Science in Society Journalism Awards explained
The Science in Society Journalism Awards have been presented annually by the American National Association of Science Writers (NASW) since 1972 to recognize "...investigative or interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact on modern society". Over the years, the particular categories for which they have awarded prizes has evolved, and in their words, they "seek to recognize science writing that is shaped by a variety of perspectives".[1]
Past recipients
2023
2022
- Book: Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World,[9] by Emma Marris (Bloomsbury Publishing)[10]
- Science Reporting: "How Heat Waves Warp Ecosystems"[11] by Julia Rosen, published by High Country News
- Science Features: "Brazil Shows You Can Harvest Sugar Cane Without Polluting the Air: What Florida's Sugar Farmers Can Learn About Burning Cane"[12] [13] by Nadia Sussman (reporting and production, cinematography), Joseph Singer (video editing), Mauricio Rodríguez Pons (graphics and animation), Letícia Klein (additional reporting, production assistance), with Lulu Ramadan (additional reporting) and Kevina Tidwell (archival producer), and executive producer Almudena Toral and series editor Michael Mishak, co-produced by WGCU and ProPublica
- Longform Narratives: "The Pain Was Unbearable, So Why Did Doctors Turn Her Away?"[14] by Maia Szalavitz, published by WIRED
- Series: "Unsalvageable: Preventable Amputations Rise During COVID"[15] by Eli Cahan, published by WebMD/Medscape
- Commentary: "Why are Police Using a World War I-Era Chemical Weapon on Civilians?"[16] by Jennifer L. Brown, Roman Tyshynsky, Timothy Monko, Carlee Toddes, and Carey Lyons, published by Scientific American
2021
2020
- Book: Katherine Eban for her book Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom[23] (Ecco/HarperCollins)[24]
- Science Reporting: "Cigarette Butts Are Everywhere. Is Banning Filters a Viable Solution?"[25] by Robin Kazmier published in Audubon
- Science Features: "The Confession: A psychologist has shown how police questioning can get innocent people to condemn themselves"[26] by Douglas Starr, published in Science Magazine
- Longform: "The Final Five Percent"[27] by Tim Requarth, published in Longreads
- Series: "Polluter's Paradise"[28] by Tristan Baurick, Joan Meiners, Claire Perlman, Gordon Russell, Sara Sneath, Mark Schleifstein, Al Shaw, and Lylla Younes, published by ProPublica and The Advocate
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
- Book: Seth Mnookin for his book Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear[74] (Simon & Schuster)[75]
- Science Reporting: "Poisoned Places"[76] [77] by reporters from the Center for Public Integrity (Jim Morris, Chris Hamby, Ronnie Greene, Elizabeth Lucas, Emma Schwartz) and NPR (Elizabeth Shogren, Howard Berkes, Sandra Bartlett, John Poole, Robert Benincasa)
- Local or Regional Science Reporting: "Perilous Passages"[78] by Emilene Ostlind, Mary Ellen Hannibal, and Cally Carswell, published in High Country News
- Commentary or Opinion: "Ban Chimp Testing"[79] by the Scientific American Board of Editors, published in Scientific American
2011
2010
There was not an award in the Commentary or Opinion category in 2010.
2009
2008
2007
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
Notes and References
- Web site: Science in Society Journalism Awards, Official Rules . National Association of Science Writers . October 22, 2023.
- Book: Peachman . Rachel Rabkin . Wilson . Anna C. . When Children Feel Pain: From Everyday Aches to Chronic Conditions . 2022 . Harvard University Press . 9780674185029 . October 21, 2023.
- Web site: Announcing the 2023 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award winners . National Association of Science Writers . October 20, 2023.
- News: Braun . Ashley . How Indigenous Sea Gardens Produced Massive Amounts of Food for Millennia . October 21, 2023 . Hakai Magazine . July 18, 2022.
- Baker . Aryn . Thousands of Migrant Workers Died in Qatar's Extreme Heat. The World Cup Forced a Reckoning . October 21, 2023 . Time . November 3, 2022.
- News: Smart . Ashley . A Field at a Crossroads: Genetics and Racial Mythmaking . October 21, 2023 . Undark . December 12, 2022.
- Web site: Shelbourne . Talis . Fighting for Air . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . October 21, 2023.
- News: Kupferschmidt . Kai . We Can Fight Monkeypox Without Hysteria or Homophobia . October 22, 2023 . The New York Times . August 4, 2022.
- Book: Marris . Emma . Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World . 2021 . Bloomsbury USA . 9781635574944 . September 24, 2023.
