Charles Piller Explained

Charles Piller is an American investigative journalist and author who writes for Science magazine .[1] His focus is on health and biological warfare.[1]

Journalism

Prior to writing at Science, Piller was an associate editor at Macworld magazine[2] and wrote for the Los Angeles Times, the STAT website,[3] and The Sacramento Bee. At the Times, he investigated the impact of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Africa.[4]

In July 2022, he authored an investigation published in Science that questioned the authenticity of images used in Sylvain Lesné's research on Alzheimer's disease at the University of Minnesota Medical School.[5] [6] [7]

Center for Public Integrity

Along with Charles Lewis and Alejandro Benes, Piller was a founding member of the Center for Public Integrity, where he served as board chair.[8] [9] [10] [11]

Books

Awards and honors

Piller was recognized with the 2016 Online Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for an investigation of clinical trials, together with Natalia Bronshtein, while at STAT.[13] [14] In 2014, the First Amendment Coalition honored him with the Free Speech & Open Government Award for his Sacramento Bee investigation of construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge that led to legislative changes in California to enhance "transparency and accountability".[15] Evident Change (formerly the National Council on Crime & Delinquency) recognized Piller, along with Deborah Anderluh and Amy Pyle, for 2010 reporting at The Sacramento Bee on "CA Prisons: Behavior Modification Experiments and Suppression of Due Process".[16] In 2008, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene awarded him, along with Doug Smith, their Communications Award for reporting in the Los Angeles Times of "Unintended Victims of Gates Foundation Generosity".[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles Piller . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240403060827/https://www.science.org/content/author/charles-piller . April 3, 2024 . June 2, 2024 . Science.
  2. News: Someone's watching American workers . . May 21, 1993. July 26, 2022.
  3. Web site: Charles Piller: Contributing Writer. . July 26, 2022.
  4. News: Charles Piller . . July 26, 2022.
  5. Web site: Questions raised surrounding images connected to U of M Alzheimer's research . . Wurzer C, Woldeslassie A, Mikus M . August 1, 2022 . August 2, 2022.
  6. News: Was Alzheimer's research set back by doctored information in a 'groundbreaking' study? . . July 25, 2022 . July 27, 2022 . Hiti J.
  7. Blots on a field? . . Piller C . 21 July 2022 . 377 . 6604. 358–363 . 10.1126/science.add9993 . 35862524 . 2022Sci...377..358P . 250953611 .
  8. News: Geneva Overholser Named Chair Of Center For Public Integrity . June 27, 2007 . Editor & Publisher . July 26, 2022.
  9. News: 25 years, countless investigations and 935 lies . Yahoo! News. Lewis C . June 20, 2014. July 26, 2022.
  10. Web site: The Center for Public Integrity: Defending Democracy with a Better Informed Citizenry . . Carnegie Results . 2012 . 2 . July 26, 2022.
  11. News: An 'i' Toward Tough Journalism . Johns Hopkins magazine . November 2000 . Keiger D. July 26, 2022.
  12. News: Kelves D. The Rebirth of American Biological Warfare : Gene Wars : Military Control Over the New Genetic Technologies by Charles Piller and Keith R. Yamamoto. Los Angeles Times. 8 May 1988. July 26, 2022.
  13. Web site: 2016 Online Gold: Charles Piller, Natalia Bronshtein . . December 13, 2015 . July 26, 2022.
  14. Web site: Major awards for STAT. STAT. July 26, 2022.
  15. Web site: Announcing FAC's 2014 Free Speech & Open Government Award Winners . December 1, 2014 . . July 26, 2022.
  16. Web site: 2010 PASS Award Winner . National Council on Crime & Delinquency. 2010. July 26, 2022.
  17. Web site: Communications Award . . July 26, 2022.

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