2001 Science in Society Journalism Awards

Presented February 14, 2002, at the NASW reception in Boston

An article about the awards is also available.

Book

David Dobbs

The Great Gulf

Island Press

Description and biography

Other years’ book award winners

Magazine

Gary Taubes

“The Soft Science of Dietary Fat”

Science

Description and biography

Other years’ magazine award winners

Newspaper

Sabin Russell, Reynolds Holding, Elizabeth Fernandez

“Breakdowns mar flu shot program”

“Waiting for shots”

San Francisco Chronicle

Description and biographies

Other years’ newspaper award winners

Radio

No award chosen for 2001

Other years’ radio award winners

Television

Betsey Arledge, Julia Cort, Robert Krulwich, NOVA

“Cracking the Code of Life”

NOVA/WGBH-TV

Description and biographies

Other years’ television award winners

Web

David Tenenbaum

“Energy Crisis III?”

The Why Files

Description and biography

Harald Franzen

“The Science of the Silver Bullet”

ScientificAmerican.com

Description and biography

2001 Science in Society Journalism Awards committee

AWARD CHAIRS

• Carol Cruzan Morton,science writer, Focus, Harvard Medical School
• Beryl Benderly, freelancer and book author, Washington, D.C.

BOOK AWARD COMMITTEE

• Steve Tally, Purdue Universality (chair)
• Sara Latta, freelance
• Michael Lemonick, Time
• Sally Maran, Smithsonian

MAGAZINE AWARD COMMITTEE

• Beryl Lieff Benderly, freelance (chair)
• Avery Comarow, U.S. News & World Report
• Robin Marantz Henig, freelance
• Jack Wiley, Smithsonian

NEWSPAPER AWARD COMMITTEE

• Beverly Orndorff, freelance (chair)
• Lewis Cope, freelance and Minneapolis Star-Tribune
• A.J. Hostetler, Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Lynn Nystrom, Virginia Tech

TELEVISION AWARD COMMITTEE

• Tom Watkins, CNN (chair)
• Gary Schwitzer, Univ. of Minnesota

WEB AWARD COMMITTEE

• Eric Schoch, Indiana University School of Medicine (chair)
• Cindy Fox Aisen, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Marti LaChance, Indiana University School of Medicine

FINAL SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Marcia Bartusiak, author
• Sherry Lassiter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
• Robert Lee Hotz, Los Angeles Times
• Ellen Shell, Boston University and Atlantic Monthly
• Diane Toomey, Living on Earth

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