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'''Jon Palfreman''' is a reporter, writer, producer, director and educator best known for his documentary work on ''Frontline'' and ''Nova''. He has won awards for his journalism, including the [[Peabody Award]],<ref name="ACM (July 1993)">{{cite news|title=Machine That Changed the World Receives Peabody|work=Communications of the ACM|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.|date=July 1993|page=S1+}}</ref> [[Emmy Award]], the [[Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award|Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton]],<ref name="Boston Herald (December 2001)">{{cite news|title=Arts & TV in Brief|work=The Boston Herald|date=December 20, 2001|page=56}}</ref> [[Writers Guild of America Award]], and the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science|AAAS]]-Westinghouse Science in Journalisim Award.<ref name="Nieman Reports" /><ref name="LA Times (March 1995)" /> Palfreman has written, directed and produced documentaries on a wide range of topics, but specializes in topical and often controversial issues involving science and medicine.<ref name="Mink, Eric (April 2001)">{{cite news|last1=Mink|first1=Eric|title='Harvest' sinks teeth into biotech rhubarb|work=New York Daily News|date=April 24, 2001|location=New York, NY|page=75}}</ref> Palfreman is the author of ''Brainstorms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease'', ''The Case of the Frozen Addicts: Working at the Edge of the Mysteries of the Human Brain'' (with [[William Langston|J. William Langston]]),<ref name="Around the O (September 2014)">{{cite web|title=Jon Palfreman to take part in worldwide Parkinson's webcast|url=http://around.uoregon.edu/content/jon-palfreman-take-part-worldwide-parkinsons-webcast|website=Around the O|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=12 August 2015|date=September 24, 2014}}</ref> and ''The Dream Machine: Exploring the Computer Age'' (with [[Doron Swade]]). He is also president of the Palfreman Film Group.<ref name="SABA/ABAI (2002: Palfreman)" />
'''Jon Palfreman''' is a reporter, writer, producer, director and educator best known for his documentary work on ''Frontline'' and ''Nova''. He has won awards for his journalism, including the [[Peabody Award]],<ref name="ACM (July 1993)">{{cite news|title=Machine That Changed the World Receives Peabody|work=Communications of the ACM|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.|date=July 1993|page=S1+}}</ref> [[Emmy Award]], the [[Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award|Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton]],<ref name="Boston Herald (December 2001)">{{cite news|title=Arts & TV in Brief|work=The Boston Herald|date=December 20, 2001|page=56}}</ref> [[Writers Guild of America Award]], and the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science|AAAS]]-Westinghouse Science in Journalisim Award.<ref name="Nieman Reports" /><ref name="LA Times (March 1995)" /> Palfreman has written, directed and produced documentaries on a wide range of topics, but specializes in topical and often controversial issues involving science and medicine.<ref name="Mink, Eric (April 2001)">{{cite news|last1=Mink|first1=Eric|title='Harvest' sinks teeth into biotech rhubarb|work=New York Daily News|date=April 24, 2001|location=New York, NY|page=75}}</ref> Palfreman is the author of ''Brainstorms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease'', ''The Case of the Frozen Addicts: Working at the Edge of the Mysteries of the Human Brain'' (with [[William Langston|J. William Langston]]),<ref name="Around the O (September 2014)">{{cite web|title=Jon Palfreman to take part in worldwide Parkinson's webcast|url=http://around.uoregon.edu/content/jon-palfreman-take-part-worldwide-parkinsons-webcast|website=Around the O|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=12 August 2015|date=September 24, 2014}}</ref> and ''The Dream Machine: Exploring the Computer Age'' (with [[Doron Swade]]). He is also president of the Palfreman Film Group.<ref name="SABA/ABAI (2002: Palfreman)" />
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Palfreman was born in England.<ref name="Pabst, Diana (May 1995)" /> He studied physics and the history and philosophy of science while attending university,<ref name="Pabst, Diana (May 1995)" /> earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from [[University College London]] in 1971 and a Master of Science degree in history and social studies of science from the [[University of Sussex]] in 1972.<ref name="PBS.org (Palfreman Bio)">{{cite web|title=About Jon Palfreman|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/debate/palfreman.html|website=PBS.org|accessdate=22 August 2015}}</ref>
