The Science in Society Journalism Awards have been presented annually by the American

National Association of Science Writers The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) was created in 1934 by science journalists and reporters. The mission of NASW is "to improve the craft of science journalism and to promote good science reportage". It has been called, "the nation ...

(NASW) since 1972 to recognize "...investigative or interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact on modern society". Over the years, the particular categories for which they have awarded prizes has evolved, and in their words, they "seek to recognize science writing that is shaped by a variety of perspectives".

Past recipients

2024

*Books:
Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World's Most Vulnerable Places
' by Christopher Pollon ( Greystone Books) *Science Reporting:
Should beetles be named after Adolf Hitler?
by Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, published by ''Science'' magazine *Science Features:
In the Lab Oppenheimer Built, the U.S. Is Building Nuclear Bomb Cores Again
by W.J. Hennigan, published by ''TIME'' magazine *Longform Narratives:
The Mining Industry's Next Frontier Is Deep, Deep Under the Sea
by Vince Beiser, published in ''WIRED'' *Series: "Bleeding Out" by Lauren Caruba and Ari Sen, co-published by ''

The Dallas Morning News ''The Dallas Morning News'' is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation in 2022 of 65,369. It was founded on October 1, 1885, by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the ' ...

'' and the ''

San Antonio Express-News The ''San Antonio Express-News'' is a daily newspaper in San Antonio, Texas, founded in 1865. It is owned by the Hearst Corporation and has offices in San Antonio and Austin, Texas. The ''Express-News'' is the third largest newspaper in the sta ...

'' *Commentary:
I Worked in Antarctica for Three Years. My Sexual Harasser Was Never Caught
by Elizabeth Endicott, published in ''

Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it, with more than 150 Nobel Pri ...

2023

*Books:
When Children Feel Pain: From Everyday Aches to Chronic Conditions
' by Rachel Rabkin Peachman and Anna C. Wilson (

Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou. The pres ...

) *Science Reporting:
How Indigenous Sea Gardens Produced Massive Amounts of Food for Millennia
by Ashley Braun, published by '' Hakai Magazine'' *Science Features:
Thousands of Migrant Workers Died in Qatar's Extreme Heat. The World Cup Forced a Reckoning
by Aryn Baker, published by ''

Time Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...

'' *Longform Narratives:
A Field at a Crossroads: Genetics and Racial Mythmaking
by Ashley Smart, published by '' Undark Magazine'' *Series:
Fighting for Air
by Talis Shelbourne, published by the ''

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper and also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin, where it is widely read. It was purchased by the G ...

'' *Commentary:
We Can Fight Monkeypox Without Hysteria or Homophobia
by Kai Kupferschmidt, published by ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

2022

*Books:''
''Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World,''
ref name="Marris Wild"> by Emma Marris (Bloomsbury Publishing) *Science Reporting:
How Heat Waves Warp Ecosystems
by Julia Rosen, published by ''

High Country News ''High Country News'' is a monthly independent magazine based in Paonia, Colorado, that covers environmental, social, and political issues in the Western United States. Syndicated stories from ''High Country News'' have appeared in ''The New Yor ...

'' *Science Features:
Brazil Shows You Can Harvest Sugar Cane Without Polluting the Air: What Florida's Sugar Farmers Can Learn About Burning Cane
by Nadia Sussman (reporting and production, cinematography), Joseph Singer (video editing), Mauricio Rodríguez Pons (graphics and animation), Letícia Klein (additional reporting, production assistance), with Lulu Ramadan (additional reporting) and Kevina Tidwell (archival producer), and executive producer Almudena Toral and series editor Michael Mishak, co-produced by WGCU and

ProPublica ProPublica (), legally Pro Publica, Inc., is a nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in New York City. ProPublica's investigations are conducted by its staff of full-time reporters, and the resulting stories are distributed to ne ...

*Longform Narratives:
The Pain Was Unbearable, So Why Did Doctors Turn Her Away?
by

Maia Szalavitz Maia Pearl Szalavitz (born March 29, 1965) is an American reporter and author who focuses on science, public policy and addiction treatment. Early life and education Maia Szalavitz was born March 29, 1965. She was raised in upstate New York. She ...

