ROBYN K COGGINS | PORTFOLIO
Big and Noteworthy
NEW! Good Endings. Inaugural Q&A of a new section, Tough Questions, in Pitt Med. Discussion with renowned legal scholar Alan Meisel and palliative care and medical ethics leader Robert Arnold about end-of-life issues and death with dignity. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2018
Super Science. Feature story on President Barack Obama's fist bump with a mind-controlled robot, aka his visit to the White House Frontiers Conference at Pitt. Pitt Magazine, Winter 2017
Paying Attention. ADHD is much more than just a little boy squirming in a chair. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2016
Invisible Loss. How we talk about miscarriage. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2016
Tough Talk. Difficult conversations in the ICU and beyond. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2016
Personalized Medicine, 101. A clinician's crash course on future medicine. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2016
Doctors Worth Loving. Feature story on a unique four-year program that pairs med students with patients. Pitt Med magazine, Spring 2016
Clinical Practice Guideline: Otitis Media with Effusion (Update). Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, February 2016
Plain Language Summary: Otitis Media with Effusion. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, February 2016
Empty Nests. Feature story on the biology behind infertility. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2015
Tweet Talkin' Docs. How Pitt physicians and scientists are using Twitter. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2015
Simran Sethi Says Eat What You Love: A Q&A. Acquired Taste Online. November 2015
What's the Best Way to Die? Given hypothetical, anything-goes permission to choose from a creepy, unlimited vending machine of endings, what would you select? Should you have the right to choose? Wilson Quarterly's "Transitions" issue, Fall 2015
Pathological Futures. Feature story on precision medicine, pathology, and genomics. Pitt Med magazine, Spring 2015 [PDF]
Secondhand Stories in a Rusting Steel Town. A downtrodden town and a pawn shop turned secondhand store where the owner has to "buy the item, not the story." Wilson Quarterly's "American Fissures" issue, Spring 2015
Identity Triumphs: Physician, Know Thyself, And Others Too. Feature story on interprofessionalism at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Pitt's Schools of the Health Sciences. Pitt Med magazine, Winter 2015 [PDF]
"There's Always Something" Feature story on sickle cell disease. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2014 [PDF]
Creating Nonfiction: Lessons From the Voice of the Genre. The editors of Creative Nonfiction have selected their favorite craft essays from the early issues of the groundbreaking literary journal. This ebook collection offers both inspiration and instruction for readers and writers of creative nonfiction. Edited by Lee Gutkind and Robyn Jodlowski, 2013
#Censored: Tracking Blocked Searches on China’s Homegrown Version of Twitter. Pacific Standard magazine, September 2013
You Might Have Missed ... Everything and More. Hot Metal Bridge, August 2010
Super Science. Feature story on President Barack Obama's fist bump with a mind-controlled robot, aka his visit to the White House Frontiers Conference at Pitt. Pitt Magazine, Winter 2017
Paying Attention. ADHD is much more than just a little boy squirming in a chair. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2016
Invisible Loss. How we talk about miscarriage. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2016
Tough Talk. Difficult conversations in the ICU and beyond. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2016
Personalized Medicine, 101. A clinician's crash course on future medicine. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2016
Doctors Worth Loving. Feature story on a unique four-year program that pairs med students with patients. Pitt Med magazine, Spring 2016
Clinical Practice Guideline: Otitis Media with Effusion (Update). Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, February 2016
Plain Language Summary: Otitis Media with Effusion. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, February 2016
Empty Nests. Feature story on the biology behind infertility. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2015
Tweet Talkin' Docs. How Pitt physicians and scientists are using Twitter. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2015
Simran Sethi Says Eat What You Love: A Q&A. Acquired Taste Online. November 2015
What's the Best Way to Die? Given hypothetical, anything-goes permission to choose from a creepy, unlimited vending machine of endings, what would you select? Should you have the right to choose? Wilson Quarterly's "Transitions" issue, Fall 2015
- Featured in the New York Times Now app, November 26, 2015
- Featured in an "On the Shelf" reading roundup at The Paris Review
Pathological Futures. Feature story on precision medicine, pathology, and genomics. Pitt Med magazine, Spring 2015 [PDF]
Secondhand Stories in a Rusting Steel Town. A downtrodden town and a pawn shop turned secondhand store where the owner has to "buy the item, not the story." Wilson Quarterly's "American Fissures" issue, Spring 2015
- Featured on Longform.org (and not at my behest!)
