Hi, I’m Grant.
I write about the information environment and help researchers share their ideas beyond academia.
My journalism has appeared in National Geographic, Scientific American, and Wired, and I work at Columbia University.
Blog
Science Channel Guide is about the people, platforms, and incentives that shape how ideas spread — or don’t.
The Problem with “Follow the Science”
with Dominique Broussard
The Power of Niche Outlets for Science PR
with Matt Shipman
A Poacher, a Tracking Collar, and the Ecology of Outrage
with Andrew Loveridge
Contact
If you found this website, I’d be happy to chat. Message me at: gpcurrin@gmail.com.
If you’re getting in touch about my work at Columbia, please use my institutional email: gc3037@columbia.edu.
Portfolio
Since starting out as a college newspaper reporter, I’ve covered science and the process of discovery as a freelance journalist, a full-time staffer, and contract writer. I’ve worked with publications, universities, research centers, scientific societies, and individual scientists.
Rare 'glacier bears' with bluish fur may face grim future
Research News
Citizen Scientists Digitized Centuries of Handwritten Rainfall Data
The Photographer Whose Work Helped Protect the Great Smoky Mountains
Profiles
An Imagineer with Roots at Columbia Engineering
Powerful Multi-color Lasers Now Fit on a Single Chip
Press Releases
How Thoughts Influence What the Eyes See
Why Haven’t All Primates Evolved into Humans?
Explainers
The Chemistry of Photography