- Web site: Announcing the 2022 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 6, 2023.
- News: Rosen . Julia . How heat waves warp ecosystems . September 30, 2023 . High Country News . November 22, 2021.
- News: Sussman . Nadia . Ramadan . Lulu . Klein . Letícia . Burke . Doris . Brazil shows you can harvest sugar cane without polluting the air: What Florida's sugar farmers can learn about burning cane. . September 30, 2023 . WGCU . December 29, 2021.
- Web site: Sussman . Nadia . Burning Sugar Cane Pollutes Communities of Color in Florida. Brazil Shows There's Another Way. . ProPublica . September 30, 2023 . December 29, 2021.
- Szalavitz . Maia . The Pain Was Unbearable. So Why Did Doctors Turn Her Away? . September 30, 2023 . Wired . August 11, 2021.
- Web site: Cahan . Eli . Unsalvageable: Preventable Amputations Rise During COVID . www.medscape.com . WebMD . October 1, 2023 . October 8, 2023.
- News: Brown . Jennifer L. . Tyshynsky . Roman . Monko . Timothy . Toddes . Carlee . Lyons . Carey E. . Why Are Police Using a World War I–Era Chemical Weapon on Civilians? . October 1, 2023 . Scientific American . April 20, 2021.
- Book: Hendren . Sarah . What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World . 2020 . Penguin Publishing Group . 9780735220003 . September 26, 2023.
- Web site: 2021 Science in Society Journalism Award winners announced. National Association of Science Writers . August 6, 2023.
- News: Peskoe-Yang . Lynne . How to Dodge the Sonic Weapon Used by Police . October 2, 2023 . Popular Mechanics . June 17, 2020.
- News: Wu . Katherine J. . In Collecting Indigenous Feces, A Slew of Sticky Ethics . October 2, 2023 . Undark . April 6, 2020.
- Nobel . Justin . America's Radioactive Secret . October 2, 2023 . Rolling Stone . January 21, 2020.
- News: Lustgarten . Abrahm . Where Will Everyone Go? . October 2, 2023 . ProPublica . July 23, 2020.
- Book: Eban . Katherine . Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom . 2020 . HarperCollins . 9780063054103 . September 26, 2023.
- Web site: 2020 Science in Society Awards winners announced . National Association of Science Writers . July 19, 2023.
- News: Kazmier . Robin . Cigarette Butts Are Everywhere. Is Banning Filters a Viable Solution? . October 4, 2023 . Audubon Magazine . March 7, 2019.
- Starr . Douglas . The confession . Science . 14 June 2019 . 364 . 6445 . 1022–1026 . 10.1126/science.364.6445.1022 . October 4, 2023.
- Web site: Requarth . Tim . The Final Five Percent . Longreads . October 4, 2023 . October 22, 2019.
- Web site: Polluter's Paradise: Environmental Impact in Louisiana . ProPublica . October 4, 2023.
- Book: Zimmer . Carl . She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity . 2018 . Penguin Publishing Group . 9781101984604 . September 26, 2023.
- Web site: 2019 Science in Society Journalism Award winners announced . National Association of Science Writers . July 19, 2023.
- News: Donahue . Michelle Z. . In a Land of Quakes, Engineering a Future for a Church Made of Mud . October 4, 2023 . The New York Times . November 3, 2018.
- News: Duhaime-Ross . Arielle . Scientists think Alabama's sewage problem has caused a tropical parasite. The state has done little about it. . October 4, 2023 . Vice News . October 4, 2023.
- News: Schwartz . Jen . Surrendering to Rising Seas . October 5, 2023 . Scientific American . July 27, 2018.
- News: Poisoned Cities, Deadly Border . October 5, 2023 . Desert Sun.
- Book: McKenna . Maryn . Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats . 2017 . Disney Publishing Group . 9781426217661 . September 26, 2023.
- Web site: 2018 Science in Society Journalism Award winners . National Association of Science Writers . July 19, 2023.
- News: Anthes . Emily . The Mystery of the Wasting House-Cats . October 5, 2023 . The New York Times Magazine . March 16, 2017.
- News: Boodman . Eric . Accidental therapists: For insect detectives, the trickiest cases involve the bugs that aren't really there . October 5, 2023 . STAT . March 22, 2017.
- News: Solomon . Christopher . The Detective of Northern Oddities . October 5, 2023 . Outside . January 4, 2017.
- Web site: 50 States, 50 Stories . The Weather Channel . October 5, 2023.