- Appeared on Autostraddle's Best Longreads of 2015
Identity Triumphs: Physician, Know Thyself, And Others Too. Feature story on interprofessionalism at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and Pitt's Schools of the Health Sciences. Pitt Med magazine, Winter 2015 [PDF]
"There's Always Something" Feature story on sickle cell disease. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2014 [PDF]
Creating Nonfiction: Lessons From the Voice of the Genre. The editors of Creative Nonfiction have selected their favorite craft essays from the early issues of the groundbreaking literary journal. This ebook collection offers both inspiration and instruction for readers and writers of creative nonfiction. Edited by Lee Gutkind and Robyn Jodlowski, 2013
#Censored: Tracking Blocked Searches on China’s Homegrown Version of Twitter. Pacific Standard magazine, September 2013
You Might Have Missed ... Everything and More. Hot Metal Bridge, August 2010
Humor Pieces
How to Survive a Contentious National Debate: A 21st-Century Politician’s Guide. The Reject Pile, August 2015
Little Ditties
Matches Made in Pittsburgh infographic, Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2016
Live blogging from the White House Frontiers Conference, October 13, 2016
Assorted summer findings: Presidential praise for Pitt, PRIDE in the med school curriculum, and a quasi reunion for Code Black. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2016 [PDF]
An interview with Derek Angus on randomized clinical trials and big data and For Real! Moles. Pitt Med magazine, Spring 2016
Getting Smart About Being Dense. Even well-educated doctors have a hard time guiding patients in breast imaging decisions. Radiologist Wendie Berg wants her colleagues and patients to be better informed. Pitt Med magazine, Winter 2016
For Real! Life on Mars. Could we really live on the red planet? Explaining the answer to tweens. Pitt Med magazine, Winter 2016
Stewardship is Local: 20-Some Foundation-Building Moments from the 20th Century. How Pittsburgh foundations have shaped Pitt medical school. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2015
Assorted summer findings: Vice Premier Yandong Liu visits the U, bedside stories with Perri Klass, making sense of zettabytes. Pitt Med magazine, 2015 [PDF]
Assorted spring findings: Interview with Paul O'Neill, former Secretary of the Treasury; on new treatment and imaging for drug-resistant TB; Winter Academy turns 10; and a physician-scientist training program roundup. Pitt Med magazine, 2015 [PDF]
Assorted winter findings: Concussion films in Pittsburgh, re:solve Crisis Network, predicting rejection, Charles Bluestone class note. Pitt Med magazine, 2015 [PDF]
"Inaugural Deanship" and "Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation." Reprinted in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 2014 Annual Report [PDF]
Obituary, Emmanuel Farber. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2014
Assorted fall 2014 findings. Pitt Med magazine [PDF]
Assorted summer 2014 findings. Pitt Med magazine [PDF]
Room with a View, of the Littlest Ones. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2014
Live blogging from the White House Frontiers Conference, October 13, 2016
- From the Exhibition Hall: Brain Trust
- One in a Million: Pitt and the Precision Medicine Initiative
- A Moment from the Personal Track
- Pitt MD/PhD Student Alexis Chidi to Introduce President Obama
Assorted summer findings: Presidential praise for Pitt, PRIDE in the med school curriculum, and a quasi reunion for Code Black. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2016 [PDF]
An interview with Derek Angus on randomized clinical trials and big data and For Real! Moles. Pitt Med magazine, Spring 2016
Getting Smart About Being Dense. Even well-educated doctors have a hard time guiding patients in breast imaging decisions. Radiologist Wendie Berg wants her colleagues and patients to be better informed. Pitt Med magazine, Winter 2016
For Real! Life on Mars. Could we really live on the red planet? Explaining the answer to tweens. Pitt Med magazine, Winter 2016
Stewardship is Local: 20-Some Foundation-Building Moments from the 20th Century. How Pittsburgh foundations have shaped Pitt medical school. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2015
Assorted summer findings: Vice Premier Yandong Liu visits the U, bedside stories with Perri Klass, making sense of zettabytes. Pitt Med magazine, 2015 [PDF]
Assorted spring findings: Interview with Paul O'Neill, former Secretary of the Treasury; on new treatment and imaging for drug-resistant TB; Winter Academy turns 10; and a physician-scientist training program roundup. Pitt Med magazine, 2015 [PDF]
Assorted winter findings: Concussion films in Pittsburgh, re:solve Crisis Network, predicting rejection, Charles Bluestone class note. Pitt Med magazine, 2015 [PDF]
