But before I biased anyone with those I thought I would snoop around the web and see if anyone else had written about this. And in googling around I discovered something I probably should have known about - the American Society for Microbiology gives out a Microbiology Public Communication Award. The list of past winners is very helpful. However, the ASM site does not have a lot of detail so I have tried to compile it here:
Year | Recipient | Highlighted story | Publisher |
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2010 | Debora MacKenzie | An End to Flu? | New Scientist |
2009 | Ken Armstrong, Michael Berens | Culture of Resistance | Seattle Times |
2008 | Martin Enserink, Leslie Roberts | Combating Malaria | Science Magazine |
2007 | Kenneth Weiss, Usha McFarling | Altered Oceans | Los Angeles Times |
2006 | David Baron, Clark Boyd, Katy Clark, Orlando de Guzman | The Forgotten Plague: Malaria | Public Radio International’s “The World” |
2005 | Leslie Roberts | Polio: The Final Assault? | Science Magazine |
2004 | Martin Enserink, Dennis Normile | SARS In China | Science Magazine |
2003 | John Fauber, Mark Johnson | “A New Kind of Killer” and “The Hand of Man” | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
2002 | Jonathon Knight | Meet the Herod Bug | Nature |
2001 | Janet Ginsburg | Bio Invasion | Business Week |
2000 | Susan Okie | Science Races to Stem TB’s Threat | The Washington Post |
1999 | Richard Monastersky | The Rise of Life on Earth | National Geographic |
1998 | Rachel Nowak, Ian Anderson | Australia’s Giant Lab | New Scientist |
1997 | Andy Coghlan | Slime City: Where Bugs Build Skyscrapers | New Scientist |
1996 | David Baro | Living on Earth: Microbial Diversity | National Public Radio |
Obviously there are many other great journalists dealing with microbial topics out there. But this is a pretty interest list. Most of the others I know about I know through their blogs. Examples of reporters who's microbiology writing I tend to like include:
- Carl Zimmer (seconded by John Logsdon)
- Ed Yong
- Maryn McKenna
- Hannah Waters
- Rita Rubin
- Brandon Keim
- Laurie Garrett
There are also many microbiology bloggers out there who are great. For now I am focusing on those who do more traditional reporting (e.g., writing for newspapers or magazines).
So - I am now asking - do people have any other reporters who have done good work on microbiology related topics to recommend out there? I am certain I am missing a few.
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Some additional names coming from out there in the internets (with some links to example articles):
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Some additional names coming from out there in the internets (with some links to example articles):
- David Biello (self-recommended)
- Lizzie Buchen (recommended by Brendan Maher and endorsed by David Dobbs)
- Ewen Calloway (recommended by Brendan Maher)
- Paul Voosen (self-recommended)
- Gina Kolatta (suggested by Theresa Britschgi)
- Luke Timmerman (suggested by Mark Minie)
Some comments from Twitter
ReplyDeleteTara C. Smith @aetiology
@phylogenomics Missing @HelenBranswell on that list, great flu & other micro reporting.
Nicholas Kelley, PhD @kelle569
@phylogenomics what about Bob Roos or Lisa Schnirring reporters for @cidrap all they cover is ID stuff.
Nicholas Kelley, PhD @kelle569
Second that. RT @aetiology: @phylogenomics Missing @HelenBranswell on that list, great flu & other micro reporting.