, published by ''

WIRED Wired may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Wired'' (Jeff Beck album), 1976 * ''Wired'' (Hugh Cornwell album), 1993 * ''Wired'' (Mallory Knox album), 2017 * "Wired", a song by Prism from their album '' Beat Street'' * "Wired ...

'' *Series:
Unsalvageable: Preventable Amputations Rise During COVID
by Eli Cahan, published by

WebMD WebMD is an American corporation which publishes online news and information about human health and well-being. The WebMD website also includes information about drugs and is an important healthcare information website and the most popular cons ...

Medscape Medscape is a website providing access to medical information for clinicians and medical scientists; the organization also provides continuing education for physicians and other health professionals. It references medical journal articles, Con ...

*Commentary:
Why are Police Using a World War I-Era Chemical Weapon on Civilians?
by Jennifer L. Brown, Roman Tyshynsky, Timothy Monko, Carlee Toddes, and Carey Lyons, published by ''

2021

*Books:
What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World
' by Sara Hendren (

Riverhead Books Riverhead Books is an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) founded in 1994 by Susan Petersen Kennedy. Writers published by Riverhead include Ali Sethi, Marlon James, Junot Díaz, George Saunders, Khaled Hosseini, Nick Hornby, Anne Lamott, Carl ...

) *Science Reporting:
How to Dodge the Sonic Weapon Used by Police
by Lynne Peskoe-Yang, published in ''

Popular Mechanics ''Popular Mechanics'' (often abbreviated as ''PM'' or ''PopMech'') is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do it yourself, and technology topics. Military topics, aviation an ...

'' *Science Features:
In Collecting Indigenous Feces, a Slew of Sticky Ethics
by Katherine J. Wu, published by '' Undark Magazine'' *Longform:
America's Radioactive Secret
by Justin Nobel, published by ''

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known fo ...

'' *Series:
Where Will Everyone Go? How Climate Refugees Might Move Across International Borders
by Abrahm Lustgarten, Meridith Kohut, Sergey Ponomarev, Al Shaw, and Lucas Waldron, published by

and ''

The New York Times Magazine ''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors. The magazi ...

2020

* Book: Katherine Eban for her book
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
' (Ecco/HarperCollins) * Science Reporting:
Cigarette Butts Are Everywhere. Is Banning Filters a Viable Solution?
by Robin Kazmier published in ''Audubon'' * Science Features:
The Confession: A psychologist has shown how police questioning can get innocent people to condemn themselves
by Douglas Starr, published in ''Science Magazine'' * Longform:
The Final Five Percent
by Tim Requarth, published in ''Longreads'' * Series:
Polluter's Paradise
by Tristan Baurick, Joan Meiners, Claire Perlman, Gordon Russell, Sara Sneath, Mark Schleifstein, Al Shaw, and Lylla Younes, published by ''

'' and ''

The Advocate An advocate is a professional in the field of law. The Advocate, The Advocates or Advocate may also refer to: Magazines * The Advocate (magazine), ''The Advocate'' (magazine), an LGBT magazine based in the United States * ''The Harvard Advocate' ...

2019

* Book: Carl Zimmer for his book
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potentials of Heredity
' (Dutton) * Science Reporting:

by Michelle Donahue published in ''

'' * Science Features:
Scientists think Alabama's sewage problem has caused a tropical parasite. The state has done little about it
by Arielle Duhaime-Ross, published in

VICE News Vice News (stylized as VICE News) is Vice Media's alternative current affairs channel, producing daily documentary essays and video through its website and YouTube channel. It promotes itself on its coverage of "under-reported stories". Vice Ne ...

* Longform:
Surrendering to Rising Sea
by Jen Schwartz, published in ''

'' * Series:
Poisoned Cities, Deadly Border
by Ian James and Zoë Meyers in ''

The Desert Sun ''The Desert Sun'' is a local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the surrounding Coachella Valley in Southern California. History First issued on August 5, 1927, as a weekly six-page newspaper, ''The Desert Sun'' grew with the desert co ...