- News: Callahan . Patricia . Doomed by delay . October 5, 2023 . The Chicago Tribune.
- Book: Voigt . Emily . The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish . 2016 . Scribner . 9781451678949 . September 27, 2023.
- Web site: 2017 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . July 23, 2023.
- Web site: Science for Sale . Vice . October 5, 2023.
- News: Schlanger . Zoë . Choking to Death in Detroit: Flint Isn't Michigan's Only Disaster . October 5, 2023 . Newsweek . March 30, 2016.
- Web site: Choking to Death in Detroit: Flint isn't Michigan's Only Disaster . Zoë Schlanger. October 5, 2023.
- News: Hershaw . Eva . When the Dust Settles . October 5, 2023 . Texas Monthly . September 2016.
- News: Moran . Barbara . Not Just a Death, a System Failure . October 5, 2023 . The New York Times . February 6, 2016.
- Book: Nikiforuk . Andrew . Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider's Stand Against the World's Most Powerful Industry . 2015 . Greystone Books . 9781771640763 . September 27, 2023.
- Web site: 2016 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . July 26, 2023.
- News: Maxmen . Amy . How the Fight Against Ebola Tested a Culture's Traditions . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308231136/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/150130-ebola-virus-outbreak-epidemic-sierra-leone-funerals-1 . dead . March 8, 2021 . October 6, 2023 . National Geographic . January 30, 2015.
- News: Dzieza . Josh . Save the Honeybee, Sterilize the Earth . October 6, 2023 . Pacific Standard . June 14, 2017.
- News: Rush . Elizabeth . Leaving the Sea: Staten Islanders Experiment with Managed Retreat . October 6, 2023 . Urban Omnibus . February 11, 2015.
- News: Marris . Emma . Handle with Care . October 6, 2023 . Orion Magazine. May–June 2015.
- Book: Foreman . Judy . A Nation in Pain: Healing Our Biggest Health Problem . 2014 . Oxford University Press USA . 9780199837205 . September 27, 2023.
- Web site: 2015 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 3, 2023.
- News: Vance . Erik . Power of the Placebo . October 7, 2023 . Discover . July 19, 2014 . This article originally appeared in print as "Why Nothing Works.".
- Web site: Big Oil, Bad Air . The Center for Public Integrity . October 7, 2023.
- News: Miller . Matthew . Battle of the ash borer . October 7, 2023 . Lansing State Journal . September 3, 2014.
- Book: Fink . Sheri . Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital . 2013 . Crown . 9780307718983 . September 29, 2023.
- Web site: 2014 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 3, 2023.
- News: Harmon . Amy . A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA . October 6, 2023 . The New York Times . July 27, 2013.
- News: McKenna . Phil . The Environmental Scandal That's Happening Right Beneath Your Feet . October 7, 2023 . Matter . November 6, 2013.
- Web site: McKenna . Phil . Uprising: The Environmental Scandal That's Happening Right Beneath Your Feet . CASW Showcase . October 7, 2023.
- News: Carswell . Cally . The Tree Coroners . October 7, 2023 . High Country News . December 16, 2023.
- News: Seife . Charles . 23andMe Is Terrifying, But Not for the Reasons the FDA Thinks . October 7, 2023 . Scientific American . November 27, 2013.
- Book: Quammen . David . Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic . 2012 . W. W. Norton . 9780393066807 . September 29, 2023.
- Web site: 2013 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 3, 2023.
- News: Fox . Douglas . Scientists Trek to Collapsing Glaciers to Assess Antarctica's Meltdown and Sea-Level Rise . October 7, 2023 . Scientific American . July 2012. This article was originally published with the title "Witness to an Antarctic Meltdown" in Scientific American 307, 1, 54-61 (July 2012) doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0712-54.
- Web site: Tribune Watchdog: Playing With Fire . Chicago Tribune . October 7, 2023.
- News: Rosner . Hillary . Can snowshoe hares outrace climate change? . October 8, 2023 . High Country News . October 1, 2013.
- Web site: Aschwanden . Christie . The real scandal: science denialism at Susan G. Komen for the Cure® . The Last Word On Nothing . October 8, 2023 . February 8, 2012.
- Web site: Aschwanden . Christie . The Real Scandal: Science Denialism at Susan G. Komen for the Cure® . CASW Showcase . October 8, 2023.
- Book: Mnookin . Seth . The Panic Virus The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy . 2012 . Simon & Schuster . 9781439158654 . September 29, 2023.
