Matt DeRienzo
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Matt DeRienzo
@mattderienzo.bsky.social
Director, SciLine.org, enriching U.S. journalism with scientific evidence. Previously: Center for Public Integrity, Hearst, LION Publishers. He/him.
New, from me: Why it's urgent that journalists understand the science behind vaccines and the roots of disinformation about them. www.sciline.org/learn/vaccin... Pleased to offer a new Vaccine Reporting Toolkit from @sciline.org as critical public health decisions are made this week.
Why it’s urgent that journalists understand the science behind vaccines, disinformation - SciLine
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September 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
More accolades for "40 Acres and a Lie," an investigation our team at the Center for Public Integrity invested more than 2 years on: An Online News Association award and national Edward R. Murrow Award.

awards.journalists.org/winners/2025/

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2025 Online Journalism Awards
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August 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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My latest on the Health Sec who promised to figure out what causes autism and the autism research that's been stopped along the way www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
www.propublica.org
August 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Journalists: Sign up for a @sciline.org briefing tomorrow (Aug. 21) with three scientific experts on the Trump administration's move to repeal the legal and scientific foundation for regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. www.sciline.org/climate/epa-...
EPA climate regulations under threat - SciLine
Join SciLine's briefing on the Trump administration's efforts to repeal the EPA's endangerment finding. Explore its implications for climate policy and public health.
www.sciline.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Four unvaccinated Kentuckians have contracted the highly contagious measles, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) announced Friday.

via @kentuckylantern.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/kent...
Kentucky has four more cases of highly contagious measles
Four unvaccinated Kentuckians have contracted the highly contagious measles, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) announced Friday.  Three of the four cases were from the same household i...
www.newsfromthestates.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Health groups are mobilizing behind the scenes to preserve access for vaccines as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to upend the nation’s decades-old vaccine system, according to public health experts.
The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr.
The extraordinary effort to create a parallel system of recommending and perhaps even providing vaccines faces major challenges.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

What's happened since?

A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs
They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.
www.motherjones.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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We're hiring! SciLine is seeking a bilingual Engagement Manager to help expand the reach of the organization’s programs to new and emerging audiences. For more information and to apply: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...

@aaas.org
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June 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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SciLine seeks U.S.-based freelance reporters familiar with scientific research.
—pieces that guide journalists in using scientific evidence in local reporting
—500-1,500 word stories
—$0.50-$1/word, depending on the type of story
More details here: www.sciline.org/interest-in-...
Interest in writing for SciLine - SciLine
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June 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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WEDNESDAY Briefing! Covering this week's CDC ACIP meeting? Add science to your story by attending our media briefing on childhood vaccines, their schedules, hesitancy, and how exemptions impact public health. On-the-record Q&A included! bit.ly/440Ofk8
Childhood vaccines: Schedule, hesitancy, and exemptions - SciLine
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June 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Come work with me!
We're hiring! SciLine is seeking a bilingual Engagement Manager to help expand the reach of the organization’s programs to new and emerging audiences. For more information and to apply: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...

@aaas.org
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June 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained.

They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N
June 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’m at #IRE25 this week. Come see me at our @sciline.org table to talk about how we can help with free tools and support in accessing scientific research and expertise.
June 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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These stories are about the victims not the reporters, but I spent months watching Betsy Morais report this, and I can only marvel at how many obstacles she had to overcome, how much trauma she absorbed, and how unwavering she remained in telling this the right way. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...
Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery
Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.
www.cjr.org
May 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Many of my friends expressed support for Wes Lowery when American University fired him. I was so upset to see that but I understood that few knew just how bad a person he is. Please read this. You will see.

www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...
Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery
Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.
www.cjr.org
May 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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NEW: Women across the country are victims of what’s called coerced debt—and it is ridiculously hard to crack down on.

For @motherjones.com, I spent a year+ looking at what happens when an abuser buries someone in debt as a form of domestic violence.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
She escaped her abuser. But not before he buried her in debt.
This is how coerced debt haunts survivors of domestic abuse.
www.motherjones.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'm at the Collaborative Journalism Summit in Denver today and tomorrow. Hit me up to talk about how @realsciline.bsky.social can help your organization meet this moment with scientific evidence and expertise as misinformation spreads about vaccines, climate disasters, health and wellness and more.
May 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I know how naive this sounds but I actually thought the moral panic over free speech at universities would mean that leftist speech would be protected when the far right gained power and tried to clamp down.
Brutal account of what it’s like to teach at the University of Florida right now in the NYT—extraordinary climate of fear. People afraid to say intersectional and talk about lynchings. Fake students trying to entrap Muslim faculty or just making things up altogether. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...
May 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Accountability journalism has never been more important. At @19thnews.org , we are working to keep the most accurate record possible of this moment, in service of women and LGBTQ+ people. Support our nonprofit newsroom with a donation today.

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Spring Member Drive
The 19th's Spring Member Drive is happening now through May 16. Our newsroom has reported on some of our country’s most pivotal moments since 2020. Now, as we cover President Donald Trump’s second ter...
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May 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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"Virtually all NIH-funded training programs aimed at attracting underrepresented groups to science are now gone. 'I’m concerned that these events are very likely to affect who decides to stay in science and we will lose important and necessary scientific talent'"

www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’
After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding
www.science.org
May 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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New Ed Martin letter—this time to Wikipedia about its tax-exempt status. In it, he asks about topics including its editorial practices, editor anonymity, "hateful content and conduct by editors," and content used to train LLMs. www.thefp.com/p/trump-pros...

Letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1ocNy...
April 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Applications are being accepted for our editorial and marketing internships through May 15, 2025. If you have an interest in science communications or non-profit marketing, send us your cover letter and resume through the portal link below.
We're hiring! Applications are now being accepted for two paid internships this summer in an editorial role and in a marketing role. Check out the full listings on the @aaas.org job portal to learn more and submit your resumes and cover letters by May 15, 2025. recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
April 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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That's the sound of prison officials in Texas running screaming into an emergency meeting.
April 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Spoke to incoming National Trust for Local News CEO Tom Wiley, board chair Keith Mestrich, and journalists who've worked with Wiley in the past.

He's seen as an experienced news exec and a "revenue guy" — but a sincere and well-liked one. www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/the-...
The National Trust for Local News taps Buffalo News publisher as its next CEO
Tom Wiley will join the nonprofit as CEO on May 12. He'll start with a road trip visiting the Trust's local newsrooms in Maine, Colorado, and Georgia.
www.niemanlab.org
April 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is great news for experiments in local journalism sustainability, and specifically for journalism in my home state of Maine. Tom Wiley is one of the best bosses I've worked for. www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/the-...
The National Trust for Local News taps Buffalo News publisher as its next CEO
Tom Wiley will join the nonprofit as CEO on May 12. He'll start with a road trip visiting the Trust's local newsrooms in Maine, Colorado, and Georgia.
www.niemanlab.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM