Dawn Fallik is an award-winning reporter specializing in database analysis, medical coverage, and digital storytelling, and the former co-director of the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. Dawn has been a staff reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Associated Press, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and she served on the multimedia desk at The Wall Street Journal. She is an associate professor at the University of Delaware and continues to write for The Washington Post, NPR, and other publications. She is also the creator of the Words for Nerds program, which teaches STEM students and professional researchers how to share their work with the general public.