and Senator Elizabeth Warren. Before Pacific Standard, I was a contributing writer for Popular Science and a staff writer at TechNewsDaily, covering emerging research and Mars rover photos. As a freelancer, my features appeared in The Atlantic and Scientific American. Contact me fcdiep // at // gmail.com fcdiep // at // protonmail.com for secure email |
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If you're looking at this page on a large enough screen, you'll see a grainy grayscale image at the top. That's an electron micrograph of the interior of a cell, made by members of this National Institutes of Health lab. Credits for the rest of the photos are as follows: Salgu Wissmath, University of California–Irvine, Robin Marty/Flickr, Taylor Le, U.S. National Library of Medicine Pillbox, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History, Hossam el-Hamalawy/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0), bobistraveling/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)