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AUDIO-DIGITAL FEATURE: A Fever In The Dust

on Methods, from Science Friday
First Place Winner, Excellence in Digital Journalism, Engagement, 2021 Asian American Journalists Association Awards 
Second Place Winner, Small-Markets Feature Category, 2021 Society of Environmental Journalists Awards
​Although still unknown outside of the American West, valley fever is a severe fungal infection—and its territory may expand as the climate warms. This feature combines sound, audio interviews, photos, and data visuals to transport readers to the Central Valley of California and introduce them to patients and scientists studying this fungal disease. A radio feature broadcast on Science Friday accompanied this piece. On January 2021, we revisited the story and spoke to valley fever researchers and patients about the COVID-19 pandemic. That reporting was later featured in March 2021 in a radio conversation on KVPR's Valley Edition.  
Written by Lauren J. Young
Audio by Kerry Klein and Lauren J. Young 
Photos by Lauren J. Young and Kerry Klein
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VIDEO-DIGITAL FEATURE: Sniffing Out Hidden Cancer

on Methods, from Science Friday
How an innovative team of scientists (and dogs) found an early detection method for one of the world's most deadly and silent cancers. This melds video documentary and long-form narrative to cover three ways to detect cancer. 
Written by Daniel Peterschmidt
Video by Luke Groskin
Edited by Lauren J. Young
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DIGITAL FEATURE: The Continental Outlier

on Methods, from Science Friday
In the world's coldest, most remote desert, keepers of Antarctica's longest melt record have detected a recent and dramatic shift. The audio-visual feature was reported from the Dry Valleys in Antarctica. 
Written by Ariel Zych
Edited by Lauren J. Young
Site design by Daniel Peterschmidt
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DIGITAL FEATURE: The Mass Extinction Detectives

on Methods, from Science Friday
No one knows how the dinosaurs rose to dominate the planet. But the answers may lie within a mysterious mass extinction that wipes out their competition. This audio-visual piece, reported from a Utah fossil dig, is the first feature published on Science Friday's new digital vertical, Methods. 
Written by Lauren J. Young
Audio by Katie Hiler
Photos and video by Lauren J. Young
Illustrations by Franz Anthony 
Site design by Daniel Peterschmidt
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SERIES: File Not Found 

on Science Friday
"File Not Found" is a three chapter series about preserving data to save our digital history. The project is the longest feature ever produced in Science Friday's history. 
Part 1: Ghosts In The Reels
Part 2: The Librarians Saving The Internet
Part 3: Data Reawakening
Radio Interview: Preventing A 'Digital Dark Age'
Written by Lauren J. Young
Designed by Daniel Peterschmidt
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VIDEO: Looking Behind the Glass: Where Art Meets Science

on Scienceline
Produced by Hanneke Weitering and Lauren J. Young

MINI-COMIC: Hubble's Looming Deathbed

on Scienceline: Dormancy
Published in a special multimedia project called Dormancy, created by the 33rd  NYU Science, Health and Environmental Reporting (SHERP)  class. The stories were written around the theme of dormancy and published in four chapters, each released over four weeks in October 2015. 
Story by Shannon Hall
Illustrated by Lauren J. Young and Digitized by Jennifer Hackett
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VIDEO: Checking in for the Winter: The Waldorf Astoria Bees

Produced by Chelsey B. Coombs and Lauren J. Young

Introducing Symposium: A Note from the Editor-in-Chief and Founder

on Symposium: Journal of Science and Math
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