lena groeger

about me

I'm Lena, a science journalist and designer.

Right now I'm a news apps fellow at ProPublica. Before that I was at Scientific American, where I wrote about neuroscience and the odd quirks of the human mind. Even before that I was at Wired, where I reported on technology and the Defense Department's latest sci-fi projects. I make posters, blog occasionally, and like running (a lot).

some new stuff

fda antibiotics

A History of FDA Inaction on Animal Antibiotics

April 2012

A timeline of the (minimal) government oversight of livestock antibiotics. Constantly feeding animals antibiotics can lead to drug resistant "super bugs" and threaten human health.

fracking water

What the Frack is in That Water?

March 2012

A look at all the typical, toxic, and just plain weird stuff that goes into the fracking fluid that drillers use to extract natural gas from rock.

murdoch

Murdoch's Circle: The Growing News International Scandal

FEBRUARY 2012

A collection of all the arrests and resignations in the expanding News Corp scandal, in rings of proximity to Rupert Murdoch himself.

wildernessbodiesmotion

The Story Collider

2011-12

Posters for science storytelling performances organized by the Story Collider, a online and onstage project in NYC.

bodyplansperception

From Gung-Ho to Uh-Oh: Charting the Government's Moves on Fracking

February 2012

A timeline of the evolving government approach to natural gas drilling, or fracking. (Fun fact: it started with nuclear explosions.)

some older stuff

wired

The Dead, the Dollars, the Drones

September 2011

A series of interactive infographics on the costs of a decade of conflict since 9/11.

The Better Life Across the Globe

August 2011

A visualization of data from the OECD on how people's priorities about "the good life" differ depending on where they live.

radiation

Radiation Explained

April 2011

A visualization of various sources of radiation (from a chest xray to a nuclear accident) to give context to the levels released during the Fukushima disaster.

celebratebodyisthisok

Brown University Health Educaton

2007-2009

A series of public health posters for the Brown student body and Providence community on all kinds of topics: nutrition and fitness, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health and campus safety (to name a few).

freshmeatdeepbreath

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