2002 Science in Society Awards

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NASW's Science in Society Journalism Awards honor and encourage outstanding investigative and interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact for good and ill. Official rules and entry forms are available in mid-November each year for work published during that year. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 1.

Nov 28 2011
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Entries for the 2012 Science in Society awards are open. We're proud to announce that this year's entry process is online. The Science in Society awards, now in their 40th year, are sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers with no outside subsidy and require no submission fee. To learn more and enter, see this page.
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Sep 13 2011
2011 Science in Society Awards

Winning entries include coverage of antibiotic resistant bacteria, troublesome medical devices, nuclear power, and surprising climate change skeptics.
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Sep 13 2011
2010 Science in Society Awards

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.
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Sep 13 2011
2009 Science in Society Awards

Winning entries explore the pharmaceutical industry, antibiotic resistant germs, the shortcomings of DNA evidence, and why some organic farmers are embracing genetic engineering.
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Sep 13 2011
2008 Science in Society Awards

Winning entries explore genetic screening, assisted reproduction, and a pioneering African-American chemist.
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Sep 13 2011
2007 Science in Society Awards

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.
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Sep 13 2011
2005 Science in Society Awards

Winners include a history of in vitro fertilization that draws parallels with current controversies over human cloning and stem-cell research; a documentary on how the melting of the Arctic is affecting travel, business opportunities, and international diplomacy; an analysis of the danger of an avian influenza pandemic, drawing on the lessons of the devastating 1918 flu epidemic; and a vivid account of the effect of climate change on the Colorado Rockies.

PDFs of winning entries:
erickson.pdf
garrett.pdf
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Sep 13 2011
2004 Science in Society Awards

Winning entries explore research into manipulating human cells to give them capabilities they did not have before; the ethics and practicalities of administering drugs to prevent painful memories from forming in people who have experienced a trauma; the health and environmental effects of nanotechnology; and the ethical, legal, and social dilemmas raised by new life technologies.

PDFs of winning entries:
Siegfried/Witze: Downside to downsizing page 1
Siegfried/Witze: Downside to downsizing page 2
Siegfried/Witze: Nanotechnology on the march page 1
Siegfried/Witze: Nanotechnology on the march page 2
Siegfried/Witze: Nanotechnology on the march page 3
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Sep 13 2011
2003 Science in Society Awards

Controversial biomedical subjects — cloning, stem cells, abortion, a breast-cancer study that went awry — are among the winning entries in the 2003 Science in Society Awards.
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Sep 13 2011
2002 Science in Society Awards

The frontiers of human reproduction, the search for an AIDS vaccine, evolution, the challenge of obesity, engineering feats, the perils of e-junk, and a personal search for one reporter’s genetic roots are the subjects of this year’s best reporting on how science impacts society, as reflected in the 2002 Science in Society awards.
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