"Inaugural Deanship" and "Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation." Reprinted in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 2014 Annual Report [PDF]
Obituary, Emmanuel Farber. Pitt Med magazine, Fall 2014
Assorted fall 2014 findings. Pitt Med magazine [PDF]
Assorted summer 2014 findings. Pitt Med magazine [PDF]
Room with a View, of the Littlest Ones. Pitt Med magazine, Summer 2014
Interviews and Podcasts
The Relationship Between Text and Image: An interview with Kristen Radtke. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #48, Spring 2013
Resurrecting Our Printed Past: An interview with Stephen Knezovich. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #47, Winter 2013
Santa Skeptics, A WhippleWerff Christmas. Hosted by Amy Whipple and AV Club’s Todd VanDerWerff December 2, 2012
What about all the time before that?: An interview with Maria Meindl. At the End of Life blog, October 2012
Moments of Magic: An interview with Camille Serisier. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #46, Fall 2012
Solving a Problem: An interview with Kathy Rooney. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #45, Summer 2012
Giving form to chaos: An interview with David Wallace. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #44, Spring 2012
Healthy, honest, and healing: An interview with Joe Primo. At the End of Life blog, May 2012
Getting through the day: An interview with Carol Cooley. At the End of Life blog, May 2012
Fears, joys and struggles: An interview with Anne Jacobson. At the End of Life blog, May 2012
Let’s help the living: An interview with Eleanor Vincent. At the End of Life blog, May 2012
We carry them with us: An interview with Eve Joseph. At the End of Life blog, April 2012
We're not all that normal: An interview with Michael Lotenero. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #43, Fall/Winter 2011
Pow! Scribble!: An interview with Rigel Stuhmiller. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #41, Spring 2011
People are strangest: An interview with Michelle Leveille. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #40, Winter 2011
Resurrecting Our Printed Past: An interview with Stephen Knezovich. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #47, Winter 2013
Santa Skeptics, A WhippleWerff Christmas. Hosted by Amy Whipple and AV Club’s Todd VanDerWerff December 2, 2012
What about all the time before that?: An interview with Maria Meindl. At the End of Life blog, October 2012
Moments of Magic: An interview with Camille Serisier. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #46, Fall 2012
Solving a Problem: An interview with Kathy Rooney. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #45, Summer 2012
Giving form to chaos: An interview with David Wallace. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #44, Spring 2012
Healthy, honest, and healing: An interview with Joe Primo. At the End of Life blog, May 2012
Getting through the day: An interview with Carol Cooley. At the End of Life blog, May 2012
Fears, joys and struggles: An interview with Anne Jacobson. At the End of Life blog, May 2012
Let’s help the living: An interview with Eleanor Vincent. At the End of Life blog, May 2012
We carry them with us: An interview with Eve Joseph. At the End of Life blog, April 2012
We're not all that normal: An interview with Michael Lotenero. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #43, Fall/Winter 2011
Pow! Scribble!: An interview with Rigel Stuhmiller. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #41, Spring 2011
People are strangest: An interview with Michelle Leveille. Creative Nonfiction, Issue #40, Winter 2011
Reading Guides
The Longform Guide to Cubicle Culture. Slate.com, May 2014
Forever in Debt: The Longform Guide to Being Broke. Slate.com, December 2013
Sea Monkeys, Sex Toys, and Gatorade: The Longform Guide to Modern Inventions. Slate.com, July 2013
What a Sight: The Longform Guide to Vision (or Lack Thereof). Slate.com, June 2013
The Longform Guide to Elephants. Slate.com, May 2013
The Longform Guide to Motherhood. Slate.com, March 2013
The Longform Guide to Dying. Slate.com, February 2013
The Longform Guide to Plastic Surgery. Slate.com, January 2013
The Longform Guide to Pittsburgh. Slate.com, October 2012
The Longform Guide to Christian Rock. Slate.com, September 2012
Forever in Debt: The Longform Guide to Being Broke. Slate.com, December 2013
Sea Monkeys, Sex Toys, and Gatorade: The Longform Guide to Modern Inventions. Slate.com, July 2013
What a Sight: The Longform Guide to Vision (or Lack Thereof). Slate.com, June 2013
The Longform Guide to Elephants. Slate.com, May 2013
The Longform Guide to Motherhood. Slate.com, March 2013
The Longform Guide to Dying. Slate.com, February 2013
The Longform Guide to Plastic Surgery. Slate.com, January 2013
The Longform Guide to Pittsburgh. Slate.com, October 2012
The Longform Guide to Christian Rock. Slate.com, September 2012