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| Volume 49, Number 1, Spring 2000 |
Three NASW members have been awarded fellowships by the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting. They are Freelance Mari Jensen of Tucson, AZ; Freelance Writer/Producer John Miller of Cleveland, OH; and Eos Staff Writer Randy Showstack of Washington, DC. The fellowship provides room, board, and tuition to attend a week-long scientific workshop in June at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography.
After three years at the AAAS radio show, "Science Update," Aries Keck is now freelancing from Cambridge, MA. Reach her at akeck@nasw.org.
David Perlman of the San Francisco Chronicle has received the Columbia School of Journalism annual Alumni Award. He shared the honors with William German, editor emeritus of the Chronicle. Perlman and German were classmates in the early 1940s and spent almost all their careers at the Chronicle.
Once a Californian, always a Californian. After nearly 19 years as science writer and science editor at the Chronicle of Higher Education, Kim McDonald returns to the Golden State as director of science communications at UC San Diego. Reach him at phone 858-534-7572, e-mail kimmcdonald@ucsd.edu.
Ernie Knewitz received a promotion and overseas assignment to the London offices of Noonan/Russo Ltd. where he will be supporting the agency's European biotechnology accounts. E-mail remains the same (ernie.knewitz@noonanrusso.com); new phone number 011-44-171-726-4452.
With her daughter leaving the nest this year, Linda Roach Monroe is taking the opportunity to drop the only other legacy of her long-ago marriage-"Monroe"-from her name and byline. So file her under "R" from now on. For the time being, Linda's e-mail address will stay the same (linda_monroe@compuserve.com).
Freelance James Shreeve has been named an Alicia Patterson fellow. He receives a one-year $35,000 grant to pursue an independent writing project. His topic is "How Uncovering Our Genetic Code Will Transform Lives."
Freelance Brian Hayes won best essay in the American Society of Magazine Editor's Annual Awards Competition for "Clock of Ages" which appeared in The Sciences (Nov.-Dec. 1999). The piece is a counterpoint to the Y2K hysteria by focusing on the admirable folly of trying to build machines to last for 10,000 years.