2018

* Book: Maryn McKenna for her book
Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats
' (

National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly ''The National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as ''Nat Geo'') is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. The magazine was founded in 1888 as a scholarly journal, nine ...

) * Science Reporting - Short category:
The Mystery of the Wasting House-Cats
by Emily Anthes, published in ''

'' * Science Reporting - Medium category:
Accidental Therapists: For Insect Detectives, the Trickiest Cases Involve the Bugs That Aren't Really There
by Eric Boodman, published in ''STAT'' * Science Reporting - Long category:
The Detective of Northern Oddities
by Christopher Solomon, published in ''

Outside Outside or Outsides may refer to: * Wilderness Books and magazines * ''Outside'', a book by Marguerite Duras * ''Outside'' (magazine), an outdoors magazine Film, theatre and TV * Outside TV (formerly RSN Television), a television network * '' ...

'' * Science Reporting - Series:
United States of Climate Change
, by the United States of Climate Change Reporting Team, published by The Weather Channel Digital * Local or Regional Science Reporting:
Doomed by Delay
by

Patricia Callahan Patricia Callahan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist for ProPublica. Early life and career Callahan attended from Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University's Medill Sc ...

, published in ''

Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan from which its once integrated WGN (AM), WGN radio and ...

2017

* Book: Emily Voigt for her book
The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish
' (Scribner) * Science Reporting:
Science for Sale
by David Heath and Jie Jenny Zou, published in '' Center for Public Integrity'' * Longform:
Choking to Death in Detroit
by Zoë Schlanger, published in ''

Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly news magazine based in New York City. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely distributed during the 20th century and has had many notable editors-in-chief. It is currently co-owned by Dev P ...

'' * Local or Regional Science Reporting:
When the Dust Settles
by Eva Hershaw, published in ''

Texas Monthly ''Texas Monthly'' (stylized as ''TexasMonthly'') is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Downtown Austin, Texas. Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, ''Texas Monthly'' chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the Natura ...

'' * Commentary or Opinion:
Not Just a Death, a System Failure
, by Barbara Moran published in ''

2016

* Book: Andrew Nikiforuk for his book
Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider's Stand Against the World's Most Powerful Industry
' ( Greystone Books) * Science Reporting:
How the Fight Against Ebola Tested a Culture's Traditions
by Amy Maxmen, published in ''

'' * Longform:
Bees, Inc.
by Josh Dzieza, published in ''Pacific Standard'' * Local or Regional Science Reporting:
Leaving the Sea: Staten Islanders Experiment with Managed Retreat
by Elizabeth Rush, published in ''Urban Omnibus'' * Commentary or Opinion:
Handle with Care
by Emma Marris, published in ''

Orion Magazine ''Orion'' is an advertisement-free nonprofit quarterly magazine focused on nature, culture, and place addressing environmental and social issue A social issue is a problem that affects many people within a society. It is a group of common pr ...

2015

* Book: Judy Foreman for her book
A Nation in Pain: Healing Our Biggest Health Problem
' (

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

) * Science Reporting:
Why Nothing Works
by Erik Vance, published in ''

Discover Discover may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * ''Discover'' (album), a Cactus Jack album * ''Discover'' (magazine), an American science magazine * "Discover", a song by Chris Brown from his 2015 album ''Royalty'' Businesses and bran ...

'' * Longform:
Big Oil, Bad Air
by Lisa Song, David Hasemyer, Jim Morris, Greg Gilderman, and more than a dozen other colleagues, published in ''InsideClimate News'' * Local or Regional Science Reporting:
Battle of the Ash Borer
by Matthew Miller, published in the ''

Lansing State Journal The ''Lansing State Journal'' is a daily newspaper published in Lansing, Michigan, owned by Gannett. It is the sole daily newspaper published in Greater Lansing. History The paper was started as the ''Lansing Republican'' on April 28, 1855, ...

'' * Commentary or Opinion: No award was given

2014

* Book:

Sheri Fink Sheri Fink is an American journalist who writes about health, medicine and science. She received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting "for a story that chronicles the urgent life-and-death decisions made by one hospital’s exhaus ...

for her book '' Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital'' (

Crown Publishing Group The Crown Publishing Group is a subsidiary of Penguin Random House that publishes across several fiction and non-fiction categories. Originally founded in 1933 as a remaindered books wholesaler called Outlet Book Company, the firm expanded int ...

