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Current Developers in the Lab Core

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Kenna Beban

Contributing Correspondent, Photojournalist

Civic Science Observer

Dโ€™Maia Curry

Contributing Correspondent

Changemakers Video Program
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Diya Dwarakanath

Host

Local Perspectives Video Program

Shannon Geary

Contributing Correspondent & Host

Did You Know Video Program
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Julianna Goenaga

Contributing Correspondent

Neuroscience & Society โ€ข Civic Science Observer
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Jake Krauss

Anchor/Host

The Signal Briefing Program
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Kacie Luaders

Anchor/Host

Consider This Next Audio Program
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Joanna Marsh

Contributing Correspondent, Citizen Science

Civic Science Observer
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Fanuel Muindi

Founder/Director

Questions of the Day Program
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Stephanie Okeyo

Contributing Correspondent & Host

SciCommTV Africa Program
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Kristel Tjandra

Host

Science Engaged Audio Program

Bernadette Weigman

Contributing Correspondent, Neuroscience & Society

Civic Science Observer
How the lab works

A distributed civic science reporting model

Our lab supports a core group of independent civic science correspondents and analysts (called the โ€œdevelopersโ€) who are documenting the rapidly evolving landscape of civic science. Some conduct investigative reporting, others design tools, map ecosystems, or synthesize new research. Together, their work helps make civic science more visible, accessible, and actionable for those building initiatives at the intersection of science and society.

Located in the center, the developers are building their own documenting practice across video, audio, digital print, and photography. They can access internal lab funding and also pursue external funding through the labโ€™s infrastructure to support their ethnographic work.

Surrounding them is a rotating community of resident scholars, practitioners, and decision-makers who serve as a distributed advisory and intelligence network. Through their ongoing work, these residents help surface emerging ideas, initiatives, and challenges that help inform and shape the reporting and analysis produced by the lab core.

Why this matters

The goal is not simply to document projects, but to help correspondents and analysts ask thought-provoking questions to generate new insights.

Civic science model diagram showing correspondents and analysts at the center with surrounding scholars, practitioners, and decision-makers
Figure. The central orange circle represents the labโ€™s core group of correspondents and analysts. Surrounding arcs represent a rotating community of scholars, practitioners, and decision-makers contributing insights from their ongoing work.

Ways to Engage the Core

Residents

Residents are current scholars, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers advancing civic science projects around the world. They inform our civic science journalism practice through their ongoing work.

Interns

Each year, we host interns who work with our civic science journalists to research and report on the latest developments across different parts of civic science.

Get in touch

If you are interested in learning more about the work we do and how we operate, ways of joining, we invite you to reach out and tell us about the adventure you seek.

f.muindi@csmedialab.org

Former Developers

Emma Sobieski Correspondent, Civic Science Observer
Janโ€“Jun 2025
Victoria Gonzalez Special Correspondent
Jan 2022 โ€“ Jan 2024
Heidi Houzenga Research Associate
Oct 2021 โ€“ May 2022
Khushbu Kshirsagar Research Associate
Apr 2021 โ€“ Sept 2021
Ariana DeCastro, PhD Communications Officer
Apr 2022 โ€“ Jun 2024
Claire Holesovsky Assistant Director
2021โ€“2024
Bre Kelsey Events Manager
2021โ€“2024
Sally Root Development Officer
2022
Noelle Romelfanger Operations Manager
2020 โ€“ 2022
Selena Cintron Social Media Manager
2019

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