Nadja Oertelt
Nadja Oertelt | |
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| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation(s) | CEO, Chief Content Officer |
| Employer(s) | Massive Science, Science Friday |
| Notable work | Unorthodox (2013 documentary) |
Nadja Oertelt is an American science media producer and Chief Content Officer of Science Friday. She is known for her work as a science communicator.[1][2]
Education
[edit]Oertelt graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she studied neuroscience, in 2007.[3][4]
Career
[edit]In February 2020, Oertelt became the Chief Content Officer of Science Friday, an American radio program about science.[5][6]
Oertelt is also the co-founder and CEO of Massive Science, a science media company.[7][8][9][10] She works to train scientists to communicate more clearly with the public about science.[1][9][11][12] Before becoming CEO, Oertelt was the chief content officer.[13]
Prior to founding Massive Science, Oertelt produced science videos for outlets like Mashable, Vice, BuzzFeed, and Vox.[3][11][14][15] She publicly shared her frustration after being laid off from Mashable during mass layoffs in 2016.[16] She continues to serve as senior producer on science-related videos.[17]
Oertelt produced The Fundamentals of Neuroscience, one of the first MOOCs, for Harvard University.[9] Oertelt also co-directed and co-produced Unorthodox, a documentary about Modern Orthodox Jewish culture, with Anna Wexler, now a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Oertelt is also involved with TEDMED.[13][24] In 2017, she gave a talk at the TEDMED conference about her work on science literacy.[13] She was part of the editorial advisory board for the 2018 and 2020 conferences.[24][25]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cruickshank, Rachel. "Shamanism & Science: Battleground or Opportunity?". Science Disrupt. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "AC Coppens on "Science & Film" | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ a b "CPH:DOX '17: Nadja Oertelt on science and filmmaking". Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Women of Science Tarot Deck". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Nadja Oertelt". Science Friday. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "How Science Friday Produces A Radio Show In The Middle Of A Pandemic". Science Friday. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "Our Story". massivesci.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Campbell, Cate Scott. "The Limit Does Not Exist: Nadja Oertelt Has A Massive Take On Science". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ a b c "What if scientists and the public could understand each other?". TEDMED. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "The Curie Society aims to broaden perceptions of STEM female protagonists | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ^ a b forcreativegirls (2017-10-13). "Career Migrants: Nadja Oertelt Of Massive On The Confluence Of Science & Media". For Creative Girls. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Revisiting the Role of the Science Journalist". Undark Magazine. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ a b c What if scientists and the public could understand each other?, retrieved 2019-11-12
- ^ Oertelt, Nadja (2016-08-25). "How technology has changed the definition of death". Vox. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Throop, Nadja Oertelt & Noah (22 December 2015). "Finding a way to keep hope and spirit alive in jail on Christmas". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "The publisher's guide to mass layoffs". Digiday. 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "The Human Pangenome". Massive Science. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ^ Unorthodox, IMDB, retrieved 2019-11-10
- ^ "Nadja Oertelt". NADJA OERTELT. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Unorthodox - Documentary Film". Unorthodox. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Film Review: "Unorthodox" - A Mixed Bag at the Arlington International Film Festival". The Arts Fuse. 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Robinson, George (12 November 2013). "'Unorthodox' Filmmaking". jewishweek.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Penn Medical Ethics and Health Policy | Anna Wexler". medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ a b "Announcing the TEDMED 2020 Editorial Advisory Board". TEDMED Blog. 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ "TEDMED - About TEDMED". TEDMED. Retrieved 2019-11-12.