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an engineer entails and the diversity
of the field. This resistance to writing
and communication with the public,
in general, is a major contributing
factor to this gap in understanding.

Making a change
I saw an opportunity to help fill this
void in understanding that exists
between the public and the work of
engineers and scientists. While in
college, I began freelancing, writing
for everything from start-ups and
kid science magazines to technical
publications. I loved leveraging
what I was learning as an engineer
for this nontraditional career. I
decided that I wanted to dedicate
my career to changing the conversation about engineering.
Upon graduation, instead of entering an entry-level engineering job
at one of the companies at which I
had an internship in college, I started
my own company and began work
full time as a freelance science writer and communicator. As any of
you who freelance out there know,
the industry provides varied work
but is inconsistent. You can spend
one entire week pitching articles or
struggling to find work and the next
bogged down with work late into the
night. Despite having an engineering degree and some good bylines to
my name, I knew I needed a bigger publication to help launch me
forward and get the chance to learn
from those more experienced.

launch pad
That's where The Economist came
in. The renowned international publication is notoriously hard to break
in to, save for a few internship positions they offer each year, one of
which is in the science and technology section: The Richard Casement
Internship. In the midst of applying
to a slew of science communication
internships and fellowships, I sent
in my application, not expecting to
hear anything back. But then I did.
And I was off to another country to
spend three months in London writing about science for The Economist.
Let me tell you, it was a wild
three months spent absorbing ev-

I decided that I wanted to dedicate
my career to changing the conversation
about engineering.
erything I could from the people
around me. I was working in the
midst of Ph.D.s and experts in business. I got to meet a group of people
who had the passion-as I did-for
covering and telling the stories of
science and technology.
I did not feel like an intern during my summer there; I felt like a
full-time employee. The publication
treats its interns like every other
writer on staff. I covered a wide variety of topics ranging from virtual
reality on roller coasters to new

manufacturing techniques for creating apparel.
I was truly given the freedom to
explore and try out whatever I wanted. I appeared on The Economist's
science podcast, Babbage. I traveled
to France for an interview and wrote
for the publication's blog. I helped
write the script for a video and also
participated in weekly discussions
between editors about content for
next week's issue.
Some of the highlights of the experience were writing the lead story

Winick outside The Economist offices in
london, united kingdom.

Winick with an article she authored in a
print issue of The Economist.

the logo for Clocking In, Winick's newsletter for MIT Technology Review, which is
focused on the future of work.

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