Emily Graslie

She cleaned new specimens, gave tours, trained new interns, and acted as a teaching assistant for a class at the University of Montana.

Because of her ease in front of the camera, enthusiasm, and fan comments, Graslie was asked to create her own YouTube channel, "The Brain Scoop", as a part of the Nerdfighter family.

[15] Wallace included Graslie when she listed half a dozen fellow female science journalists whose reasonable, science-based articles on controversial topics had triggered crude abusive backlashes.

She clarified that she was "not ashamed of this" and that "part of the reason I'm sharing now is that I'm personally ready to start publicly educating and fighting the stigma against this often debilitating disorder.

"[21] In July of 2024, when musician Rob Scallon revealed his own Bipolar 1 disorder diagnosis, he credited Graslie as a support during his struggles.

[22] In November 2023, Graslie announced that she had brought the rights to The Brain Scoop under her personal control, and would soon be relaunching the channel as an independent production.

[23] In May 2019, Graslie announced that she would be producing and hosting a 3-hour series, on paleontology in the American Midwest, for PBS and WTTW; filming took place throughout 2019.