Palfreman was born in England.<ref name="Pabst, Diana (May 1995)" /> He studied physics and the history and philosophy of science while attending university,<ref name="Pabst, Diana (May 1995)" /> earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from [[University College London]] in 1971 and a Master of Science degree in history and social studies of science from the [[University of Sussex]] in 1972.<ref name="PBS.org (Palfreman Bio)">{{cite web|title=About Jon Palfreman|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/debate/palfreman.html|website=PBS.org|accessdate=22 August 2015}}</ref>


Palfreman earned a PhD in Communications at the [[University of Glamorgan]] (now the University of South Wales) in 2005.<ref name="University of Oregon (Speaker Bios)">{{cite web|title=A National Teach-In on Global Warming: Speaker Bios|url=http://pages.uoregon.edu/recycle/FTN/speakers.htm|website=University of Oregon|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=13 August 2015}}</ref>
Palfreman earned a PhD in Communications at the [[University of Glamorgan]] (now the University of South Wales) in 2005.<ref name="University of Oregon (Speaker Bios)">{{cite web|title=A National Teach-In on Global Warming: Speaker Bios|url=http://pages.uoregon.edu/recycle/FTN/speakers.htm|website=University of Oregon|accessdate=13 August 2015}}</ref>


Palfreman is currently a resident of Lexington, MA.<ref name="Boston Globe (September 2011)" />
Palfreman is currently a resident of Lexington, MA.<ref name="Boston Globe (September 2011)" />
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Palfreman held the position of KEZI Distinguished Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Oregon from 2006 until 2015.<ref name="Cure Parkinson's Trust">{{cite web|title=The Journal of Parkinson's Disease announces that Jon Palfreman, PhD, has joined their editorial board|url=http://www.cureparkinsons.org.uk/News/the-journal-of-parkinsons-disease-announces-that-jon-palfreman-phd-has-joined-their-editorial-board|website=The Cure Parkinson's Trust|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> His courses included: Reporting for Electronic Media, The Journalistic Interview, Mass Communication and Society, Reporting Science, Advanced Documentary, and Producing Story.<ref name="Glackin, Jessica (June 2015)">{{cite web|last1=Glackin|first1=Jessica|title=KEZI Endowed Professor Jon Palfreman Retires|url=http://journalism.uoregon.edu/news/kezi-endowed-professor-jon-palfreman-retires/|website=School of Journalism and Communication|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=16 August 2015|date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> He is currently an emeritus professor of journalism at the University of Oregon.<ref name="Kirkus Review (June 2015)" />
Palfreman held the position of KEZI Distinguished Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Oregon from 2006 until 2015.<ref name="Cure Parkinson's Trust">{{cite web|title=The Journal of Parkinson's Disease announces that Jon Palfreman, PhD, has joined their editorial board|url=http://www.cureparkinsons.org.uk/News/the-journal-of-parkinsons-disease-announces-that-jon-palfreman-phd-has-joined-their-editorial-board|website=The Cure Parkinson's Trust|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> His courses included: Reporting for Electronic Media, The Journalistic Interview, Mass Communication and Society, Reporting Science, Advanced Documentary, and Producing Story.<ref name="Glackin, Jessica (June 2015)">{{cite web|last1=Glackin|first1=Jessica|title=KEZI Endowed Professor Jon Palfreman Retires|url=http://journalism.uoregon.edu/news/kezi-endowed-professor-jon-palfreman-retires/|website=School of Journalism and Communication|publisher=University of Oregon|accessdate=16 August 2015|date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> He is currently an emeritus professor of journalism at the University of Oregon.<ref name="Kirkus Review (June 2015)" />


{{Quotation|''Ethics in journalism is about reporting without fear or favor. It is my duty to make sure students understand the difference between advocacy and journalism.''|Palfreman<ref name="Glackin, Jessica (June 2015)" /> }}
{{Blockquote|''Ethics in journalism is about reporting without fear or favor. It is my duty to make sure students understand the difference between advocacy and journalism.''|Palfreman<ref name="Glackin, Jessica (June 2015)" /> }}


