Laura Poppick is a science and environmental journalist based in Maine. Her stories have appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, Wired, Audubon, National Geographic, Science and other publications. She has been listed as a finalist for the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award and the Maine Literary Awards Short Works Competition in Nonfiction, amongst others.
Laura has taught writing classes and workshops for students of all ages, including at Bates College, InsideClimate News’ Institute for Environmental Journalism, the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, The Telling Room, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of the Science Communication Program at UC Santa Cruz and have a B.S. in geology from Bates College. Before finding her way to journalism, she worked as a lab manager for the Princeton University Earth History Group.
Laura’s first book, Strata: Stories from Deep Time (W. W. Norton) will be published on July 15, 2025.
Get in touch:
laura.poppick (at) gmail (dot) com