Shannon Stirone
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A. in Art History |
| Alma mater | Sonoma State University |
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Shannon Stirone is an American science journalist and writer, who writes about space travel and the human connection to space exploration. A native of California, she now lives in New York City.[1] She is currently the Managing Editor at Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC.[2]
Education
Stirone has a B.A. in art history from Sonoma State University.[2]
Writing
Stirone has written for numerous publications, including The Atlantic,[3] Longreads,[4][5][6] National Geographic,[7] The New York Times,[8] Popular Science,[9] Rolling Stone,[10] Scientific American,[11] Slate,[12] Wired,[13] and the Washington Post.[14]
Recognition
Her work has also been featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing book series, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in 2019,[15] 2020,[16] and 2021.[17]
Views
Stirone often writes about advances in space technology such as the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument[18] and profiles the work of scientists in astronomy and related fields like Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin.[19] Notably, Stirone has been a vocal critic of Elon Musk, his plans to colonize Mars,[20][21] and the impacts on the night sky due to his Starlink satellites.[14] Stirone has also criticized the billionaire space race.[22]
References
- ^ Stirone, Shannon (April 11, 2021). "The line of hope".
- ^ a b "Shannon Stirone". energyinnovation.org. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Shannon Stirone". The Atlantic.
- ^ "Shannon Stirone, Welcome to the Center of the Universe, March 2018". Longreads. 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Shannon Stirone, The Hunt for Planet Nine, January 2019". Longreads. 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Shannon Stirone, An Atlas of the Cosmos, October 2020". Longreads. 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Shannon Stirone". National Geographic. 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on June 13, 2023.
- ^ Stirone, Shannon; Chang, Kenneth; Overbye, Dennis (14 September 2020). "Shannon Stirone, Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds, September 14, 2020". The New York Times.
- ^ "Shannon Stirone". Popular Science.
- ^ "Shannon Stirone". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "Shannon Stirone". Scientific American.
- ^ "Shannon Stirone, Why I'm Mourning the Arecibo Telescope, November 23, 2020". Slate.
- ^ "Shannon Stirone". Wired.
- ^ a b "Perspective | Elon Musk's satellites threaten to disrupt the night sky for all of us". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Montgomery, Sy; Green, Jaime (October 2019). The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019 - Table of Contents on Google Books. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9781328519009.
- ^ Kaku, Michio; Green, Jaime (3 November 2020). The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020 - Table of Contents on Google Books. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780358074298.
- ^ Yong, Ed; Green, Jaime (12 October 2021). The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021 - Table of Contents on Google Books. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780358400066.
- ^ "Building A Map Of The Universe". Think. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Green, Jaime (2021-08-28). "Future Tense Newsletter: A Planet Is More Than a Spot in the Sky". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ DeCiccio, Emily (2021-03-05). "Dangers await humans on Mars as Elon Musk sets his sights on colonization". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "Science author says it's unrealistic to live on Mars". CNBC. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ BIKHCHANDANI, RAGHAV (July 13, 2021). "Branson made it to space, and Bezos will follow suit. But honestly, no one really cares". The Print. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
External links
- Shannon Stirone on Twitter
- Stirone's Substack, The Nature of Things
- Official website
