Position/Organization: editor, Wired Science

Betsy Mason is science editor for Wired.com, one of the most successful, heavily read, and flat-out interesting online science-news websites. Before working at Wired she reported on science for the Contra Costa Times in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has written about science for publications including Nature, Science, Discover and New Scientist. Before becoming a journalist, Betsy was a geologist, and has a Master's degree in geology from Stanford University.