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Science Journalist | Words in @NYTimes @NatGeo @Nature @NewsfromScience @SciAm and more | Views my own| Signal: humbertobasilio.24
Mexico City humbertobasilio.bsky.social Joined August 2011
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Humberto Basilio @HumbertoBasilio
Incredible news! I’m a top 3 finalist for the 2026 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award for my @ScienceMagazine investigation into how misconduct affects conservation in Latin America!

Off to London in November! Huge thanks to @thomfound and @FPALondon for this honor! :)
Thomson Foundation Verified account @thomfound Oct 21
Announcing the three finalists for the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award 2026. Congratulations to  Aaron Atsahyel (@AtsahyelAaron 🇳🇬), Humberto Basilio (@HumbertoBasilio 🇲🇽) and William Kamau (@MoigeWilliam 🇰🇪).

Winner to be announced at the @FPALondon awards on 30th November. Read more: thomsonfoundation.org/latest/young-j…

#TFYoungJournalist #Journalism #Competition #Awards @IFJGlobal @IJNet @gijn @gijnAfrica
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Humberto Basilio @HumbertoBasilio
It’s such an honor to be shortlisted among the 12 contenders for the @thomfound 2026 Young Journalist Award. This is already a huge recognition for Latin American (freelance) science journalism :) Congratulations to all the incredible colleagues who made the list!
Thomson Foundation Verified account @thomfound Sep 22
We're excited to reveal this year's shortlist for Thomson's Young Journalist Award 🏆: 
📑 651 stories submitted 
🧑‍💻 217 candidates 
🌍 56 countries
✨ 12 outstanding journalists have made it through.  Read about them:  thomsonfoundation.org/latest/young-j…

#TFYoungJournalist #JournalismMatters @FPALondon @HumbertoBasilio @MoigeWilliam @ngevao_sia @NdidiamakaEde @GeorgeShabaev @AtsahyelAaron @KanyomboAlain @WaasiShaffii
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Humberto Basilio @HumbertoBasilio
An Ecuadorian biologist says his mission is to save the country’s ecosystems. But critics accuse him of misconduct, mishandling animals, and distorting biodiversity science in the process.For more than a year, I investigated him for @NewsfromScience 🧵science.org/content/articl…
www.science.org Did this scientist go too far trying to save Ecuador’s wildlife? Alejandro Arteaga’s efforts to identify and protect tropical reptiles and amphibians have entangled him in controversy
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