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Anna Wexler
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
​(related to neuroscience technology)

Do-it-yourself Brain Stimulation has Hidden Risks Reuters, July 22 2016

CommonHealth: The World of DIY Brainhacking, WBUR (Boston's NPR station), July 11, 2016


​Brain Stimulation: How Does it Work and Can it Really Juice up Your Thinking Cap? Medical Daily,  April 8, 2016

DIYtDCS.com Podcast #6 March 13, 2016

Stimulus Plan? MIT News, December 18, 2015 (profile of my work)

The Weird World of Brain Hacking Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2015

 "Electrical brain stimulation moves from lab to home, experts wary" The Current (show on CBC, Canadian Public Radio), October 13, 2015

ACADEMIC RESEARCH
​(other)
"Who Invented the Cherry Tomato?" Gastropod podcast, June 2016

"Who Invented the Cherry Tomato?" The Atlantic, June 14, 2016

"The Contentious History of the Cherry Tomato" Smithsonian, June 20, 2016
SCIENCE WRITING
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Technology Review (Sep/Oct 2012) issue, MIT alumni profile: "Storyteller and Brain Researcher Explores the Unorthodox"

Article in Science ("At Science Journalism Confab, Arab-Israeli Tensions Caused Disruptions") about my appearance at the 2011 World Conference of Science Journalists in Qatar

Jerusalem Post piece ("Immigrant Anna Wexler: Unexpected Symbol of Israel") about the same event

For more about my own writing, see Writing for my science writing publications and Research for my scientific publications


DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING and UNORTHODOX
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The most up-to-date press about Unorthodox is on the film's website here. The following represents a brief selection:

Anna Wexler’s ‘Unorthodox’ journey (Jerusalem Post, March 16, 2015)

"Unorthodox in Israel, Secular in Kathmandu" (The Forward, November 13, 2014)

"Gap year in Israel: Rite of passage or turn to the right?" (Times of Israel, May 17, 2014)

"5 titles to watch for at the Boston Jewish Film Festival" (Boston Globe, November 2, 2013)

"Montclair Film Festival: Israel works profound changes, in two movies" (Montclair Times, May 1, 2014) 

"North Jersey natives among those in spotlight at Montclair Film Festival" (The Record, April 28, 2014)

The Forward - "Friday Film: Orthodox, More or Less" (January 2012)

Jerusalem Post - "An Unorthodox Bid" (December 2011)

New England Film - "Three Takes on Virtual Filmmaking" (December 2008)

Boston Herald: New England Film Junkie Blog (June 4, 2008)

Cambridge Chronicle piece about Cambridge Arts Council Awards (March 3, 2008)

Cambridge Chronicle profile  - "Unorthodox Filmmaker" (pdf) (January 25, 2008)

Boston Globe article on the 2007-2008 WGBH Filmmakers in Residence (December 9, 2007)




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