Katrina Miller
@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social
physicist by training, reporter by trade
📍chicago
tips: [email protected]
signal: katrinamiller.04
https://katrinamillerphd.com/
📍chicago
tips: [email protected]
signal: katrinamiller.04
https://katrinamillerphd.com/
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how to get in touch w me for science-related NYT coverage:
• [email protected]
• signal: katrinamiller.04
the more lead time, the better, & we love exclusives. i’m always happy to answer questions you may have about my process, how the press works, etc. before going on the record, too.
• [email protected]
• signal: katrinamiller.04
the more lead time, the better, & we love exclusives. i’m always happy to answer questions you may have about my process, how the press works, etc. before going on the record, too.
have you ever been somewhere so dark you could step outside & immediately spot the Milky Way? i traveled to the Upper Peninsula to learn about efforts to balance industrialization & economic growth with the preservation of starry skies:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...
Fighting for ‘The Right to Night’ Under Starry, Rural Skies
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
have you ever been somewhere so dark you could step outside & immediately spot the Milky Way? i traveled to the Upper Peninsula to learn about efforts to balance industrialization & economic growth with the preservation of starry skies:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/s...
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Building the highwayman shot from Over the Garden Wall (2014), created by Patrick McHale, Cartoon Network Studios
Storyboards by Patrick McHale, animation by Nick Cross
Storyboards by Patrick McHale, animation by Nick Cross
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Building the highwayman shot from Over the Garden Wall (2014), created by Patrick McHale, Cartoon Network Studios
Storyboards by Patrick McHale, animation by Nick Cross
Storyboards by Patrick McHale, animation by Nick Cross
amazing investigation reported by my colleague www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/m...
Can Anyone Rescue the Trafficked Girls of L.A.’s Figueroa Street?
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
amazing investigation reported by my colleague www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/m...
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NEW: Residents called 911 as ICE agents raided a South Shore building in September; one complained agents had unit numbers and kicked their door in by mistake.
CBP also detained two U.S. citizens that night two miles from the raid & asked CPD to get them. It's unclear what happened to them.
CBP also detained two U.S. citizens that night two miles from the raid & asked CPD to get them. It's unclear what happened to them.
911 Calls Show South Shore Residents’ Panic During ICE Raid
CPD dispatch audio reveals Border Patrol also arrested two U.S. citizens that night in Steelworkers Park.
southsideweekly.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
NEW: Residents called 911 as ICE agents raided a South Shore building in September; one complained agents had unit numbers and kicked their door in by mistake.
CBP also detained two U.S. citizens that night two miles from the raid & asked CPD to get them. It's unclear what happened to them.
CBP also detained two U.S. citizens that night two miles from the raid & asked CPD to get them. It's unclear what happened to them.
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'Astronomers' is an anagram for 'moon starers.'
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
'Astronomers' is an anagram for 'moon starers.'
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#ICYMI - yesterday our program welcomed 24 new award winners! 🏆🥳🎉
The #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with Schmidt Sciences recognize excellent science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators.
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
The #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with Schmidt Sciences recognize excellent science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators.
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#ICYMI - yesterday our program welcomed 24 new award winners! 🏆🥳🎉
The #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with Schmidt Sciences recognize excellent science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators.
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
The #scicomm awards given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with Schmidt Sciences recognize excellent science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators.
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
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Chicago area religious leaders have been hit with tear gas and pepper balls outside the Broadview ICE facility. They also say immigrants are being denied pastoral care inside the facility. trib.al/p3gX5fV
Clergy say religious rights are under attack inside and outside the Broadview ICE facility
Chicago area religious leaders have been hit with tear gas and pepper balls outside the building. They also say immigrants are being denied pastoral care inside the facility.
trib.al
October 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Chicago area religious leaders have been hit with tear gas and pepper balls outside the Broadview ICE facility. They also say immigrants are being denied pastoral care inside the facility. trib.al/p3gX5fV
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Thrilled to kick off NASW's #SciWri25 at the virtual plenary this Thursday! Our session will be about:
- what AI actually is
- what journalists need to know about it
- ideas about how to use it in your reporting
I'll be moderating the discussion at noon CT / 1 p ET on Oct 23. See you there!