) * Science Reporting:
A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA
by

Amy Harmon Amy Harmon (born September 17, 1968) is an American journalist.
''nytimes.com''. Retrieve ...

, published in ''

'' * Longform:
Uprising: The Environmental Scandal That's Happening Right Beneath Your Feet
by Phil McKenna, published in ''Matter'' * Local or Regional Science Reporting:
The Tree Coroners
by Cally Carswell, published in ''High Country News'' * Commentary or Opinion:
23andMe is Terrifying, but Not for the Reasons the FDA Thinks
by Charles Seife, published in ''

'''s SA Forum

2013

* Book:

David Quammen David Quammen (born February 24, 1948) is an American writer focusing on science, nature, and travel. He is the author of fifteen books. Quammen's articles have appeared in '' Outside'', ''National Geographic'', ''Harper's Magazine'', ''Rolling St ...

for his book '' Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic'' (

W.W. Norton W. W. Norton & Company is an American publishing company based in New York City. Established in 1923, it has been owned wholly by its employees since the early 1960s. The company is known for its Norton Anthologies (particularly '' The Norton ...

) * Science Reporting:
Witness to an Antarctic Meltdown
by freelancer Douglas Fox, published in ''

'' * Longform:
Playing with Fire
by

Sam Roe Sam Roe is a journalist who was part of a team of reporters at the ''Chicago Tribune'' that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for an examination of hazardous toys and other children's products. He is currently an editor for th ...

and Michael Hawthorne, published in the ''

'' * Local or Regional Science Reporting:
The Color of Bunny
by freelancer Hillary Rosner, published in ''

'' * Commentary or Opinion:
The Real Scandal
by freelancer Christie Aschwanden, posted on the blog The Last Word on Nothing

2012

* Book: Seth Mnookin for his book
Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
' (

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster LLC (, ) is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. Along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group US ...

) * Science Reporting:
Poisoned Places
by reporters from the Center for Public Integrity ( Jim Morris, Chris Hamby, Ronnie Greene, Elizabeth Lucas, Emma Schwartz) and

NPR National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...

( Elizabeth Shogren, Howard Berkes, Sandra Bartlett, John Poole, Robert Benincasa) * Local or Regional Science Reporting:
Perilous Passages
by Emilene Ostlind, Mary Ellen Hannibal, and Cally Carswell, published in ''High Country News'' * Commentary or Opinion:
Ban Chimp Testing
by the Scientific American Board of Editors, published in ''

2011

* Book: Maryn McKenna for her book
Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA
' ( Free Press) * Science Reporting: Katy Butler for her ''

New York Times Magazine ''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors. The magazin ...

'' article,
My Father's Broken Heart
* Local or Regional Science Reporting: Barbara Moran for her ''

Boston Globe Magazine ''The Boston Globe,'' also known locally as ''the Globe'', is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily new ...

'' article,
Power Politics
* Commentary or Opinion: Charles Homans, for his ''

Columbia Journalism Review The ''Columbia Journalism Review'' (''CJR'') is a biannual magazine for professional journalists that has been published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. Its original purpose was "to assess the performance ...

'' article,
Hot Air

2010

* Book: Susan Cohen and Christine Cosgrove for
Normal at Any Cost: Tall Girls, Short Boys, and the Medical Industry's Quest to Manipulate Height
' ( Tarcher/Penguin) * Science Reporting: Martha Mendoza and Margie Mason won for their

Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are dist ...

series "When Drugs Stop Working" * Science Reporting: Charles Duhigg won for his ''New York Times'' series
Toxic Waters
* Local or Regional Science Reporting: J. Madeleine Nash for her article
Bring in the Cows
, which appeared in ''

'' There was not an award in the Commentary or Opinion category in 2010.

