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David Orenstein

David Orenstein

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director Of Communications, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Education

    • Northwestern University

      1990 - 1994
      BS, MS Journalism

    • San Francisco State University

      2002 - 2004
      BA Physics

  • Experience

    • Lincoln Journal Star

      Aug 1994 - Aug 1995
      Staff Writer

      As the agribusiness reporter I covered a variety of agricultural economics issues. Story topics included agricultural research, food safety and coverage of commodity markets. I also selected and edited the content of a weekly agriculture page.

    • Times Union

      Jan 1995 - Jan 1998
      Staff Writer

      As a business writer I covered computing and technology, telecommunications, food "from farm to table" and manufacturing. Specific coverage included university and corporate research of semiconductors, optics and other technologies.

    • IDG

      Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
      Senior Writer -- Computerworld

      As a senior writer I focused on operating systems from Microsoft and Novell, and application development. I also pioneered Computerworld's Linux coverage and wrote several "Quickstudies" explaining software technology.

    • Upside

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2000
      Senior Writer

    • Business 2.0

      Apr 2000 - Jan 2002
      Staff Writer

      I covered emerging technology and science for this now-defunct magazine, both at its Imagine and Time Warner incarnations.

    • Stanford School of Engineering

      Feb 2005 - Jul 2010
      Associate Director of Communications

    • Brown University

      Aug 2010 - Dec 2017
      Science News Officer

      I served as a Science News Officer, leading media relations for The Warren Alpert Medical School, the School of Public Health, and programs in biology and brain science. Through diligent coverage of these beats, I wrote hundreds of press releases and feature stories and won major media placements for a wide range of research advances. Story highlights included the development of the first human artificial ovary, and control by paralyzed patients – directly from the brain – of robotic arms using the BrainGate cortical implant. I tweeted to more than 2,600 followers @brownlifesci. Show less

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      Dec 2017 - now
      Director Of Communications, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

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