In 2013, Palfreman joined the editorial board of the Journal of Parkinson's Disease as social media editor.<ref name="Cure Parkinson's Trust (2014)">{{cite web|title=The Journal of Parkinson's Disease announces that Jon Palfreman, PhD, has joined their Editorial Board|url=http://www.cureparkinsons.org.uk/News/the-journal-of-parkinsons-disease-announces-that-jon-palfreman-phd-has-joined-their-editorial-board|website=CureParkinsons.org|publisher=The Cure Parkinsons Trust|accessdate=16 August 2015|date=June 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Weintraub, Karen (September 2013)">{{cite news|last1=Weintraub|first1=Karen|title=Michael J. Fox puts Parkinson's fight in a prime-time slot: Actor returns to TV 'examining a life' with the disease|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/LIFE/usaedition/2013-09-25-Michael-J-Fox-still-pushing-to-find-Parkinsons-cure_ST_U.htm|accessdate=12 August 2015|work=USA Today|date=September 25, 2013|location=McLean, VA|page=D.5}}</ref> Palfreman, himself, was diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]], which he wrote about in The New York Times article, ''The Bright Side of Parkinson's''<ref name="Palfreman, Jon (February 2015)" /> and spoke about in the podcast interview The ''Mysteries of Parkinson's''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beyerstein|first1=Lindsay|title=The Mysteries of Parkinson's, with Jon Palfreman|url=http://www.pointofinquiry.org/the_mysteries_of_parkinsons_with_jon_palfreman/|website=Point of Inquiry podcast|date=2015-10-05}}</ref>
In 2013, Palfreman joined the editorial board of the Journal of Parkinson's Disease as social media editor.<ref name="Cure Parkinson's Trust (2014)">{{cite web|title=The Journal of Parkinson's Disease announces that Jon Palfreman, PhD, has joined their Editorial Board|url=http://www.cureparkinsons.org.uk/News/the-journal-of-parkinsons-disease-announces-that-jon-palfreman-phd-has-joined-their-editorial-board|website=CureParkinsons.org|publisher=The Cure Parkinsons Trust|accessdate=16 August 2015|date=June 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Weintraub, Karen (September 2013)">{{cite news|last1=Weintraub|first1=Karen|title=Michael J. Fox puts Parkinson's fight in a prime-time slot: Actor returns to TV 'examining a life' with the disease|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/LIFE/usaedition/2013-09-25-Michael-J-Fox-still-pushing-to-find-Parkinsons-cure_ST_U.htm|accessdate=12 August 2015|work=USA Today|date=September 25, 2013|location=McLean, VA|page=D.5}}</ref> Palfreman, himself, was diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]], which he wrote about in The New York Times article, ''The Bright Side of Parkinson's''<ref name="Palfreman, Jon (February 2015)" /> and spoke about in the podcast interview The ''Mysteries of Parkinson's''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beyerstein|first1=Lindsay|title=The Mysteries of Parkinson's, with Jon Palfreman|url=http://www.pointofinquiry.org/the_mysteries_of_parkinsons_with_jon_palfreman/|website=Point of Inquiry podcast|date=2015-10-05}}</ref>


==The Machine That Changed the World (TV Documentary)==
==The Machine That Changed the World (TV Documentary)==
''The Machine That Changed the World'', a five-hour PBS series for which Palfreman was executive director, tracks the origin of the computer from the 19th Century, when "computers" were human beings, to what was, by 1992, the development of machines so inexpensive that virtually anyone could own and use one.<ref name="Vranizan, Michelle (April 1992)" /><ref name="Storm, Jonathan (April 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Storm|first1=Jonathan|title=A Look Into Two Brains: Human and Mechanical|url=http://articles.philly.com/1992-04-05/entertainment/26003600_1_computer-machine-auto-industry|accessdate=14 August 2015|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=April 5, 1992|location=Philadelphia, PA|page=G.1}}</ref> The series included conversations with [[Steve Jobs]], [[Steve Wozniak]], [[Thomas Watson Jr.|Thomas Watson, Jr.]], [[Bill Gates]], and [[Marvin Minsky]] and covered topics such as the development of the U.S. computer industry, [[artificial intelligence]] (including [[Douglas Lenat]]'s ''[[Cyc]]'') and [[virtual reality]].<ref name="Vranizan, Michelle (April 1992)" /><ref name="Ladendorf, Kirk (April 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Ladendorf|first1=Kirk|title=Computer history program tunes into MMC's Lenat|work=Austin American Statesman|issue=Final Edition|date=April 25, 1992|location=Austin, TX|page=E1}}</ref> The series also recognized [[Konrad Zuse]], [[John Mauchly]], [[J. Presper Eckert]], [[Maurice Wilkes]], and [[Alan Turing]] for their contribution to advances in computer technology in the 20th century.