- Web site: 2012 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 3, 2023.
- Web site: Category: Poisoned Places. The Center for Public Integrity . October 8, 2023.
- News: Poisoned Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities . October 8, 2023 . National Public Radio.
- News: Perilous Passages . October 8, 2023 . High County News . December 26, 2011.
- News: Ban Chimp Testing . October 8, 2023 . Scientific American . October 1, 2011.
- Book: McKenna . Maryn . Superbug The Fatal Menace of MRSA . 2010 . Free Press . 9781439171837 . September 29, 2023.
- Web site: 2011 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 3, 2023.
- News: Butler . Katy . What Broke My Father's Heart . October 9, 2023 . The New York Times Magazine . June 18, 2010 . A version of this article appears in print on June 20, 2010, Page 38 of the Sunday Magazine with the headline: My Father’s Broken Heart..
- News: Moran . Barbara . Power Politics . The Boston Globe Magazine . May 9, 2010.
- News: Homans . Charles . Hot Air . October 10, 2023 . January–February 2010 . Columbia Journalism Review.
- Book: Cohen . Susan . Cosgrove . Christine . Normal at Any Cost Tall Girls, Short Boys, and the Medical Industry's Quest to Manipulate Height . 2009 . Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin . 9781585426836 . September 29, 2023.
- Web site: 2010 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 3, 2023.
- News: Mason . Margie . First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US, AS . October 15, 2023 . Associated Press News . December 21, 2009.
- News: Mason . Margie . Mendoza . Martha . New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border . October 15, 2023 . Foster's Daily Democrat . Associated Press . December 28, 2009.
- News: Mason . Margie . Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture . October 15, 2023 . Associated Press News . December 28, 2009.
- News: Mason . Margie . South African doctor sees drug-resistant HIV . October 15, 2023 . Associated Press News . December 29, 2009.
- News: Mason . Margie . Solution to killer superbug found in Norway . October 15, 2023 . Associated Press News . December 30, 2009.
- News: Duhigg . Charles . Toxic Waters: A series about the worsening pollution in American waters and regulators' response . October 10, 2023 . The New York Times.
- News: Nash . J. Madeleine . Bring in the Cows . October 13, 2023 . High Country News . May 25, 2009.
- Book: Bass . Alison . Side Effects A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial . 2008 . Algonquin Books . 9781565125537 . September 29, 2023.
- Web site: 2009 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 3, 2023.
- News: The MRSA mess: a culture of resistance . October 20, 2023 . The Seattle Times . November 19, 2008.
- News: Berens . Michael J. . Armstrong . Ken . How our hospitals unleashed a MRSA epidemic . October 20, 2023 . The Seattle Times . November 16, 2008.
- News: Berens . Michael J. . Armstrong . Ken . MRSA's toll climbs, but hospital is slow to change . October 20, 2023 . The Seattle Times . November 17, 2008.
- News: Berens . Michael J. . Armstrong . Ken . MRSA: Patients revolt against hospital secrecy . October 20, 2023 . The Seattle Times . November 18, 2008.
- News: Ronald . Pamela . The new organic . The Boston Globe . March 16, 2008.
- Book: Mundy . Liza . Everything Conceivable How the Science of Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Our World . 2008 . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group . 9781400095377 . September 29, 2023.
- Web site: 2008 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 5, 2023.
- Web site: Nova: Forgotten Genius . PBS . October 14, 2023 . February 6, 2007.
- Book: Wade . Nicholas . Before the Dawn Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors . 2007 . Penguin Publishing Group . 9781101052839 . September 29, 2023.
- Web site: 2007 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 5, 2023.
- Web site: Dimming the Sun . PBS . October 15, 2023.
- Web site: Special Report: Altered Oceans . Los Angeles Times . October 15, 2023 . July 30, 2006.
- Book: Henig . Robin Marantz . Pandora's Baby How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution . 2006 . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press . 9780879698096 . September 29, 2023.
- Web site: 2005 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 5, 2023.
- Web site: Duff . Craig . 2012-04-01 . New York Times Reporting: Arctic Rush . 2024-03-04 . Craig Duff . en-US.
- News: Revkin . Andrew . May 29, 2008 . https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/science/earth/29arctic.html . March 3, 2024 . The New York Times.
- News: Garrett . Laurie . The Next Pandemic? . October 15, 2023 . Foreign Affairs . July–August 2005.
- Web site: Visualize Madagascar . WBUR . October 16, 2023.
