Dave Mosher
Science & Technology Journalist. Web Nerd. Infinitely Curious.
Dave Mosher combines his passions for science and journalism—paired with infinite curiosity—to craft clear, accessible, and thought-provoking content across print, web, tablet, video, and whatever's next.
Mosher is the online director of Popular Science, where he oversees PopSci.com and leads the website's talented and nerdy editorial team, develops and manages a premiere network of science and technology blogs, and digs for loose change in the ever-expanding couch that is the Internet.
In his spare time, Mosher dabbles in photography, video, web development, and graphic design; bikes around New York City; roughhouses with his dog; and performs science experiments with (and on) an army of nieces and nephews.
Mosher is available for freelance opportunities that hit the right marks and is open to collaborating on genre-defying, world-changing, and/or utterly crazy projects.
The skinny:
- served as Popular Science magazine's projects editor, where he managed the Manual section (formerly called How 2.0) in the back of the issue and embedded himself the DIY/maker/hacker worlds
- contributed to Wired.com (primarily Wired Science), Wired magazine and served as the community manager of Wired Science Blogs
- hosted The Countdown, Scientific American's space show on YouTube's official Space Lab channel
- freelanced for National Geographic News, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, Txchnologist and other popular science outlets
- served as editor for The Time Hack project by Matthew Danzico
- curated and helped expand The Simons Foundation's websites, SimonsFoundation.org and SFARI.org
- launched and produced Discovery Space, the Discovery Channel's first exclusive multimedia content hub focused on space and astronomy (now part of Discovery News)
- wrote breaking news and features, covered NASA's robotic spaceflight programs, chased space shuttles and developed multimedia content as a staff writer for SPACE.com and LiveScience.com
- crafted articles for more than 6 million pairs of eyes while assisting with DISCOVER magazine's website
- cultivated inside understanding of public information at Ohio State University Research Communications
- interned with Fermilab public affairs and reported daily news about the world's (then) most powerful particle accelerator while contributing to symmetry magazine
- broke into journalism as a writer, photographer, editor and teaching assistant for The Lantern, Ohio State University's student-run newspaper, and launched its first-ever science section
Dave Mosher grew up in his dad's automotive repair center in Ohio but lives in New York City. He feels weird about third-person references, but uses them for search engine optimization. To e-mail Mosher, click the cartoon face.