You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

For ACLU Magazine, I'm looking to chat with individual activists protecting civil liberties & civil rights, who have changed tactics under Trump 2.0. Is this you? Someone you know? Secure tips to me via Signal: Wudan.11

I loved this piece about how to best work with fact-checkers niemanstoryboard.org/2025/03/14/h... Annotating a draft for fact-checking is an art that is honed through practice. If you're looking for best practices check out Factual's valuable annotation guide factual.squarespace.com/store/p/anno...

I’m seeing lots of people I know professionally complain about the shakeup on the government pages & how it creates complications during the fact-checking. Today on Factual’s newsletter, I share some tips on how to deal with the government page shakedown factualagency.substack.com/p/save-your-...

Fact-checking is basically working in MDR. (IYKYK. If you don't, go watch Severance) 1. I am refining a lot of information (for accuracy) 2. The work is very mysterious and very important

While we are appreciating the work of federal workers, may I point you to a group of government scientists who work to protect the public from volcanic hazards? Read more, in my latest feature: www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...

On the newsletter today, I wrote about how learning to tame my dog's reactivity gave me the tools/principles to regulate my own emotions under Trump 2.0. If you're feeling like your emotions are at the whim of the news cycle, I strongly urge you to read this issue. wudan.substack.com/p/taming-rea...

I wrote a quick checklist of how to protect your business and YOU under autocracy. Freelancers, this one's for you: thewriterscoop.substack.com/p/a-checklis...

I had some *thoughts* on the Meta news yesterday, so of course, I wrote about it. factualagency.substack.com/p/accuracy-i...

To be honest, I can't be bothered with another platform that looks like Twitter. If you want to hire me or work together, please just.... email me. Send mail by carrier pigeon. Any other interaction that reminds us of what it's like to connect human to human, not via a platform like this.

Apply to be a fact-checker for Factual! : Factual will have applications open *all the time* and applications will be processed on a rolling, quarterly basis. See this page for the timeline: www.factual.work/apply-to-be-...

I am not very *online* in the same way I used to be anymore, which is excellent for my mental health. But I wanted to hop on today and tell you that I'm sunsetting The Writers' Co-op's podcast. Over the last five years I've produced 8(!!) seasons, the last two of which I did singlehandedly.

I went on 1A this morning to talk about fact-checking! the1a.org/segments/ask...

If you’re a nonfiction storyteller looking for a fact-checker, @wudan.bsky.social’s new agency, Factual, may be poised to help. Learn more here. 🧪

Writer, reporter and fact-checker (& my former student) @wudan.bsky.social is launching a fact-checking agency. Might you want to work with Factual? www.factual.work

Next week, I’m excited to talk about how to best work with a freelance team with media entrepreneur Emma Carew Grovum & longtime assistant Anita Kenney. We’re going to talk about valuing your team, building trust, and learning to manage your team, and more! Join us www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-bes...

Calling all journalists and communicators interested in science: CASW has resources to share, and we want to make sure you hear about them. Tell us how you like to get your information in this brief (really!) survey: bit.ly/CASWSurvey We appreciate your help!

We're about one week out before I close applications for my editorial assistantship. If you want to work closely with me for the next two years, this is your last chance to apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Freelancers! Do you want more control over your freelance business? If so, join us next week for: HOW TO CREATE A MARKETING PLAN THAT DOESN'T SUCK. Details + registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...

Come create a marketing plan for your freelance business that you'll be excited to stick with! May 14, 12-1pm PST with freelancer extraordinaire, Austin L. Church: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-cre...

Great line up of #field reporters in #science Wed. Event both IRL + livestream. Join @wudan.bsky.social Ashley Braun + videographer Lauren Frohne in #seattle or livestream. Moderator @jrmorber.bsky.social #science #journalism From NW Science Writers. nwscience.org/events/april...

Cool panel alert! #journnalists Field Reporting Panel April 24 at 7:00 pm at University House in Seattle And on Zoom! nwscience.org/events/april... Featuring freelance journalists @wudan.bsky.social And Ashley Braun of Desmog And Lauren Frohne, video journalist for the Seattle Times!