<ref name="Goodman, Walter ( April 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Review/Television: Exploring Madness's face and the Computer's birth|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/06/news/review-television-exploring-madness-s-face-and-the-computer-s-birth.html|accessdate=14 August 2015|work=The New York Times|issue=Late Edition (East Coast)|date=April 6, 1992|page=C.18}}</ref> In reviewing the series, Eric Mink of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote: "What could have been a tangled mess of tubes, transistors, RAM, ROM, chips, bits and bytes instead is a story of a struggle against conventional thinking; of creative insight; of salesmanship and politics; of people taking risks and sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding beyond all expectations. And nothing brings a story to life more than being able to see and hear some of the people who made it happen."<ref name="Mink, Eric (April 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Mink|first1=Eric|title=How the computer changed the world|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|issue=5* Edition|date=April 6, 1992|location=St. Louis, MO|page=5D}}</ref> ''The Machine that Changed the World'' won the 1992 George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in "chronicling the history and impact of computing."<ref name="ACM (July 1993)" />
''The Machine That Changed the World'', a five-hour PBS series for which Palfreman was executive director, tracks the origin of the computer from the 19th Century, when "computers" were human beings, to what was, by 1992, the development of machines so inexpensive that virtually anyone could own and use one.<ref name="Vranizan, Michelle (April 1992)" /><ref name="Storm, Jonathan (April 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Storm|first1=Jonathan|title=A Look Into Two Brains: Human and Mechanical|url=http://articles.philly.com/1992-04-05/entertainment/26003600_1_computer-machine-auto-industry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075650/http://articles.philly.com/1992-04-05/entertainment/26003600_1_computer-machine-auto-industry|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|accessdate=14 August 2015|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=April 5, 1992|location=Philadelphia, PA|page=G.1}}</ref> The series included conversations with [[Steve Jobs]], [[Steve Wozniak]], [[Thomas Watson Jr.|Thomas Watson, Jr.]], [[Bill Gates]], and [[Marvin Minsky]] and covered topics such as the development of the U.S. computer industry, [[artificial intelligence]] (including [[Douglas Lenat]]'s ''[[Cyc]]'') and [[virtual reality]].<ref name="Vranizan, Michelle (April 1992)" /><ref name="Ladendorf, Kirk (April 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Ladendorf|first1=Kirk|title=Computer history program tunes into MMC's Lenat|work=Austin American Statesman|issue=Final Edition|date=April 25, 1992|location=Austin, TX|page=E1}}</ref> The series also recognized [[Konrad Zuse]], [[John Mauchly]], [[J. Presper Eckert]], [[Maurice Wilkes]], and [[Alan Turing]] for their contribution to advances in computer technology in the 20th century.<ref name="Goodman, Walter ( April 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Review/Television: Exploring Madness's face and the Computer's birth|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/06/news/review-television-exploring-madness-s-face-and-the-computer-s-birth.html|accessdate=14 August 2015|work=The New York Times|issue=Late Edition (East Coast)|date=April 6, 1992|page=C.18}}</ref> In reviewing the series, Eric Mink of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote: "What could have been a tangled mess of tubes, transistors, RAM, ROM, chips, bits and bytes instead is a story of a struggle against conventional thinking; of creative insight; of salesmanship and politics; of people taking risks and sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding beyond all expectations. And nothing brings a story to life more than being able to see and hear some of the people who made it happen."<ref name="Mink, Eric (April 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Mink|first1=Eric|title=How the computer changed the world|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|issue=5* Edition|date=April 6, 1992|location=St. Louis, MO|page=5D}}</ref> ''The Machine that Changed the World'' won the 1992 George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in "chronicling the history and impact of computing."<ref name="ACM (July 1993)" />


