2020 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award winners

doi:10.1126/science.370.6523.1425

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DOI	10.1126/science.370.6523.1425
	2020 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award winners
	Earl Lane; Emily Hughes
	2020-12-18
发表期刊	Science
出版年	2020
英文摘要	Six entries featuring notable explanatory and investigative reporting on the global COVID-19 pandemic are among the winners of the 2020 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Ed Yong, a staff writer for The Atlantic , won for in-depth reporting on the likely course of the pandemic and the patchwork American response. A team of reporters for Kaiser Health News and the Associated Press won for an investigation of how ill-equipped state and local health programs had become when the pandemic hit. Sarah Kaplan of The Washington Post was honored for her sensitive look at how the novel coronavirus killed one of the early victims of the disease. “I'm incredibly honored, especially since science journalism has never been so necessary, urgent, or vibrant,” Yong said. He thanked his editors for “not only polishing my prose but also giving me the space, time, and mandate to rise to the demands of this year.” The Kaiser Health News–AP collaboration spotlighted the chronic underfunding of state and local public health systems, a story that had drawn less attention than the widely criticized federal response to the pandemic. “Public health workers are sometimes paid so little that they qualify for public aid,” said Lauren Weber of Kaiser Health News. “Working seven-day weeks for months on end, they fear pay freezes, public backlash, and losing their jobs—even amid a pandemic. It is an honor to tell their story.” Other pandemic-related awards went to a video team for Vox, a podcast team for “Science Vs” from Gimlet Media, and a team from Kompas.com in Indonesia for an entry in the Children's Science News category. The [Kompas.com][1] team was the first winner from Indonesia since the awards contest went global in 2015. Geoffrey Kamadi, a freelancer based in Nairobi, was the first winner from Kenya for his piece on threats to the Tana River Basin ecosystem. Kamadi said the award “means a great deal to me, as it will only encourage me to continue writing about science.” The awards, administered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), recognize distinguished science reporting for a general audience. The program, endowed by The Kavli Foundation and open to journalists worldwide, is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2020. There were entries from 54 countries this year. Rob Stein and Jane Greenhalgh shared an award in the Audio category with NPR colleague Joe Neel for stories on a patient with sickle cell disease who received a new treatment using the CRISPR gene-editing tool. It is the third time Stein has won the award and the second time for Greenhalgh. Alex Kuffner of The Providence Journal won the award for a second time for his story on Rhode Island's coastal erosion. Joss Fong of the Vox video team also won the award for a second time A Gold Award ($5,000) and a Silver Award ($3,500) are presented in each of eight categories. Independent panels of science journalists select the winners. “These talented and diverse winners highlight the critical importance of informed journalism both on urgent issues of the day—a global pandemic, the crisis of climate change—and on efforts to understand nature at its most basic, from the complexity of the human immune system to the surprising behavior of slime molds,” said Sudip Parikh, CEO of AAAS and executive publisher of the Science family of journals. The winners will receive their awards in a virtual ceremony held in conjunction with the 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting in February. [1]: http://Kompas.com
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