SoOooo I moved to Bluesky hoping I'd still want to share stuff on platforms like this, but I guess... I don't! To follow along on what I'm up to, sign up for my newsletter: wudan.substack.com To follow anything freelance biz related: thewriterscoop.substack.com

The newest season of @thewriterscoop.bsky.social is HERE! Episode one released to all Patreons today. If you want early access, nab those episodes at www.patreon.com/twcpod

Paying a freelance writer $1/word is not 'competitive.' $1/word was 'competitive' in the 1980s. Adjusting for inflation, $1/word in 1980 should = $4/word today. (Source: lnkd.in/givCTCNR)

Some news! The Northwest Science Writers Association named my feature published last year in Undark: THE VICE OF SPICE as the best in journalism as part of their annual writing awards. You can read it here! undark.org/2023/07/19/t...

In 2019, I went viral when I documented my quest for late payments from clients who failed to pay me on time. Enough time has passed that it’s time for an update! What burning questions about late fees do you have that I can help answer? www.wudanyan.com/late-fee

I have a little holiday present for y’all today — a guide on how to disconnect from work entirely (yes, I just closed out my work year and leave for vacation tomorrow). I hope some of this gives you ideas on how to truly eradicate work from your time off: thewriterscoop.substack.com/p/how-to-dis...

Today is the LAST day to sign up for The Writers' Co-op's business audit! If you're a freelancer, solopreneur, this is the single best thing you can do for your business. Take stock of all your wins & figure out a plan to bring forth next year. Sign up immediately! lnkd.in/gh-wzAD3

The older I get, the more I realize that if I find myself asking the question "but how does [entity] make money," the answer is: they don't, or they don't make a lot of it.

I’m on Deliberate Freelancer today talking about how we need to rethink what an anchor client is and who can be an anchor client! Listen where you podcast or at the following permalink: meledits.com/173-how-to-r...

General good life advice to heed: don’t break an NDA

Attention all freelancers! I'm running @thewriterscoop.bsky.social 's signature END OF YEAR business audit this month - 11/15 and 11/29! This is *the* check-in you want to have with yourself every year. Join us: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2023-b...

There's a certain type of grift involved when you obfuscate what YOU make versus what YOUR BUSINESS (for ex: when you're not a sole prop anymore) makes and share those figures synonymously.

New TWC episode out today! Listen on for the one thing Melody Burdette kept from the corporate world and incorporates regularly in her freelance business. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

It’s only my first year of learning to forage for edible mushrooms and I’m amazed by my beginners luck

Knitting a sweater for my husband and damn tall men require more yarn than I can possibly fathom

After all this time I still don’t understand Bluesky and as a result my tendency to have any social media platform open is low. But here’s my newest tattoo, a green sea turtle 🐢

I’ve never seen a more beautiful thing

Too bad this isn’t a professional way to respond to emails.

Genuinely can’t get over how bad JetBlue is as an airline.

I'm big into telling stories that show how people are trying to create systems-level change. My latest story explores: what happens when a healthcare pilot program in the US takes a proactive, rather than a reactive approach in treating health? www.statnews.com/2023/09/22/h...

Good morning! I'm on UCLA Law's podcast, RECAST, talking about why it took me so long to publish my latest feature on Bangladesh rooting out lead in turmeric, and what still remains to be done. Give it a listen >> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Yesterday I got my booster + flu shot. I hardly have no side effects and, thanks to The Retrievals, I'm now paranoid that I just got.... saline

Learn how to better manage your freelance workflow on September 26 with @thewriterscoop.bsky.social ! I'm so excited for y'all to reap the expertise of our guests -- www.eventbrite.com/e/time-and-p...

New website, reporting project, global reporting network and podcast season launched today! For some dumb reason I made the launch date the day before my kids finally go back to school 🤡 anyway here it is, all our climate accountability investigations, documents & pods in one spot: drilled.media

Genuinely can not feel any less motivated to share what I’m thinking on a social media platform these days.

Also, yes, my podcast about running a freelance business, The Writers' Co-op, is now on BlueSky. Give us a follow >> @thewriterscoop.bsky.social

Freelancers! Are you looking for a better way to manage your workflow for a business of one? If so, you'll want to come join @thewriterscoop.bsky.social 's September event www.eventbrite.com/e/time-and-p...

Editor: takes 5+ weeks to respond to a pitch Also the editor: how about this angle? I’d like it to be timely 💀