Felicity Nelson

Felicity Nelson

Science journalist; strategy consultant
Felicity Nelson is a science and health journalist with bylines in ScienceAlert, Guardian Australia, The Medical Republic and news.com. Her stories were published in The Best Australian Science Writing anthologies in 2020, 2019 and 2017. Felicity runs a science writing and strategy consulting business called Frogs and Stars.

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