The National Association of Science Writers is pleased to announce the five winners of this year's Science in Society awards, which honor investigative or interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact on society. Read more to meet the 2014 winning authors and read their work.
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The Science in Society Journalism Awards provide recognition for investigative or interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact on society and are funded by the National Association of Science Writers without subsidy from any professional or commercial interest. Cash prizes are awarded and entries are open to all and free for members. The most recently updated rules are available on this page. The awards are open for submissions from Dec. 1 to Feb. 1 each year.
The winners of the 2013 Science in Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers, are: In the Book category, David Quammen; in the Science Reporting category, Douglas Fox; in the Longform category, Patricia Callahan, Sam Roe and Michael Hawthorne; in the Science Reporting for a Local or Regional Audience category, Hillary Rosner; and in the Commentary or Opinion category, Christie Aschwanden.
From autism to animal migration, pollution to animal testing, winners of this year's Science in Society Journalism Awards tackled sensitive and controversial topics with reporting and storytelling skill. Read on to learn more about the winning entries.
Winning entries include coverage of antibiotic resistant bacteria, troublesome medical devices, nuclear power, and surprising climate change skeptics.
Winners include an examination of height manipulation in children; entries on drug resistance and water pollution, and the story of how cattle grazing aids an endangered butterfly.
Winning entries explore the pharmaceutical industry, antibiotic resistant germs, the shortcomings of DNA evidence, and why some organic farmers are embracing genetic engineering.
Winning entries explore genetic screening, assisted reproduction, and a pioneering African-American chemist.
Winning entries include a book on genetic insights into evolution, a newspaper series on the world's oceans, and a public television documentary on air pollution's connection to global warming.
Stories about in vitro fertilization, biodiversity, the effects of global warming in the Arctic and in Colorado, and the worldwide effects of a flu pandemic are the subjects of this year's winners of the Science in Society award, which is conferred by the National Association of Science Writers (NASW).