I’m the science & environment reporter at St. Louis Public Radio, a NPR affiliate. I also produce and host live storytelling shows for The Story Collider podcast. Here are some fantastic stories from our most recent show in October 2017.
Here are a few things I’ve done in my career. I showed New Yorkers that robots can do extraordinary things like play soccer, swim like fish to save aquatic wildlife, and perform surgery. I slept on the floor and broadcasted the latest weather reports at a radio station for two nights while a winter Nor’easter pounded the Mid-Atlantic coast. I’ve shared some of the most intimate details of my love life on stage for a science storytelling show.
As you can tell, I have interviewed many bees.
There is no limit to what I will discuss with people, whether it’s about recording mating songs of female lab mice, the art of launching giant balloons to get a glimpse of black holes, and the fine craft of freezing animal semen. I am also working on stories that feature more scientists who are young, female and/or of color.
Start a conversation with me: @StoriesByEli.
For pitches/tips: echen [at] stlpublicradio.org.
To pitch a personal science story for The Story Collider: stories [at] storycollider.org.
I also lead a life beyond reporting. I instagram it when I can.
- “Wild bees are trading in rural life for the big city” (WHYY’s The Pulse)
- “Building functional, fashionable exoskeletons for babies” (WHYY’s The Pulse)
- “Fighting for answers, residents near West Lake landfill suffer chronic stress”
- “Female Vocalists Are in the (Mouse) House” (Scientific American’s 60 Second Science Podcast)
- “Delaware’s rebuilt dunes did the job, but now are gone” (Marketplace)
- “The science behind saving flood-damaged photos” (Delaware Public Media)