🧬 From CJS student to Staff Writer: step into the world of Shayla Love, '16 M.A. Science. She’s breaking down complex, global topics in society, health and the mind at The Atlantic — and winning awards while she's at it. Discover how culture and science intersect. Explore this concentration: https://journalism.columbia.edu/ma-degree/science-concentration | Columbia Journalism School

Hammad Abdulrasheed is a lawyer who became a science journalist because he wanted to make an impact. At @wcsj25, he won in one of the categories at the Africa Science Journalism Awards (ASJA) 2025 for an investigation that could save thousands of lives. In Nigeria, "pure water" factories sell sachet water to millions of people who can't afford bottled water. Hammad collaborated with scientists to test the water in labs. The results? Contaminated. Factories weren't following regulations, and peop