- Book: Hall . Stephen S. . Mercahnts of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension . 2003 . Houghton Mifflin . 9780618095247 . September 30, 2023.
- Web site: 2004 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 5, 2023.
- News: Henig . Robin Marantz . The Quest to Forget . October 16, 2023 . The New York Times Magazine . April 4, 2004.
- Web site: Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home . PBS . October 17, 2023.
- Book: Olson . Steve . Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes . 2002 . Houghton Mifflin . 9780618091577 . September 30, 2023.
- Web site: 2003 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 5, 2023.
- News: Dunn . Kyla . Cloning Trevor . October 17, 2023 . June 2002.
- News: Woodbury . Margaret A. . A doctor's right to choose . October 17, 2023 . Salon . July 24, 2002.
- Book: Cohen . Jon . Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine . 2001 . Norton . 9780393322255 . September 30, 2023.
- Web site: 2002 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 5, 2023.
- Schmidt . Charles W. . e-Junk Explosion . Environmental Health Perspectives . April 2002 . 110 . 4 . 188–194 . 10.1289/ehp.110-a188 . October 18, 2023. free . 1240810 .
- News: Weiss . Rick . Building a New Child . October 18, 2023 . The Washington Post . June 30, 2001.
- Web site: Bill Hammack's public radio commentaries . Engineer Guy . October 18, 2023 . From 1999 to 2005 Bill broadcast nearly 200 commentates on public radio. They are list here thematically.
- Web site: Evolution: Project Overview . PBS . October 18, 2023.
- Book: Dobbs . David . The Great Gulf: Fishermen, Scientists, and the Struggle to Revive the World's Greatest Fishery . 2000 . Island Press . 9781597262026 . September 30, 2023.
- Web site: 2001 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 5, 2023.
- Taubes . Gary . The Soft Science of Dietary Fat . Science . 30 March 2001 . 291 . 5513 . 2536–2545 . 10.1126/science.291.5513.2536 . October 14, 2023.
- News: Russell . Sabin . Holding . Reynolds . Fernandez . Elizabeth . Breakdowns Mar Flu Shot Program / Production, distribution delays raise fears of nation vulnerable to epidemic. October 14, 2023 . San Francisco Chronicle . February 25, 2001.
- News: Russell . Sabin . Holding . Reynolds . Fernandez . Elizabeth . Waiting for Shots / Pleas to make vaccine available to the frail and elderly were ignored as flu season approached . October 14, 2023 . San Francisco Chronicle . February 26, 2001.
- Web site: Nova: Cracking the Code of Life . PBS . October 14, 2023 . April 17, 2001.
- Web site: 2000 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 14, 2023.
- Ezzell . Carol . Care for a Dying Continent . Scientific American . May 1, 2000 . October 18, 2023.
- News: Press . Eyal . Washburn . Jennifer . The Kept University . October 18, 2023 . The Atlantic . March 2000.
- Web site: Palfreman . Jon . What's Up With the Weather: A NOVA/FRONTLINE Special Report . PBS . October 3, 2023 . April 11, 2000.
- Taubes . Gary . The (Political) Science of Salt . Science . August 14, 1998 . 281 . 898–907 . October 3, 2023.
- Web site: 1999 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 13, 2023.
- News: Stipp . David . Whitaker . Robert . The Selling of Impotence . October 19, 2023 . Fortune . March 16, 1998.
- Web site: 1998 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 13, 2023.
- News: Langreth . Robert . A New Revolution in Genetics Equips Cancer Fighters With Potent Weapons . October 20, 2023 . The Wall Street Journal . May 6, 1998.
- Web site: Palfreman . Jon . Tapes & Transcripts - The Last Battle of the Gulf War - Frontline show #1607 . www.pbs.org . WGBH . October 3, 2023 . January 20, 1998.
- News: Cohen . Susan . Tangled Lifeline . October 3, 2023 . The Washington Post . August 18, 1996.
- Web site: 1997 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 13, 2023.
- Taubes . Gary . Epidemiology Faces Its Limits . Science . July 1995 . 269 . 5221 . 164–169 . 10.1126/science.7618077 . September 24, 2023.
- Web site: 1996 Science in Society Journalism Award winners. National Association of Science Writers . August 7, 2023.
- Web site: Science-In-Society Journalism Awards Winners Honored . National Association of Science Writers . August 7, 2023.
- News: King Jr. . Ralph T. . How Drug Firm Paid for Study By University, Then Yanked It . October 20, 2023 . The Wall Street Journal . April 25, 1996.