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The 2009 Wistar Institute
Science Journalism Award
Award Year:
January 1 through December 31, 2008
Deadline
for Submission: February 29, 2009
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The Purpose:
The Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award
aims to honor annually the most insightful and enterprising reporting
on the basic biomedical sciences in print or broadcast journalism
during the award year.
The award-winning work may be direct reporting
on a significant research advance, an exploration of the fundamental
science underlying a major news story, the identification of an
emerging trend in scientific thinking, or a thoughtful investigation
of the research process. Journalism that expresses the same kind
of skepticism encouraged by science itself will be given particular
attention, as will coverage with the prescience to identify and
illuminate the significance of research that may appear, at first
glance, to be more limited in scope.
The award acknowledges biomedical research as
a key force for change in the world today, with important economic
and social implications for the future. Intelligent, perceptive
journalism written in broadly accessible language plays a primary
role in communicating progress in biomedicine to the public, which
both supports and is the beneficiary of basic biomedical research.
For these reasons, journalistic excellence in this area is of the
highest importance and deserves to be honored.
The Award:
A certificate and
cash prize of $5,000 will be presented
to the winner.
Eligibility:
Up to five stories from
an individual journalist or team of journalists
may be submitted as an entry. These may
be selections from a series or a collection
of stories representative of the entrant’s
coverage of the basic biomedical sciences.
Books are not eligible. The work must
have been published or broadcast in English
in the United States between January 1
and December 31, 2008. Please provide
seven copies of each entry. The deadline
for submission is February 29, 2009.
The Judging Process:
An independent committee
of accomplished science and medical journalists
will judge the entries. Employees of
The Wistar Institute will have no involvement
in the judging process.
Submit entries to:
Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award
c/o Abbey J. Porter
The Wistar Institute
3601 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4268
For more information, contact:
Abbey J. Porter
215-898-3943
aporter@wistar.org
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