Abby N. Wallace

Digital Engagement Producer at Science News

United States

I am the digital engagement producer at Science News, where I run our website, oversee the digital web production, digitize our magazine issues, run our social media accounts, and use analytics to expand our audience.

For previous reporting experience, I worked at Capital News Service as a dual Audience Engagement and Analytics Editor and Science Reporter. I completed internships with the National Geographic Society and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. For my graduate assistantship, I conducted document-based research for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism.

In 2023, I graduated from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism with a 4.0 and received my master of journalism with a focus on multiplatform journalism. I also served as a Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Fellow at the university.

For my undergraduate degree, I graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and double minors in Sustainability and Journalism & Mass Communications in 2021. While there, I published pieces with Planet Forward.

I studied marine and wildlife conservation in Tanzania, Kenya, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. At Reykjavík University in Iceland, I studied clean energy and climate change. In my free time, I enjoy audio engineering podcasts, editing videos, dissecting movies, reading, writing, and practicing my photography skills. I also enjoy scuba diving and am a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.

I believe in the power of storytelling as a means of accessible, inclusive education.

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Capital News Service

Capital News Service
11/17/2023
Endangered Species Act at 50: wins, losses and controversy

WASHINGTON - Marking its 50th anniversary this year, the federal Endangered Species Act is credited as one of U.S. history's most effective environmental conservation laws. Created to preserve declining species populations and their native ecosystems, the law has reversed the path to extinction for 99% of species under its protection, according to the World Wide Fund.

Capital News Service
10/10/2023
Need a new way to relax? Try birding.

AUDIO STORY — Birdwatching, or birding, is considered one of the fastest-growing outdoor activities in the country. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, about 45 million Americans participate in the hobby. Many people first picked up birding during the COVID-19 pandemic and discovered a new passion while restricted to their homes or trying to stay isolated outdoors.

Planet Forward