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Andrea Widener
Affiliation during program: Contra Costa Newspapers
Country Focus: Russia

Andrea Widener
Program: Spring 2001

Andrea Widener is a reporter for the Contra Costa Newspapers, for which she covers science and the San Francisco Bay area's national laboratories. Since joining the paper in 1998, she has covered stories such as the Wen Ho Lee case and the cost overruns in construction of the world's largest laser. Previously, she was an education reporter for the Boca Raton News in Florida and reported on environmental issues as an intern for The Oregonian. She majored in Physics and Communication at Trinity University in San Antonio. She has a Master's degree at the University of Missouri, where she majored in journalism with an emphasis on environmental reporting.

 

 

 

 

Stories
· Nuclear Cities Face Uncertainty
· Struggles for Money Consume Scientists
· One Emigre's Optimistic View
· Nuclear Legacy
· Russia Struggles to Revive its Past Renown in Science
· 'Science Cities' See their Salvation in Brain Power
· Earth-shaking Machines May Help Monitor Test Ban Treaty

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