{{Quotation|''It is not an ordinary machine, like a car or washing machine. It is something special. When we thought about it more deeply, we realized it wasn't a machine, it was a new medium. It was more like the development of writing than the development of the automobile.''|Jon Palfreman<ref name="Vranizan, Michelle (April 1992)" />}}
{{Blockquote|''It is not an ordinary machine, like a car or washing machine. It is something special. When we thought about it more deeply, we realized it wasn't a machine, it was a new medium. It was more like the development of writing than the development of the automobile.''|Jon Palfreman<ref name="Vranizan, Michelle (April 1992)" />}}


==Prisoners of Silence (TV Documentary)==
==Prisoners of Silence (TV Documentary)==
In 1993, Palfreman produced an hour-long show exploring [[Facilitated Communication]] (FC), a technique being touted by some parents, teachers and mental health professionals as a way to "unlock the autistic mind" simply by supporting their child or client's hand while typing on a keyboard.<ref name="Kubasik, Ben (October 1993)">{{cite news|last1=Kubasik|first1=Ben|title=TV Spots|work=Newsday|issue=Combined Editions|date=October 19, 1993|location=Long Island|page=93}}</ref><ref name="Cuff, John Haslett (October 1993)">{{cite news|last1=Cuff|first1=John Haslett|title=Television Prisoners of Silence: a shocking look at autism research|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 19, 1993|location=Toronto, Ontario|page=C.4}}</ref> However, his investigations into FC revealed that the claims of proponents, such as Douglas Biklen of Syracuse University, that these people with severe impairments could "actually write and think for themselves" were scientifically unfounded.<ref name="Koehler, Robert (October 1993)">{{cite news|last1=Koehler|first1=Robert|title=TV Review: 'Prisoners' puts autism technique to test|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1993-10-19/entertainment/ca-47291_1_double-blind-test|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|issue=Home edition|date=October 19, 1993|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=9}}</ref> Double-blind testing demonstrated that "when autism sufferers and facilitators were shown different objects, what was typed by the autistic person was what the facilitator saw".<ref name="Kubasik, Ben (October 1993)" /><ref name="Holbert, Ginny (October 1993)">{{cite news|last1=Holbert|first1=Ginny|title='Frontline' Investigates Therapy for Autism|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4195704.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409220512/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4195704.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2016|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=October 19, 1993}}</ref> Further, throughout the United States, charges of sexual abuse were being leveled at parents and caregivers by facilitators using the technique whose communication partners were, later, found out to have no ability to read or write on their own. FC, often compared with the [[Ouiji board]],<ref name="Siegel, Ed (October 5, 1993)">{{cite news|last1=Siegel|first1=Ed|title=The passion gap at PBS The network proves it can unlock 'The Secret of Life', but can it find the key to a broader audience?|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8248203.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409231558/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8248203.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2016|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Boston Globe|issue=City Edition|date=October 5, 1993}}</ref> turned out to be a "poorly tested and researched technique that has given false hope to many," as well as raise "questions about both the human and professional capacity for self-delusion and the reliability of new information in the field of mental health care."<ref name="Cuff, John Haslett (October 1993)" /> ''Prisoners of Silence'' won an AAAS-Westinghouse Science Journalism Award in 1994, which Palfreman considered one of the most valuable awards he's received.<ref name="Pabst, Diana (May 1995)" />
