The Real Scandal: Science Denialism at Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Christie Aschwanden’s story on the alarming and false narrative that Komen has perpetuated, won NASW’s Science in Society award in 2013. Aschwanden is the lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight. She is...
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The Storygram series, in which professional writers annotate award-winning stories to illuminate what makes a great science story great, is a joint project of The Open Notebook and the Council for the...
View ArticleMeet the ‘Rented White Coats’ Who Defend Toxic Chemicals
The series “Science for Sale,” which offers a rare glimpse into a world where corporate interests dictate their own science, won NASW’s Science in Society Award in 2017. Although the series includes a...
View ArticleA Field at a Crossroads: Genetics and Racial Mythmaking
Ashley Smart, senior editor at Undark, associate director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, and CASW’s treasurer, won a 2023 NASW Science and Society award and a 2023 AAAS Kavli Award...
View ArticleThe Plague Years: How the rise of right-wing nationalism is jeopardizing the...
Maryn McKenna, senior writer at WIRED and a widely published author, won CASW’s Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting in 2023 for her coverage of infectious diseases and global...
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