2009

* Book:

Alison Bass Alison Bass is an American journalist and author of three books: her memoir, ''Brassy Broad: How one Journalist helped pave the way to #MeToo'' (2021); ''Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law'' and ''Side Effects: A Prosecutor, A Whistleblowe ...

for her book '' Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial'' ( Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill) * Science Reporting: Jason Felch and Maura Dolan for their series in the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

'',
Genes as Evidence
* Local or Regional Science Reporting: Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong for their series in the ''Seattle Times'', "Culture of Resistance" * Commentary: Pamela Ronald for
The New Organic
, which appeared on boston.com

2008

* Book: Liza Mundy for her book
Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Men and Women and the World
' (

Knopf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers ...

) * Magazine: Beth Whitehouse for her ''Newsday'' series "The Match" * Broadcast: Stephen Lyons and Llewellyn M. Smith for their docudrama
Forgotten Genius
, which appeared on PBS's NOVA television series.

2007

* Book: Nicholas Wade for '' Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors'' (

Penguin Books Penguin Books Limited is a Germany, German-owned English publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers the Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the ...

) * Broadcast:

David Sington David Sington is a British-born director, producer, screenwriter and author. He read Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1981. Career He started his career in 1982 at the BBC World Service as a studio manager and subs ...

for his documentary
Dimming the Sun
, which appeared on

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...

's ''

NOVA A nova ( novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. All observed novae involve white ...

'' television series. * Newspaper: Kenneth Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling for their ''Los Angeles Times'' series
Altered Oceans

2005

* Book: Robin Marantz Henig for
Pandora's Baby: How the First Test-Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution
' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) * Broadcast: Craig Duff and

Andrew Revkin Andrew C. Revkin (born 1956) is an American science and environmental journalist, webcaster, author and educator. He has written on a wide range of subjects including the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ...

for ''Arctic Rush'', (a New York Times/

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience. It init ...

/CBC Documentary) * Magazine: Laurie Garrett for
The Next Pandemic
''

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and foreign policy of the United States, U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit organization, nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership or ...

'', July/August 2005 * Newspaper: Jim Erickson for "A Change in the Air" in ''

Rocky Mountain News The ''Rocky Mountain News'' (nicknamed the ''Rocky'') was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. the Monday–Friday ...

'', December 13, 2005 * Web: Daniel Grossman for
Fantastic Forests: The Balance Between Nature and People of Madagascar
', WBUR

2004

* Book: Stephen S. Hall for
Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension
', (Houghton Mifflin) * Magazine: Robin Marantz Henig for
The Quest to Forget
in ''The New York Times Magazine'' * Newspaper: Alexandra Witze and Tom Siegfried for the "Science's Big Unknown" series in ''

'' * Broadcast: Noel Schwerin for
Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home
', Backbone Media

2003

* Book: Steve Olson for
Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins
', (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) * Magazine: Kyla Dunn for
Cloning Trevor
in ''

The Atlantic Monthly ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 ...

'' * Newspaper: Dan Fagin for the "Tattered Hopes" series in ''

Newsday ''Newsday'' is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI" ...

'' * Radio: Joe Palca for the "Stem Cells" series,

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...

(NPR) * Television: John Rubin for "Clone", ''

MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...

''-''

National Geographic Explorer ''National Geographic Explorer'' (or simply ''Explorer'') is an American documentary television series that originally premiered on Nickelodeon on April 7, 1985, after having been produced as a less costly and intensive alternative to PBS's '' ...

'' * Web: Margaret A. Woodbury for
A Doctor's Right to Choose
,

Salon.com ''Salon'' is an American politically progressive and liberal news and opinion website created in 1995. It publishes articles on U.S. politics, culture, and current events. Content and coverage ''Salon'' covers a variety of topics, includ ...

2002

* Book: Jon Cohen for
Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine
', (W.W. Norton & Co.) * Magazine: Shannon Brownlee for "The Big Fat Question" in ''

Self In philosophy, the self is an individual's own being, knowledge, and values, and the relationship between these attributes. The first-person perspective distinguishes selfhood from personal identity. Whereas "identity" is (literally) same ...

'' magazine * Magazine: Charles W. Schmidt for
e-Junk Explosion
in ''

Environmental Health Perspectives ''Environmental Health Perspectives'' (''EHP'') is a peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qual ...