In 1993, Palfreman produced an hour-long show exploring [[Facilitated Communication]] (FC), a technique being touted by some parents, teachers and mental health professionals as a way to "unlock the autistic mind" simply by supporting their child or client's hand while typing on a keyboard.<ref name="Kubasik, Ben (October 1993)">{{cite news|last1=Kubasik|first1=Ben|title=TV Spots|work=Newsday|issue=Combined Editions|date=October 19, 1993|location=Long Island|page=93}}</ref><ref name="Cuff, John Haslett (October 1993)">{{cite news|last1=Cuff|first1=John Haslett|title=Television Prisoners of Silence: a shocking look at autism research|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 19, 1993|location=Toronto, Ontario|page=C.4}}</ref> However, his investigations into FC revealed that the claims of proponents, such as Douglas Biklen of Syracuse University, that these people with severe impairments could "actually write and think for themselves" were scientifically unfounded.<ref name="Koehler, Robert (October 1993)">{{cite news|last1=Koehler|first1=Robert|title=TV Review: 'Prisoners' puts autism technique to test|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-19-ca-47291-story.html|access-date=15 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|issue=Home edition|date=October 19, 1993|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=9}}</ref> Double-blind testing demonstrated that "when autism sufferers and facilitators were shown different objects, what was typed by the autistic person was what the facilitator saw".<ref name="Kubasik, Ben (October 1993)" /><ref name="Holbert, Ginny (October 1993)">{{cite news|last1=Holbert|first1=Ginny|title='Frontline' Investigates Therapy for Autism|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4195704.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409220512/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4195704.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2016|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=October 19, 1993}}</ref> Further, throughout the United States, charges of sexual abuse were being leveled at parents and caregivers by facilitators using the technique whose communication partners were, later, found out to have no ability to read or write on their own. FC, often compared with the [[Ouiji board]],<ref name="Siegel, Ed (October 5, 1993)">{{cite news|last1=Siegel|first1=Ed|title=The passion gap at PBS The network proves it can unlock 'The Secret of Life', but can it find the key to a broader audience?|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8248203.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409231558/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8248203.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2016|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Boston Globe|issue=City Edition|date=October 5, 1993}}</ref> turned out to be a "poorly tested and researched technique that has given false hope to many," as well as raise "questions about both the human and professional capacity for self-delusion and the reliability of new information in the field of mental health care."<ref name="Cuff, John Haslett (October 1993)" /> ''Prisoners of Silence'' won an AAAS-Westinghouse Science Journalism Award in 1994, which Palfreman considered one of the most valuable awards he's received.<ref name="Pabst, Diana (May 1995)" />


{{Quotation|''People today are deluged with claims that play on their hopes and fears, and that aren't actually based on anything of substance. Science journalists aren't afraid to engage in the details of science, to go in and bring some reason to these areas. [The AAAS awards] recognize this.''|Palfreman<ref name="Pabst, Diana (May 1995)" />}}
{{Blockquote|''People today are deluged with claims that play on their hopes and fears, and that aren't actually based on anything of substance. Science journalists aren't afraid to engage in the details of science, to go in and bring some reason to these areas. [The AAAS awards] recognize this.''|Palfreman<ref name="Pabst, Diana (May 1995)" />}}


==What's Up with the Weather? (TV Documentary)==
==What's Up with the Weather? (TV Documentary)==
In ''What's Up With the Weather'', a 2000 ''Nova'' and ''Frontline'' documentary, Palfreman and his production team explored the science and politics behind climate change. In what critics described as a "sensible and realistic approach to an issue badly skewed by high emotion and low politics", Palfreman explores climatology and greenhouse gases, the extinction crisis, and alternatives to fossil fuel use.<ref name="Steigerwald, Bill (April 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Steigerwald|first1=Bill|title=Weather special ruins doomsayers' forecast|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|issue=Region Edition|date=April 18, 2000|location=Pittsburgh, PA|page=D-4}}</ref><ref name="Kitman, Marvin (April 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Kitman|first1=Marvin|title=The Marvin Kitman Show/It sure is (yawn) hot here|url=http://article.wn.com/view/2000/04/17/THE_MARVIN_KITMAN_SHOWIt_Sure_Is_Yawn_Hot_Here/|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Newsy|issue=All Editions|date=April 16, 2000|location=Long Island, NY|page=B23}}</ref> According to Palfreman, global warming is an issue that will "eclipse all the previous controversies over DDT, asbestos, toxic metals, radiation and even tobacco."