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| Volume 51, Number 2, Spring 2002 |
EVAN RATLIFF WINS EVERT CLARK/SETH PAYNE AWARDEvan Ratliff is the winner of the 2001 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists. He received the award and its $1,000 prize for three stories in Wired magazine: "Call it Blastnost," about launching space experiments in Russia; "Born to Run," about artificial limb technology; and "The Electric Kool-Aid Bandwidth Test," about a dubious venture to deliver broadband over electric wires. The panel of judges cited Ratliff's work for unique and lively writing, fascinating choice of topics, smooth integration of science within a narrative, enterprising reporting, and ability to combine science, policy, and business. The award was presented in February by the Evert Clark Fund and NASW, in conjunction with the National Press Foundation, during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in Boston. Judges for the 2001 award were science correspondent Joe Palca of National Public Radio; veteran television science producer Peggy Girshman (now an editor at NPR); Lisa Drew, professor of journalism at the University of Alaska; Bob Meyers, president of the National Press Foundation; and Jonathan B. Tucker, director of the Chemical & Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. The Clark/Payne Award is intended to encourage young science writers by recognizing outstanding reporting in all fields of science. It is given each year in memory of journalists Ev Clark and Seth Payne, who offered friendship and advice to a generation of young reporters. All entrants must be age 30 or younger. The deadline for submissions is in early December of each year. For more information, contact the Evert Clark Award Fund or visit the Web site at: www.mindspring.com/~us009848/. (Source: National Press Foundation news release) |