'' * Newspaper: Rick Weiss for
Building a New Child: Embryo Screening Creates a Tool Against Disease — and Ethical Questions
in ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

'' * Radio: William S. Hammack for
Engineering and Life
', WILL- AM580 and Illinois Public Radio * Television: Richard Hutton for
Evolution
', NOVA/

WGBH-TV WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS List of PBS member stations, member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Affiliated stations and facilities WGBH-TV is the Flagship (broadcasting), ...

* Web:

Alan Boyle Alan Boyle is an American journalist specializing in science and technology news. He worked for msnbc.com and NBC News Digital as science editor from 1996 to 2015. In 2015, he became aerospace and science editor for GeekWire. Boyle is also a past ...

for "Genetic Genealogy", MSNBC

2001

* Book: David Dobbs for
The Great Gulf: Fishermen, Scientists, and the Struggle to Revive the World's Greatest Fishery
', (Island Press) * Magazine: Gary Taubes for
The Soft Science of Dietary Fat
in ''

Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

'' * Newspaper: Sabin Russell, Reynolds Holding, and Elizabeth Fernandez for
Breakdowns mar flu shot program
and
Waiting for shots
in the ''

San Francisco Chronicle The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and M. H. de Young, Michael H. ...

'' * Television: Betsey Arledge, Julia Cort, and

Robert Krulwich Robert Louis Krulwich (born August 5, 1947) is a retired American radio and television journalist who co-hosted the radio show '' Radiolab'' and served as a science correspondent for NPR. He has reported for ABC, CBS, and Pacifica, with assi ...

, for
Cracking the Code of Life
NOVA/WGBH-TV * Web: David Tenenbaum for "Energy Crisis III?", ''The Why Files''

2000

*Book: No award given *Magazine: ** Carol Ezzell for
Care for a Dying Continent
, published in ''

'' ** Eyal Press and Jennifer Washburn for
The Kept University
, published in ''

Atlantic Monthly ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 ...

'' *Newspaper: Kitta MacPherson for "Food Fight - What Hath Science Wrought", published in ''

The Star-Ledger ''The Star-Ledger'' was the largest circulation newspaper in New Jersey. It is based in Newark, New Jersey. The newspaper ceased print publication on February 2, 2025, but continues to publish a digital edition. In 2007, ''The Star-Ledger''s ...

Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, most populous City (New Jersey), city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area. ...

'' *Radio: Michael Tymchuk for "Kennewick Man — Bones of Contention", broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. *Television: Jon Palfreman for
What's Up With The Weather
, broadcast on

's Frontline/

*Web: No award given

1999

*Magazine: Gary Taubes for
The (Political) Science of Salt
in ''

'' *Newspaper:

John Sirica John Joseph Sirica (March 19, 1904 – August 14, 1992) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where he became famous for his role in the trials stemming from the Watergate scandal. ...

, Charles Zehren, Jordan Rau, Lauren Terrazzano, and John Paraskevas for "Science Under Siege" in ''

'' *Broadcast: Dan Falk for "Visions of the Apocalypse", broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

1998

*Magazine: David Stipp and Robert Whitaker for
The Selling of Impotence
in ''

Fortune Fortune may refer to: General * Fortuna or Fortune, the Roman goddess of luck * Luck * Wealth * Fate * Fortune, a prediction made in fortune-telling * Fortune, in a fortune cookie Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''The Fortune'' (19 ...

'' *Newspaper: Robert Langreth for
Revolution in Genetics Arms Cancer Fighter With Potent Weapons
in ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...

'' *Broadcast: Jon Palfreman for
The Last Battle of the Gulf War
, broadcast on

's '' Frontline''

1997

*Magazine: Susan Cohen, for
Tangled Lifeline
, published in '' The Washington Post Magazine'' *Newspaper: Michael Waldholz and David Sanford, ''

'' *Broadcast: Kate King,

CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...

1996

*Magazine: Gary Taubes for
Epidemiology Faces Its Limits
, published in ''

'' *Newspaper: Ralph T. King Jr. for
Bitter Pill
, published in ''

'' *Broadcast: Jon Palfreman for
Breast Implants on Trial
, broadcast on

's '' Frontline''

References

External links

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