Anna Funk is associate editor at Discover magazine. In addition to writing for print and online, she edits features, the columns Notes from Earth and Mind over Matter, and the mini-columns that make up Discover’s front-of-book section, The Crux. She joined the Discover staff in 2018 after working at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a AAAS Mass Media Fellow. Before that, she studied prairie restoration ecology, and has her Ph.D. in plant biology and ecology, evolutionary biology, and behavior from Michigan State. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisc.

Pitching guidelines:

Discover puts out eight issues a year and web stories daily. We're always looking for writers for our features as well as the shorter columns. So if you have a great idea for a science story, it doesn't matter so much that you know in advance which column it might fit into (though that's a nice sign that you're familiar with the magazine) — we can help with that. The most important thing for a pitch is, first and foremost, the science (what's new about it, and why is it interesting to readers). Preference will be given to stories that have a strong narrative underlying the strong science. We offer travel budgets for print features, so mention any excursions you have in mind. "Researchers are studying X" pitches are too early — wait for results, or better yet, for the peer-reviewed paper to come out.

Twitter: @DrAnnaFunk
Email: afunk@discovermagazine.com