Laura Chang
(born in
Seattle, Washington) is an
American
journalist who has been the science editor of
The New York Times since 2004. Previously, she had been assistant science editor beginning in 1998, then deputy science editor.
Chang joined the
Times
in 1990. She began as a
copy editor
on the national desk, then became
assignment editor. She also served as a special projects editor, where she handled projects on
welfare reform, the erosion of privacy and the spread of
E. coli contamination. She was also the
Times
editor who stayed up all night excerpting the
Unabomber manifesto.
Chang graduated from the
University of Washington in 1984 with a B.S. in communications, with an emphasis in psychology.
Chang plays violin with the
Park Avenue Chamber Symphony and other
chamber music groups.
As Editor
-
Scientists at Work: Profiles of Today's Groundbreaking Scientists from Science Times.
New York:
McGraw-Hill Companies
, 2000. ISBN 007135882X ISBN 978-0071358828
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