2004 Science in Society Journalism Awards

Presented February 16, 2005, at the NASW reception in Washington

Book

Stephen S. Hall

Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension

Houghton Mifflin

Description and biography

Other years’ book award winners

Magazine

Robin Marantz Henig

“The Quest to Forget”

The New York Times Magazine

Description and biography

Other years’ magazine award winners

Newspaper

Alexandra Witze and Tom Siegfried

"Science’s Big Unknown" series

The Dallas Morning News

Description and biographies

Read the articles:

Downside to downsizing

• page 1 (312 KB PDF)
• page 2 (196 KB PDF)

Nanotechnology on the march

• page 1 (596 KB PDF)
• page 2 (1.5 MB PDF)
• page 3 (232 KB PDF)

Other years’ newspaper award winners

Television

“Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home”

Backbone Media

Description and biography

Other years’ television award winners

Web and Radio

No award is being offered this year in the radio and web categories because the judges felt that none of the entries sufficiently fulfilled the core requirement of the Science in Society award, which is to explore the societal impact of science.

Other years’ web award winners

Other years’ radio award winners

2004 Science in Society Journalism Awards committee

AWARD CHAIRS

• Carol Ezzell Webb, freelance and contributing editor, Scientific American
• Richard L. Hill, The Oregonian

BOOK COMMITTEE

• Steve Olson (chair), author
• Mitch Waldrop, author
• Jennifer Couzin, Science

BROADCAST COMMITTEE

• Joe Palca (chair), National Public Radio
• Don Torrance, Syracuse University
• Karen Carter Mallet, Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Rob Stein, The Washington Post

NEWSPAPER COMMITTEE

• Phil Hilts (chair), former New York Times reporter and author
• Dan Fagin, Newsday
• Boyce Rensberger, Knight Science Journalism Fellowships

MAGAZINE COMMITTEE

• Adam Rogers (chair), Wired magazine
• Kyla Dunn, NOVA
• Keith Haglund, Science News

WEB COMMITTEE

• Margaret Woodbury (chair), Health magazine
• Steve Tally, Purdue University
• Debra Sherman, Reuters

FINAL JUDGING COMMITTEE

• Carol Ezzell Webb (chair), freelance
• Ellen Ruppel Shell, Boston University and The Atlantic Monthly
• Richard Hill, The Oregonian
• Carl Zimmer, freelance
• Gareth Cook, Boston Globe

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