<ref name="Belcher, Walt (April 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Belcher|first1=Walt|title=Heated Debate|work=Tampa Tribune|issue=Final Edition|date=April 18, 2000|location=Tampa, FL|page=1}}</ref> ''What's Up with the Weather'' won the 1996 [[National Association of Science Writers]] Science in Society Award<ref name="NASW (September 2011)-1996">{{cite web|title=1996 Science in Society Awards|url=http://www.nasw.org/1996-science-society-awards|website=NASW.org|publisher=National Association of Science Writers|accessdate=6 August 2015|date=September 13, 2011}}</ref> and the American Institute of Physics Award in 2001.<ref name="Physics Today">{{cite journal|title=We Hear That: AIP Names Writing Award Winners|journal=Physics Today|date=December 2001|volume=54|issue=12|page=68|url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/54/12?page=3|accessdate=22 August 2015|doi=10.1063/1.1445557|doi-access=free}}</ref>
In ''What's Up With the Weather'', a 2000 ''Nova'' and ''Frontline'' documentary, Palfreman and his production team explored the science and politics behind climate change. In what critics described as a "sensible and realistic approach to an issue badly skewed by high emotion and low politics", Palfreman explores climatology and greenhouse gases, the extinction crisis, and alternatives to fossil fuel use.<ref name="Steigerwald, Bill (April 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Steigerwald|first1=Bill|title=Weather special ruins doomsayers' forecast|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|issue=Region Edition|date=April 18, 2000|location=Pittsburgh, PA|page=D-4}}</ref><ref name="Kitman, Marvin (April 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Kitman|first1=Marvin|title=The Marvin Kitman Show/It sure is (yawn) hot here|url=http://article.wn.com/view/2000/04/17/THE_MARVIN_KITMAN_SHOWIt_Sure_Is_Yawn_Hot_Here/|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Newsy|issue=All Editions|date=April 16, 2000|location=Long Island, NY|page=B23}}</ref> According to Palfreman, global warming is an issue that will "eclipse all the previous controversies over DDT, asbestos, toxic metals, radiation and even tobacco."<ref name="Belcher, Walt (April 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Belcher|first1=Walt|title=Heated Debate|work=Tampa Tribune|issue=Final Edition|date=April 18, 2000|location=Tampa, FL|page=1}}</ref> ''What's Up with the Weather'' won the 1996 [[National Association of Science Writers]] Science in Society Award<ref name="NASW (September 2011)-1996">{{cite web|title=1996 Science in Society Awards|url=http://www.nasw.org/1996-science-society-awards|website=NASW.org|publisher=National Association of Science Writers|accessdate=6 August 2015|date=September 13, 2011}}</ref> and the American Institute of Physics Award in 2001.<ref name="Physics Today">{{cite journal|title=We Hear That: AIP Names Writing Award Winners|journal=Physics Today|date=December 2001|volume=54|issue=12|page=68|url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/54/12?page=3|accessdate=22 August 2015|doi=10.1063/1.1445557|doi-access=free}}</ref>


{{Quotation|''Global warming is the mother of all environmental debates.''|Palfreman <ref name="McDonough, Kevin (April 2000)" />}}
{{Blockquote|''Global warming is the mother of all environmental debates.''|Palfreman <ref name="McDonough, Kevin (April 2000)" />}}


==The Harvest of Fear (TV Documentary)==
==The Harvest of Fear (TV Documentary)==
''The Harvest of Fear'', written, directed and produced by Palfreman in 2001, is a ''Frontline'' and ''Nova'' co-production examining modern day agriculture and the benefits and risks of technology used to genetically modify food. The program explores the issues of pesticide use, world hunger, the risks of tampering with nature, "Frankenfoods", and the politics of applying biotechnology to food sources. The program also highlights (and sometimes challenges) opponents' concerns about "unforseeable adverse medical and environmental effects."<ref name="Mink, Eric (April 2001)" /><ref name="Phillips, Barbara D. (April 2001)">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Barbara D.|title=Review/A surfer's guide to TV: How 'Mary' made it|work=Wall Street Journal|issue=Eastern Edition|date=April 20, 2001|page=W.13}}</ref><ref name="McDonough, Kevin (April 2001)" /><ref name="Rosenfeld, Megan (April 2001)">{{cite news|last1=Rosenfeld|first1=Megan|title=Food Fight; PBS tackles issue of modified crops|newspaper=Washington Post|issue=Final Edition|date=April 24, 2001|page=C01}}</ref> ''The Harvest of Fear'' won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award in 2002.<ref name="Boston Herald (December 2001)" />
