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Stephanie K. Rucco

Principal Media & Communications Specialist, Media & Communications Office, Stakeholders Relations Office

Stephanie K. Rucco

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Stakeholders Relations Office
Bldg. 101MZ, Room 313-2
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-8671
(631) 905-6712
 skossman@bnl.gov

Stephanie Rucco develops communications strategies and creative content to engage the public with Brookhaven Lab's world-class research. She serves as the Lab's social media manager, copy editor, and a science writer specializing in high energy physics. She has more than a decade of experience in journalism and communications.

Expertise | Education

Expertise

  • Strategic communications
  • Digital communications and engagement
  • Short- and long-form journalism
  • Science journalism
  • Editing (AP style, English grammar)
  • Content creation

Education

  • M.A. in journalism, New York University, 2016
    • Program: digital storytelling
    • Beat: science and medicine
  • B.A. in religion, Wellesley College, 2014
    • Concentration: ethics and moral philosophy
    • Additional pre-med studies with a focus on neuroscience
    • Additional studies in science journalism at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephanie K. Rucco

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Stakeholders Relations Office
Bldg. 101MZ, Room 313-2
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-8671
(631) 905-6712
 skossman@bnl.gov