Sam Lemonick

Chemistry reporter. He/him. DMs open.

[Bri Barbu @bri_barbu]

Are you a scientist who has periods? Have they affected your education or work? Wanna tell me about it for journalism? Then please get in touch!

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

@bri_barbu I want to know the answer to this too. I can say that a number of chemists have had success applying natural language processing machine learning methods to chemistry problems.

Did a feature on that couple years ago: https://t.co/2sDbDebs2s

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

@JamesxMyall THANK YOU

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

Very good news. ACS still has a massive amount of work to do if there's any chance of fixing the mess they made, but this seems like the right first step.

[Chemjobber @Chemjobber]

Good news https://t.co/LmUym4EXI5 via @cenmag

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

Dorea was the connection many C&EN readers had to the magazine. Outstanding journalism aside, I'm convinced that she is a big reason @cenmag is so well loved right now. And some other outlet is going to be very lucky to get her.

[Andrea Widener @Widener_writer]

I also resigned last week from @AmerChemSociety after almost 11 years because of the continued assaults on @cenmag’s integrity. I am so sad for the amazing people who work here and our readers. No one at ACS is acknowledging the problem or seems to be working to fix it.

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

Evergreen tweet

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

@LeighJKBoerner Serve it in somebody’s drink

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

@sciencegeist It’s also worth saying, as someone pointed out to me, that Connelly’s assertion that C&EN will continue its safety coverage is violating C&EN’s editorial independence. I hope it’s true, but that’s not up to him.

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

I get why Connelly and others believe the first is true, but I do not. C&EN and ACS’s ability to get and keep the journalists who can do that kind of work is directly tied to C&EN’s reputation. Making it more of a society organ hurts that rep. And I have told him as much.

[Cheryl Rofer @CherylRofer]

@AmerChemSociety @cenmag @Chemjobber Quick reply from Thomas Connelly, CEO. Excerpts:

*The change does not impact C&EN’s ability to continue to do independent, world-class science journalism that we’ve come to expect.

*Safety, including lab safety, will continue to be an important subject for our C&EN coverage.

[Chemjobber @Chemjobber]

C&EN's publisher Susan Morrissey on the restructuring: https://t.co/uvWNGZKa9a

Caffeine-free Diet Coke is more substantive than this editorial

[Jiahao Chen @NeurIPS @acidflask]

The @AmerChemSociety has gutted the journalism of its flagship magazine, C&E News.

I did not renew my student membership after graduation. I told the fundraiser who called me that as an academic postdoc, I didn't see why I should help fund million dollar executive salaries

[Manny I. Fox Morone @MannyFoxMorone]

@olexandr @curiouswavefn @JakeYeston @AmerChemSociety C&EN advisors put out this open letter, but we're always interested in hearing from members https://t.co/r7WNrhMoSv

[Neil Withers @NeilWithers]

What the hell are they doing to @cenmag ??

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

@jffdougan @cenmag @AmerChemSociety They've both said it publicly now, so the answer is editor in chief Bibiana Campos Seijo and policy and content partnerships executive editor Jyllian Kemsley.

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

I’m feeling awful (again) for my @cenmag friends and former colleagues. @AmerChemSociety has just fired the two most senior editors. Another unfathomable, destructive decision. #chemtwitter

[Dr Bibiana Campos Seijo @BibianaCampos]

My last day @cenmag and ACS was this past Monday. I’m on the market for a new position and excited about what the future may bring.

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

Jyllian assigned and edited the two C&EN stories I’m most proud of. She mentored me as I stepped out of my reporting comfort zone. This is a tremendous loss for @cenmag.

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

Correction: That should be *two of* the most senior editors.

[Sam Lemonick @SamLemonick]

@science_ari Haha I just put it together that it was you in the @DefectorMedia story. I should have realized sooner.