Christie Aschwanden
Personal Information
Born: 1971
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
University of Colorado Boulder Biology; UC Santa Cruz Science Communication 1998
Professional Life
Field of Study: Science Journalism
Institution/Corporation: FiveThirtyEight
Degrees & Memberships: Member: Board of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing; Grand Mesa Nordic Council (2004)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2014-15 Santa Fe Institute Journalism Fellowship in Complexity Science; 2013-14 Carter Center Fellow; 2005 Best Article Award; 2009 Outstanding Essay Award; 2013 Science in Society Award for Commentary/Opinion; 2015 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Magazine Journalism, Society for Professional Journalists; 2016 AAAS/Kavli Science Journalism Award; 2016 Information is Beautiful Award
Achievements: American journalist; former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight; developed the Finkbeiner test, a guide for science writing to end gender bias; has reported on the effects of Agent Orange & P-hacking a method that involves narrowing or expanding data sets to prove a particular hypothesis; her reporting was the 1st to reveal the statistical & reproducibility issues in sports science particularly concerns over magnitude-based inference (MBI); her 1st book, "Good To Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery" explores the science of exercise recovery
as an athlete enjoys cycling (was a professional cyclist in college) & Nordic skiing (has raced on the Team Rossignol Nordic ski racing squad)
live in western Colorado on a small winery & farm with her husband Dave (a vintner) & several animals
winery produces Chill Switch Wines
enjoys trail running, skiing, bicycling, reading novels, gardening, & raising heritage chickens
blogs about science at "Last Word on Nothing"
was a high school track star
author of "Beautiful chickens" a coffee table book about chicken breeds