2002 Science in Society Journalism Awards

Magazine

Shannon Brownlee

“The Big Fat Question”

Self

Description

Shannon Brownlee

In citing Brownlee’s work, the judges applauded an article about fat that truly stood out in a magazine that has probably had more than its fill of stories about fat. The panel felt Brownlee’s intelligent and elegant prose brought out important scientific ideas that may not normally reach the magazine’s readership.

Biography

Shannon Brownlee has previously served as a staff writer at Discover magazine and as a senior writer at U.S. News & World Report. Her articles and essays on genetics, cancer research, and health care policy have also appeared in such publications as Time magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Republic, and the Wilson Quarterly.

Brownlee was an invited speaker in 1991 at a symposium for Nobel Laureates in Stockholm, Sweden. Her work was featured in The New Science Journalists, a book published in 1995, and she was a recipient of the 1998 Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.

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