Lori Youmshajekian is an award-winning science journalist who focuses on debunking popular health trends, explaining new research findings, and investigating scientific misconduct.
Writing for leading American science magazines, such as Scientific American and National Geographic, her reporting cuts through the hype and misinformation influencing the biggest health conversations of today.
She also writes extensively about the messy side of research, tracing how fraud and scientific misconduct affect the science we rely on.
Work appears in
Reporting on Health
Her work looks into the science behind what we eat and the trends that claim to make us healthier. She’s reported on ultra-processed foods, GLP-1 drugs, and the hype around wellness fads, her work cutting through the noise to find what’s real and what’s not.
Reporting on Armenia
Lori has spent the past year finding the untold stories in this lesser-known country in the Caucasus. Her reporting has taken her from remote villages to dense forests and high-altitude lakes, investigating dwindling water reserves, vanishing wildlife, or telling the stories of those fighting to protect the country’s fragile environment.
Reporting on Misconduct
At Retraction Watch, Lori reports on scientific misconduct and what happens when bad science is exposed. Her stories have led to investigations, resignations, and retractions across the research world.
About
Lori began her career in her hometown Sydney, where she won awards for her video work at Newscorp reporting on social justice campaigns that contributed to legislative changes across Australia. She then served as a writer and producer for TV and online video at the ABC, the national broadcaster.
She spent two years in New York, earning her master’s in science, health and environmental journalism from NYU. Now based in Yerevan, Armenia, she works as a freelancer, regularly covering the environmental and health issues specific to the country, and hosting workshops to support local early-career journalists.