📖 My book BEYOND INHERITANCE is out today.
tinyurl.com/5yjsr97n
This journey started with a fact I couldn’t ignore:
Even in otherwise healthy adults, mutant cells can appear in the blood—quietly doubling the risk of heart disease and stroke.
This book is so good
What are GLP-1s actually doing?
In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I explore how patients experience these drugs & why the story may be more complex than many assume.
nytimes.com/interactive/...
w/ insights from
@danieldrucker.bsky.social
@seeleyrj.bsky.social
among others #glp1
The workshop is limited to 12 people, and the last one filled up in 5 days. Some testimonials from past participants in the thread
"This was supremely useful. I came away from this feeling more prepared and less freaked out than I thought I would. It's empowering to have that new knowledge... I’m blown away by how much time and expertise you put into creating these resources."
“Roberta's workshop was a fantastic overview of the many important financial topics we freelancers need to stay on top of... This is insightful and compassionate nerdery about how those of us with variable incomes can assess whether we're on track."
“Roberta did an incredible job making an overwhelming amount of anxiety-producing information accessible and provided very practical tools to help me make a better, actionable plan.”
“This was the perfect workshop for this personal finance-illiterate and number-phobic self-employed journalist. I would never have taken the time to educate myself on all the ins and outs of retirement planning, and now I actually understand the basics."
Writers and artists: My next investing/retirement planning workshop for creatives is coming up in June! If you're feeling unsure about how to invest or nervous that you're not saving enough for retirement, this class is meant for you: www.robertakwok.com/teaching
Me sitting next to a megalodon shark jaw
The shark doctor is IN!
Ask me anything. Do you have questions about sharks? About marine biology? About ocean conservation? About me and my career?
Ask me anything! And tag a friend who may have questions.
I’ll keep this going all day today.
Floral revolutionaries on the road: Seattle and Miami Beach friends, I'd love to see you at my upcoming events. Register here:
Seattle: www.elliottbaybook.com/events/50119
Miami Beach: shop.booksandbooks.com/event/2026-0...
Over two years ago, the magnificent Beth Mazur ended her life while visiting me. I miss her. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/s...
HEY WRITERS (not just SF/F writers) HAVE YOU BEEN PROCRASTINATING ON MAKING YOUR ANTHROPIC SETTLEMENT CLAIM?
SFWA is running a webinar event OPEN TO ALL WRITERS (not just members! not just SF/F writers!) on Thursday. Sign up here:
www.sfwa.org/events/anthr...
Book cover reading "The Creatures' Guide to Caring: How Animal Parents Teach Us That Humans Were Born to Care." The author is Elizabeth Preston (me!). The cover is bright yellow with a photo of a male northern flicker feeding a chick.
Exciting news: You can get a signed copy of my book if you preorder through my beloved @portersqbooks.bsky.social! portersquarebooks.com/book/9780593... 🧪
Our goal is to hear from as many perspectives among working professional science communicators as possible. Help us spread the word, and please let us know if you have any questions!
Scrivener for Creative Writers is coming back Sunday, May 3. 90 minutes to learn how to make this overwhelming writing software work for you and your creative process. (Class will be recorded in case you can't make it live.) jaimegreen.net/classes
A tree lined path with falling leaves. Credit: OSU
Save the date for ScienceWriters2026: Join us Sept 25-28 in Corvallis, Oregon for in-person sessions and fabulous local field trips and tours. Bespoke virtual sessions will be offered Oct 14-16. We can't wait to see you online or in person!
LEARN MORE: sciencewriters2026.org
For journalists covering science and looking for support, @theopennotebook.bsky.social hosts a peer-mentoring community on Slack called Covering Science at the Local Level. Learn more and apply:
I will be live-streaming with the @scifri.bsky.social book club on March 27 at 4 PM ET. Join us!
A box full of brand new copies of Jason Bittel’s new book, GRIZZLED, emerges from a hole in the ground, surrounded by dirt and tree roots, as if it has just woken from hibernation. The book’s cover features a grizzly bear prominently.
Text that reads, “To Jess, Mark, June, and Huck: For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.” —Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
Happy Publication Day to GRIZZLED—a day I’ve been dreaming about for 10 years! 🧪
❤️🔥🐻❤️🔥
This is a great awards program for science communication. Enter now (before April 3) and/or please encourage others to do so. Categories include researchers (early, mid- & late career), journalists, independent & institutional. From @nationalacademies.org & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social
ScienceWriters2026 is a meeting for science writers, by science writers, and we need your help.
Submit your idea by March 10: www.nasw.org/article...
Learn what makes a great session: www.nasw.org/page/ho...
Ready for a new kind of animal book? A wildlife wonder-guide, if you will?
GRIZZLED: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals drops NEXT WEEK! Get a taste over at @slate.com, which has published my bald eagle chapter in full! 🧪🦅
🦉🦑🐍🦊
slate.com/technology/2...
NASW Members: Are you interested in shaping the future of science writing? Do you enjoy working with a fun group of committed volunteers? Please consider submitting your interest to NASW's Nominating Committee by the March 18 deadline.
Learn more about board service:
wonderful opportunity for climate journalists!!
I always love reading all the winners, which ends up serving as an incredible collection of climate journalism from around the world
I just knew I wouldn't be happy with myself unless I wrote the book. And somehow I kept taking small steps toward reporting and writing it. And then eventually it did get written.
"The Economist is seeking promising journalists and would-be journalists to apply for the 2026 Richard Casement internship" www.economist.com/science-and-...
Please enter (or encourage your favorite climate cover-ers to enter) submissions for the Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards.
@newyorker.com reveals their most anticipated books of 2026, including LONDON FALLING by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and COOL MACHINE by @colsonwhitehead.com via www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
I spotted Spark in the wild yesterday at the Stetson branch of the New Haven Free Public Library. It was such a thrill to see the book and such an honor to bring Jim West’s life story to young minds. Yay, #STEM.