- what AI actually is
- what journalists need to know about it
- ideas about how to use it in your reporting
I'll be moderating the discussion at noon CT / 1 p ET on Oct 23. See you there!
October 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thrilled to kick off NASW's #SciWri25 at the virtual plenary this Thursday! Our session will be about:
- what AI actually is
- what journalists need to know about it
- ideas about how to use it in your reporting
I'll be moderating the discussion at noon CT / 1 p ET on Oct 23. See you there!
- what AI actually is
- what journalists need to know about it
- ideas about how to use it in your reporting
I'll be moderating the discussion at noon CT / 1 p ET on Oct 23. See you there!
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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Your Ultimate Chicago Halloween guide 🎃🦇
70+ parades, parties, markets and family events: blockclubchi.co/47cRS8a
70+ parades, parties, markets and family events: blockclubchi.co/47cRS8a
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Your Ultimate Chicago Halloween guide 🎃🦇
70+ parades, parties, markets and family events: blockclubchi.co/47cRS8a
70+ parades, parties, markets and family events: blockclubchi.co/47cRS8a
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A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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"In an age when government efficiency has been used to justify sharp cuts to scientific funding, the science Nobels offer a case for plodding curiosity: that esoteric, seemingly useless exploration can lay the bricks for a road to places we cannot yet see."
Katrina Miller on basic science Nobels:
Katrina Miller on basic science Nobels:
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"In an age when government efficiency has been used to justify sharp cuts to scientific funding, the science Nobels offer a case for plodding curiosity: that esoteric, seemingly useless exploration can lay the bricks for a road to places we cannot yet see."
Katrina Miller on basic science Nobels:
Katrina Miller on basic science Nobels:
three cheers for slow science, each Nobel representing decades of inquiry that paved the way for the technology, treatments, & toys of tomorrow:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
three cheers for slow science, each Nobel representing decades of inquiry that paved the way for the technology, treatments, & toys of tomorrow:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
has your scientific work been cut? @nytimes.com wants to hear from you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
has your scientific work been cut? @nytimes.com wants to hear from you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
today’s Nobel honored three physicists who discovered two properties of quantum mechanics, the laws that rule the subatomic realm, could be observed in a system large enough to be seen with the naked eye:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...
Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
today’s Nobel honored three physicists who discovered two properties of quantum mechanics, the laws that rule the subatomic realm, could be observed in a system large enough to be seen with the naked eye:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...
on a brown dwarf dozens of light years from us, astronomers have detected trace amounts of a molecule that, on this planet, is made by living things.
this discovery is not life. but it will help astronomers on their quest to find it elsewhere in the galaxy:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/s...
this discovery is not life. but it will help astronomers on their quest to find it elsewhere in the galaxy:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/s...
What a Signal in a Failed Star’s Clouds Means for the Search for Life
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
on a brown dwarf dozens of light years from us, astronomers have detected trace amounts of a molecule that, on this planet, is made by living things.
this discovery is not life. but it will help astronomers on their quest to find it elsewhere in the galaxy:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/s...
this discovery is not life. but it will help astronomers on their quest to find it elsewhere in the galaxy:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/s...
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@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social is a science reporter for @nytimes.com who writes about the universe and how the pursuit of understanding it impacts society.
We asked her about covering #astronomy and #physics, shifting from research to journalism, and more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
We asked her about covering #astronomy and #physics, shifting from research to journalism, and more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
October 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social is a science reporter for @nytimes.com who writes about the universe and how the pursuit of understanding it impacts society.
We asked her about covering #astronomy and #physics, shifting from research to journalism, and more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
We asked her about covering #astronomy and #physics, shifting from research to journalism, and more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
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FASCINATING interview with @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social.
