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Jenna Jakubisin

@heyjennajay.bsky.social
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Science writer, editor, and proofreader in Chicago. Books, dogs, comedy. (she/her) www.heyjennajay.com

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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Saw a good dog today. I might've screamed a little.
Dog with head outside a car window
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
In a previous life, I copyedited and proofread textbooks for EMTs and paramedics. This year, I had the opportunity to revisit those EMS roots while developing this special report on cutting-edge resuscitation science! I'm grateful to the experts who were so generous with their time and insights.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Ever wonder about the #science behind public speaking anxiety? I wrote about it for the HuffPost! Big thanks to @noahmichelson.bsky.social.
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Mentally I am here. #Ireland
Innisheer, Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland
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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 15/07/2025
Apropos of nothing, you can always reach ProPublica with anonymous tips, files, and information that you think could hold powerful people and institutions accountable via this link: www.propublica.org/tips/
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How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
MA in Science Writing: check! 🎓
Master's graduation stage at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
My master's thesis was accepted by the Johns Hopkins #ScienceWriting program. After 3 years of grad school + a full-time job, having free time feels bizarre. See you soon, Baltimore! 🎓
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I'm so excited to hear this! Second City, best city. #SciWri25
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
An incredibly valuable and absolutely sickening timeline. Thank you, STAT.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 31/03/2025
There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. We are. We will.
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
By this time next month, my master's thesis will be submitted.
Package of Quick Spirals pasta with the text "For when you don't have time for a complete breakdown"
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Over 3500 signatories and growing, including 91 organizations. Have you checked this out? #DefendResearch #Science #Journalism
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"But what Trump is doing is not reform, it is subversion. And it could not come at a worse time." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
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Trump’s Agenda Is Undermining American Science
Research funded by the federal government has found useful expression in many of the defining technologies of our time. This Administration threatens that progress.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The court ordered that NIH grant funding be unfrozen, so The Regime found a way around it. For NIH grants to be funded, a review panel must rank them. In order for a review panel to meet, they must post it on the Federal Register. Submissions to the Federal Register are now on hold “indefinitely”.
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Scicomm and scholarly publishing friends: I've signed this declaration to #DefendResearch from #Censorship and I hope you'll consider it, too. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/19/d...
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Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Government Censorship - The Scholarly Kitchen
In response to US government efforts to censor research and researchers, a small group of scholarly communications professionals have launched a Declaration to defend research. Learn more in today's p...
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
"The accurate, timely and transparent communication of scientific, health and environmental information is essential to creating a just, healthy, safe, and prosperous society." 👏👏
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/02/2025
The RFK hearing is telltale of our new era: white men will prevail irrespective of merit or qualification. Unless we stop it. CALL YOUR SENATORS!
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I did it. I submitted my first draft master's thesis. 😵‍💫 #ScienceWriting #GradSchool #LeTired
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
yyyyyeah maybe we shouldn’t just “relax”
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Chicago appreciation post.
View overlooking Lake Michigan, Chicago, in winter.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Is the communications pause that's been imposed on the US government's health agencies affecting you? @statnews.com would love to hear about it. Please let us know. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...
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Are you affected by the Trump administration’s pause on health communications, science meetings, and reviews?
Have you been affected by the Trump administration’s pause on communications, science meetings, and reviews? @statnews would like to hear from you.
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
"Text and language is alive so it’s always changing. To me, there is no end point and that is a joy."—Tina Chang via lithub.com/12-contempor... #Writing #Revising
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12 Contemporary Writers on How They Revise
“Writing is rewriting,” says everyone all the time. But what they don’t say, necessarily, is how. Yesterday, Tor pointed me in the direction of this old blog post from Patrick Rot…
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I deleted my Twitter account today. I want Facebook gone, too. What are folks using as alternatives to #Facebook groups?
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
For no reason, here's Angus being extremely photogenic at doggy daycare. #Dogs #Boop
Yellow Labrador retriever with a snowy backdrop
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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Master doc of mutual aid groups helping people and animals on the ground in LA. Please share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Firearms are closely linked with domestic violence. With a gun in the home, it’s 5 TIMES more likely that a woman will be killed by a domestic abuser. This bill closes a harmful loophole in Illinois law and will save lives. #KarinaGonzalez #DomesticViolence #GunSafety news.wttw.com/2025/01/07/i...
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Illinois Senate Passes Karina’s Bill, Measure That Requires Police to Take Guns After Orders of Protection
Karina’s Bill seeks to protect domestic violence victims by creating uniform processes for removing guns from alleged abusers who are subject an order of protection.
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
"What do we have to show for the time that has passed? Not enough." Excellent article from @statnews.com, especially as we eye the incoming administration. #COVID19 #PublicHealth #TrustInScience www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/c...
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What Covid tried to teach us — and why it will matter in the next pandemic
Five years after the start of Covid, we appear to be trying to teach ourselves the lessons of the pandemic the hard way.
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I'm so grateful for my local library!
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
"The first step in managing polarities is recognizing them and talking about them, instead of ignoring or pretending that they don’t exist." #ScholarlyPublishing #Mindset #Burnout This! It's not Fight Club.
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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
One thing about me is that I *will* bring a themed snack board to the function. #Thanksgiving
Snack board arranged like a turkey
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Stifled medical research *will* have major consequences for our health. #ScholarlyPublishing #SciComm www.scientificamerican.com/article/heal...
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Health Research Could Face Severe Cuts and Changes under Trump
Sweeping reorganization and more research scrutiny could be on the way for the U.S. National Institutes of Health
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I started listening to #Legends&Lattes today but my Mazda thinks Travis Barker is narrating. 😭 @travisbaldree.bsky.social
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Jenna Jakubisin @heyjennajay.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
My favorite part of #SciWri24? Cheese, drinks, and free rein at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. (And I'm in awe of the company.) @sciencewriters.org
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