Shannon Stirone
{{Short description|American science journalist and editor}}
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| alma_mater = Sonoma State University
| education = B.A. in Art History
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Shannon Stirone is an American science journalist and writer, who writes about space travel and the human connection to space exploration. A native of California, she now lives in New York City.{{Cite web|url=https://natureofthings.substack.com/p/the-line-of-hope|title=The line of hope|first=Shannon|last=Stirone|date=April 11, 2021}} She is currently the Managing Editor at Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC.{{cite web|url=https://energyinnovation.org/team-member/shannon-stirone/|title=Shannon Stirone|website=energyinnovation.org|accessdate=11 May 2024}}
Education
Stirone has a B.A. in art history from Sonoma State University.
Writing
Stirone has written for numerous publications, including The Atlantic,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/shannon-stirone/|title=Shannon Stirone|website=The Atlantic|date=14 February 2023 }} Longreads,{{Cite web|url=https://longreads.com/2018/03/15/welcome-to-the-center-of-the-universe/|title=Shannon Stirone, Welcome to the Center of the Universe, March 2018|website=Longreads|date=15 March 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://longreads.com/2019/01/22/the-hunt-for-planet-nine/|title=Shannon Stirone, The Hunt for Planet Nine, January 2019|website=Longreads|date=22 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://longreads.com/2020/10/27/an-atlas-of-the-cosmos/#more-144457|title=Shannon Stirone, An Atlas of the Cosmos, October 2020|website=Longreads|date=27 October 2020}} National Geographic,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/news-cassini-grand-tour-finale-nasa-space|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230613073354/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/news-cassini-grand-tour-finale-nasa-space|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 13, 2023|title=Shannon Stirone|website=National Geographic|date=14 September 2018}} The New York Times,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/science/venus-life-clouds.html|title=Shannon Stirone, Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds, September 14, 2020|website=The New York Times|date=14 September 2020|last1=Stirone|first1=Shannon|last2=Chang|first2=Kenneth|last3=Overbye|first3=Dennis}} Popular Science,{{Cite web|url=https://www.popsci.com/authors/shannon-stirone/|title=Shannon Stirone|website=Popular Science}} Rolling Stone,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/author/shannon-stirone/|title=Shannon Stirone|magazine=Rolling Stone}} Scientific American,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.popsci.com/authors/shannon-stirone/|title=Shannon Stirone|magazine=Scientific American}} Slate,{{Cite magazine|url=https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/mourning-arecibo-telescope-closure.html|title=Shannon Stirone, Why I'm Mourning the Arecibo Telescope, November 23, 2020|magazine=Slate}} Wired,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/author/shannon-stirone/|title=Shannon Stirone|magazine=Wired}} and the Washington Post.{{Cite news|title=Perspective {{!}} Elon Musk's satellites threaten to disrupt the night sky for all of us|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/05/elon-musks-satellites-threaten-disrupt-night-sky-all-us/|access-date=2022-01-16|issn=0190-8286}}
Recognition
Her work has also been featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing book series, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in 2019,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y9auDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR7|title=The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019 - Table of Contents on Google Books|isbn=9781328519009|last1=Montgomery|first1=Sy|last2=Green|first2=Jaime|date=October 2019|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt }} 2020,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmLIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR7|title=The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020 - Table of Contents on Google Books|isbn=9780358074298|last1=Kaku|first1=Michio|last2=Green|first2=Jaime|date=3 November 2020|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt }} and 2021.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jkZEAAAQBAJ&pg=PR7|title=The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021 - Table of Contents on Google Books|isbn=9780358400066|last1=Yong|first1=Ed|last2=Green|first2=Jaime|date=12 October 2021|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt }}
Views
Stirone often writes about advances in space technology such as the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument{{Cite web|date=2020-11-18|title=Building A Map Of The Universe|url=https://think.kera.org/2020/11/18/building-a-map-of-the-universe%ef%bb%bf/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Think|language=en-US}} and profiles the work of scientists in astronomy and related fields like Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin.{{Cite web|last=Green|first=Jaime|date=2021-08-28|title=Future Tense Newsletter: A Planet Is More Than a Spot in the Sky|url=https://slate.com/technology/2021/08/pluto-exoplanets-planet-nine.html|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Slate Magazine|language=en}} Notably, Stirone has been a vocal critic of Elon Musk, his plans to colonize Mars,{{Cite web|last=DeCiccio|first=Emily|date=2021-03-05|title=Dangers await humans on Mars as Elon Musk sets his sights on colonization|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/04/dangers-await-humans-on-mars-as-elon-musk-eyes-colonization.html|access-date=2022-01-16|website=CNBC|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-03-05|title=Science author says it's unrealistic to live on Mars|url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/03/04/science-author-says-its-unrealistic-to-live-on-mars.html|access-date=2022-01-16|website=CNBC|language=en}} and the impacts on the night sky due to his Starlink satellites. Stirone has also criticized the billionaire space race.{{Cite news|last=BIKHCHANDANI|first=RAGHAV|date=July 13, 2021|title=Branson made it to space, and Bezos will follow suit. But honestly, no one really cares|work=The Print|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/pov/branson-made-it-to-space-and-bezos-will-follow-suit-but-honestly-no-one-really-cares/694774/|access-date=January 16, 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://twitter.com/shannonmstirone Shannon Stirone] on Twitter
- Stirone's Substack, [https://natureofthings.substack.com/ The Nature of Things]
- {{official website|http://www.shannonstirone.com/}}
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Category:American science writers
Category:American magazine writers
Category:Sonoma State University alumni
Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:American women science writers