"I really wanted to reach people who had been let down by the education system. I tried to propose a liberal arts math class, but the university wouldn’t let me do it. So I thought, well, I guess I’ll write it." @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social
"I really wanted to reach people who had been let down by the education system. I tried to propose a liberal arts math class, but the university wouldn’t let me do it. So I thought, well, I guess I’ll write it." @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social
“I want people to be able to gaze at math,” she said. “You can still enjoy music, even if you can’t play.”
@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social spoke with me about her mission to bring math to the masses & the inspo behind her new book, Unequal:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/s...
@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social spoke with me about her mission to bring math to the masses & the inspo behind her new book, Unequal:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/s...
You Don’t Need to Be Good at Math to Enjoy It
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
FASCINATING interview with @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social.
"I really wanted to reach people who had been let down by the education system. I tried to propose a liberal arts math class, but the university wouldn’t let me do it. So I thought, well, I guess I’ll write it." @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social
"I really wanted to reach people who had been let down by the education system. I tried to propose a liberal arts math class, but the university wouldn’t let me do it. So I thought, well, I guess I’ll write it." @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social
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Surrogate pregnancies are increasingly popular in tech circles, and the practice is expected to explode globally in the coming decade. It’s also shockingly unregulated. This is a story about what happens when it goes horribly wrong.
The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.
www.wired.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Surrogate pregnancies are increasingly popular in tech circles, and the practice is expected to explode globally in the coming decade. It’s also shockingly unregulated. This is a story about what happens when it goes horribly wrong.
the dust-choked solar panels on NASA’s InSight lander prevented further operations in 2022. but the mission’s data continues to reveal new information about Mars, lately how its insides are both like & unlike Earth:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/s...
Quakes on Mars Reveal New Features of the Planet’s Interior
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
the dust-choked solar panels on NASA’s InSight lander prevented further operations in 2022. but the mission’s data continues to reveal new information about Mars, lately how its insides are both like & unlike Earth:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/s...
“I want people to be able to gaze at math,” she said. “You can still enjoy music, even if you can’t play.”
@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social spoke with me about her mission to bring math to the masses & the inspo behind her new book, Unequal:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/s...
@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social spoke with me about her mission to bring math to the masses & the inspo behind her new book, Unequal:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/s...
You Don’t Need to Be Good at Math to Enjoy It
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“I want people to be able to gaze at math,” she said. “You can still enjoy music, even if you can’t play.”
@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social spoke with me about her mission to bring math to the masses & the inspo behind her new book, Unequal:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/s...
@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social spoke with me about her mission to bring math to the masses & the inspo behind her new book, Unequal:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/s...
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August 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
astronomers discovered a quadruple star system: a brown dwarf dancing around another, locked in orbit with two brighter stars also circling each other 💫 the universe is so cool.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...
Scientists Find a Quadruple Star System in Our Cosmic Backyard
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
astronomers discovered a quadruple star system: a brown dwarf dancing around another, locked in orbit with two brighter stars also circling each other 💫 the universe is so cool.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...
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NEW: The White House wants to kill off Juno, NASA's mission to uncover Jupiter's secrets. Fortunately, its legacy is clear.
Juno's a scientist, but also an artist: it revealed Jupiter as a living van Gogh painting hanging in the sky.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Juno's a scientist, but also an artist: it revealed Jupiter as a living van Gogh painting hanging in the sky.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Say Goodbye to Juno, NASA’s Groundbreaking Mission to Jupiter
The Juno spacecraft has rewritten the story on Jupiter, the solar system’s undisputed heavyweight
www.scientificamerican.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
NEW: The White House wants to kill off Juno, NASA's mission to uncover Jupiter's secrets. Fortunately, its legacy is clear.
Juno's a scientist, but also an artist: it revealed Jupiter as a living van Gogh painting hanging in the sky.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Juno's a scientist, but also an artist: it revealed Jupiter as a living van Gogh painting hanging in the sky.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...