Scientific American has announced Laura Helmuth as its new Editor-in-Chief. Helmuth becomes the ninth Editor-in-Chief in the nearly 175-year history of the magazine. In her role, Helmuth will be responsible for overseeing the flagship magazine, scientificamerican.com and other branded products. She will be based in the New York office with a start date of April 13.
Helmuth is an editor with more than 20 years of experience covering all fields of health, science, technology, and the environment. Before joining Scientific American, she was the Science and Health Editor for The Washington Post and has held positions at National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian, and Science. Helmuth was the President of the National Association of Science Writers from 2016 to 2018 and board member from 2012 to 2016.
Laura Helmuth will report to Stephen Pincock, VP Magazines, Editorial and Publishing, at Springer Nature, which publishes Scientific American. Scientific American, the longest continuously published magazine in the US. Over the magazine’s history, it has published articles by more than 200 Nobel laureate authors including Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Francis Crick, Stanley Prusiner, May-Britt Moser, and Richard Axel. Scientific American is published in 15 languages with over 12 million print and online readers worldwide, over 20 million global visits monthly, and a social media reach of more than 10 million.
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