Josh Fischman

Josh Fischman is a senior editor at Scientific American magazine, leading a team covering life sciences, earth sciences, and science policy from Washington DC.

His work has been selected for the Best American Science Writing 2012 anthology, and he has won the Blakeslee Award for excellence in medical reporting and many other writing awards. He has written cover stories for National Geographic, U.S. News & World Report, and features for Time magazine and the Los Angeles Times.

Josh has been the editor-in-chief at Earth magazine and deputy editor-in-chief of Chemical & Engineering News, supervising worldwide coverage. He has directed technology and science coverage for The Chronicle of Higher Education as a senior editor, was a senior writer and editor at U.S News &World Report, deputy news editor at Science, and a senior editor at Discover.

Josh has been interviewed about science and technology on CNN, MSNBC, Marketplace, BBC World Service, the Weather Channel, and he has been a master of ceremonies on stages at the USA Science & Engineering Festival and the Consumer Electronics Show. Josh is the author of the leading medical education guidebook, The U.S. News & World Report Ultimate Guide to Medical Schools (Sourcebooks, 2006).