Sam Nichols

@PisceanSiren Hello, I'm a freelance journalist currently based in NYC. I'm currently writing a story about mold in the city. I saw your tweets from last year and wanted to see if we could chat? Can you follow me back so I can DM you/can you DM me? Thanks so much.

@DecaturTenant Hi there, I'm a freelance journalist currently based in NYC. I wanted to get in touch about a story I'm working on about mold. Can you follow me back so I can DM you/do you want to DM me? Thanks!

‘She won a defamation case against Higgins, the woman raped in her office, who must now pay her $315,000 in damages plus $26,000 in interest. This will likely bankrupt Higgins.’ This is QUITE the editorial… thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21460/VT…

“Over the past few years, a chorus of voices led by eminent scientists, including former Australian chief scientist Ian Chubb, has called for an independent research integrity body to be established.” Jackson Ryan on a space science scandal mnth.ly/1tnz3By

New *paid* 3-4 month residency for science journalists in Australia from @ScienceJournOz Full editorial independence, get your apps in by Nov 24! imb.uq.edu.au/science-journa…

@JamesPurtill @Channel10AU @theprojecttv I had a similar experience last year where @theprojecttv ran a package on mental health apps that was identical to + featured the same talent as my story on mental health apps (published two weeks earlier) youtu.be/522yQZRSXGM?si… abc.net.au/news/2023-06-0…

I don't tweet often but this is annoying. @Channel10AU's @theprojecttv interviewed me Thursday, after the ABC published my story about 23&Me on Wednesday. Their story on Sunday is v similar to mine + I'm the main talent, but doesn't mention (a) my story (b) I'm a reporter 1/

New from me: Mpox cases are sharply growing in Australia, increasing from 108 at the start of July to more than 700 now. Health workers + academics say this acceleration is a sign vaccination rates need to increase. @HollyTreg abc.net.au/news/2024-09-2…

More than half of the people who regularly use party drugs are also taking ADHD medications without a prescription, NDARC research shows. Read Dr Rachel Sutherland's @ConversationEDU article about this key finding from the 2024 Drug Trends reports: theconversation.com/more-than-half…

Over the last three decades, legionnaires' disease has grown in Australia, particularly in NSW where cases have increased by over 600 per cent. Scientists aren't certain why, but they have theories. ab.co/3yD6saK

New from me: Fatal overdoses are growing fast in south-west Sydney. Some say a solution is more safe injecting rooms. But how effective would this really be? abc.net.au/news/2024-08-1…

@KevDertadian Thanks, Kev!

Piece by @samjnichols that starts with story of Sarah & Lees tragic encounter with #overdose, need for local solutions to local issues in #WesternSydney and a little from me on the evidence around safe inject facilities - TV story to follow tonight 7pm abc.net.au/news/2024-08-1…

US FDA declines to approve first MDMA-based PTSD treatment reuters.com/business/healt…

Once again tweeting this but Vice was a lot of things -- good and very bad. But at its core, it was original + a platform for voices and stories ignored by major outlets. RIP!!!!

For people in north Queensland, a bright green caterpillar’s sting ‘feels like the seven rings of hell’. But scientists in Brisbane hope its toxin can be used to heal, not harm theguardian.com/science/articl…

Avoid words like alcoholic, addict, user, abuser, junkie, drunk or crackhead unless they are in quotations or names of organizations, such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Instead, choose phrasing like "he was addicted," "people with heroin addiction" or "she used drugs."

Victorian government scraps plans for a second supervised injecting room in Melbourne abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2… via @ABCaustralia

New from me: Food insecurity is increasing nationally, but what does this mean for places already with lower-than-average food security? I spoke to a lot of people about food insecurity in GWS and what it means for the region’s wellbeing. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

Wow genuinely RIP, the 2010s are finally over

This huge fire in Bangladesh, which left 7,000 people homeless, shows just how 'forgotten' Rohingya refugees have become abc.net.au/news/2024-02-1…