2002 Science in Society Journalism Awards

Web journalism

Alan Boyle

MSNBC

“Genetic Genealogy”

Description

Web judging is challenging: there’s the writing, the graphics, the video, the audio, the links, the photos — the whole package can take hours to view and appreciate. The judges felt that Alan Boyle, of MSNBC, exploited all the Web can offer — in the best possible way — with “Genetic Genealogy” (Jan. 16-Feb. 26, 2002).

Alan Boyle

Boyle’s judicious use of personal journalism helped bring the often-complex subject of genes alive. He varied the writing and the styles of the articles (or whatever you call things displayed on the Web!) and keeps drawing the Web visitor deeper and deeper into the material, creating even more curiosity.

Biography

In his role as MSNBC.com’s science editor, Alan Boyle deals with stories ranging from the origins of the universe to the future of the human genome, as well as black holes, quantum dots, lost cities, space shots, extreme treks, nanobots — in short, a virtual curiosity shop of space exploration, the physical sciences, anthropology, paleontology, archaeology and other -ologies that strike his fancy.

During a quarter-century of daily journalism, including stints at The Cincinnati Post, The (Spokane) Spokesman-Review and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, he’s survived a hurricane, a volcanic eruption and an earthquake. He has faith he’ll survive the Internet as well.

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