Josh Braun

Current

• Researcher / Teaching Assistant at Cornell University Department of Communication
• Freelance Journalist at Seed Media Group, Scientific American Online, Others

Past

• Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellow at The National Academy of Sciences
• Editorial Assistant at Seed Magazine
• Freelance Producer at WNYC New York Public Radio

• Newsroom Intern at ABC News Nightline
• Freelance Producer at Chip Taylor Communications
• Production Assistant at MorningStar Entertainment

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Education

• Cornell University
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of California, Santa Barbara

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Connections

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Industry

Research

Websites

• My Website

Josh Braun’s Experience

• Researcher / Teaching Assistant

  Cornell University Department of Communication

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2006 — Present (3 years)

  teaching assistant, researcher

• Freelance Journalist

  Seed Media Group, Scientific American Online, Others

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  freelance writer for print and broadcast

• Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellow

  The National Academy of Sciences

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

  survey research, communication campaign evaluation, seminar and public program development; also received training in science and technology policy analysis.

• Editorial Assistant

  Seed Magazine

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  June 2005 — May 2006 (1 year)

  generated content ideas, wrote regular pieces on science and policy; wrote and oversaw production of Cribsheet, Seed Magazine's visual primer on the science behind current events; edited first drafts of pieces by freelance writers; wrote regularly for Seed Media Group's ScienceGate and Page 3.14 blogs (now part of ScienceBlogs.com).

• Freelance Producer

  WNYC New York Public Radio

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  May 2005 — May 2005 (1 month)

  Field produced a short piece on Eastern State Penitentiary for WNYC's Radio Lab.

• Newsroom Intern

  ABC News Nightline

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2005 — April 2005 (4 months)

  research, transcription, production assistant

• Freelance Producer

  Chip Taylor Communications

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

  January 2004 — January 2004 (1 month)

  Produced, directed, wrote and edited a feature-length documentary on infertility medicine in the United States.

• Production Assistant

  MorningStar Entertainment

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  September 2003 — December 2003 (4 months)

  grip and equipment manager, script conforming, tape screening and logging, consent form processing

Josh Braun’s Education

• Cornell University

  M.S. , Health and Science Communication , 2006 — 2008

  Working toward a Ph.D. (expected 2011).

  Activities and Societies:

  teaching assistant, research

• University of Pennsylvania

  MBE , Bioethics , 2004 — 2005

• University of California, Santa Barbara

  2000 — 2003

Additional Information

Josh Braun’s Websites:

• My Website

Josh Braun’s Interests:

communication research, documentary film, radio documentaries, journalism (esp. science journalism), web development, getting lost in the woods

Josh Braun’s Groups:

International Communication Association
National Communication Association

Josh Braun’s Honors:

International Communication Association Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student, 2008

Josh Braun’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• getting back in touch