Dean Russell

@deanwrussell

science reporter || formerly: investigations || dean.russell at

New York, NY / nomad
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Joined March 2011
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  1. 3 hours ago

    Interesting choice, interesting choice

    NEW: Marty Walsh is reportedly Biden's pick for Labor Secretary:
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  2. Jan 6

    How fast can I footnote 3000 words? (In other words, will I be doing anything else today?)

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  3. Jan 6

    New York State would like to remind me that finding a job might be difficult.

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  4. Retweeted
    Jan 6

    To the surprise of many New York health care leaders, more than half of their eligible employees have so far declined to get coronavirus vaccines.

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  5. Jan 6

    “Some consider it unsophisticated to explore the nonhuman world for clues to solving human dilemmas ... But abandoning metaphor entirely only paves the way to the rigidity of fundamentalism.” via ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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  6. Jan 4

    I got a telescope for Christmas because I was told to 'find a hobby.' The sky has been cloudy ever since.

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  7. Jan 4

    “As was the case last spring in New York, doctors are waiting for guidance from their institutions, which are waiting for guidance from their cities, which are waiting for guidance from their governors.”

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  8. Jan 1

    Finished ’s non-fiction novella. Thorough, necessarily painful. A reminder not to lose track of the dozens of side stories that helped, for better or worse, shape America’s 2020. Also a study in how to write a unique story about a topic readers know too well.

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  9. Jan 1

    “Two qualities determine success or failure in dealing with the covid contagion. One is experience. ... The other quality is leadership.”

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  10. Jan 1

    Today is my first day without a association in two+ years. See ya, CJInvestigations team and ! Thank you all for the life lessons. Proud of the work we did together. Now, freelancing... 😬

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  11. 31 Dec 2020

    Mm..Food was the album of my college years. Could not go far without hearing it. The world will miss DOOM. RIP.

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  12. Retweeted
    21 Dec 2020
    Replying to

    Super excited to see this nod! Kudos to and everyone at and our local partner newsrooms who teamed up with Investigations on this super important story! We couldn't have told it without you.

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    21 Dec 2020

    Congrats to alum (MA Science '19), a member of the Investigations/ team whose "Hidden Epidemics" series was named by as one of 2020's 10 best collaborative journalism projects.

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    20 Dec 2020

    Here's the solar system right now! Now you can see why Jupiter and Saturn look close together from Earth's point of view. You can see a 3d view here: . The image below was produced by (via the linked website)

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  15. 13 Dec 2020

    “Bat viruses spill into humans; they don’t climb into us. They don’t seek us out. And the spilling generally happens when we intrude upon bats in their habitats”

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    4 Dec 2020

    On Dec 11-13 , , , & are bringing New Yorkers together (virtually) to tell and listen to the stories of those we’ve lost to COVID-19. Join us:

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    2 Dec 2020

    Important findings from this study on harassment and discrimination in the FEMA workforce. The findings are not good and reflect the toxic culture in emergency management.

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  18. 20 Nov 2020

    NYS health department denied two of my records requests like so: “officials are not required to search through the haystack for a needle, even if they know or surmise that the needle may be there.” This is standard language but that doesn’t make it any less annoying.

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    20 Nov 2020

    “We need to, as individuals, adapt our decision-making,” said Dr. Sapna Sharma, the study’s lead author, and consider how changing winters affect ice on local rivers, lakes and streams. “It may not be as safe now as it was 30 years or 40 years ago.”

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  20. 18 Nov 2020

    The and others just released data and a map of ungulate migration patterns.

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