''The Harvest of Fear'', written, directed and produced by Palfreman in 2001, is a ''Frontline'' and ''Nova'' co-production examining modern day agriculture and the benefits and risks of technology used to genetically modify food. The program explores the issues of pesticide use, world hunger, the risks of tampering with nature, "Frankenfoods", and the politics of applying biotechnology to food sources. The program also highlights (and sometimes challenges) opponents' concerns about "unforeseeable adverse medical and environmental effects."<ref name="Mink, Eric (April 2001)" /><ref name="Phillips, Barbara D. (April 2001)">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Barbara D.|title=Review/A surfer's guide to TV: How 'Mary' made it|work=Wall Street Journal|issue=Eastern Edition|date=April 20, 2001|page=W.13}}</ref><ref name="McDonough, Kevin (April 2001)" /><ref name="Rosenfeld, Megan (April 2001)">{{cite news|last1=Rosenfeld|first1=Megan|title=Food Fight; PBS tackles issue of modified crops|newspaper=Washington Post|issue=Final Edition|date=April 24, 2001|page=C01}}</ref> ''The Harvest of Fear'' won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award in 2002.<ref name="Boston Herald (December 2001)" />


{{Quotation|''Basically, this is a story about the increasing power of science to alter our world and the fear this power generates.''|Palfreman <ref name="McDonough, Kevin (April 2001)">{{cite news|last1=McDonough|first1=Kevin|title=Tune in tonight: 'Nova' investigates genetically altered food; 'What about Joan' gets OK from ABC for continuing|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18941600.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418194805/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18941600.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2016|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Charleston Daily Mail|date=April 24, 2001|location=Charleston, WV|page=3D}}</ref>}}
{{Blockquote|''Basically, this is a story about the increasing power of science to alter our world and the fear this power generates.''|Palfreman <ref name="McDonough, Kevin (April 2001)">{{cite news|last1=McDonough|first1=Kevin|title=Tune in tonight: 'Nova' investigates genetically altered food; 'What about Joan' gets OK from ABC for continuing|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18941600.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418194805/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18941600.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2016|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Charleston Daily Mail|date=April 24, 2001|location=Charleston, WV|page=3D}}</ref>}}


==The Case of the Frozen Addicts (Book)==
==The Case of the Frozen Addicts (Book)==
''The Case of the Frozen Addicts'', co-written by Palfreman and J. William Langston, documents the medical investigation Langston undertook as a neurologist in a California hospital when, in 1982, he encountered several patients who suffered paralysis and an inability to speak. These symptoms caused the patients to appear "frozen". Langston eventually discovered that each of the patients had been exposed to a "designer drug", contaminated with [[MPTP]] which, he hypothesized, destroyed cells in the part of the brain called the [[substantia nigra]] and impaired the production of [[dopamine]]. This, in turn, caused symptoms very much like those seen in people with [[Parkinson's disease]]. Along with describing treatment approaches for the "frozen addicts" (some successful, some not), Palfreman and Langston also discuss the ethical, political, economic, and legal implications involved with researching treatments for devastating neurological disorders. ''The Case of the Frozen Addicts'' was published by Pantheon in 1995.<ref name="Science News (June 1995)">{{cite journal|title=Books|journal=Science News|date=June 17, 1995|volume=147|issue=24|pages=370|jstor=3978889}}</ref><ref name="Science News (September 1996)">{{cite journal|title=Books|journal=Science News|date=September 7, 1996|volume=150|issue=10|pages=155|jstor=3980429}}</ref><ref name="Fermaglich, Joseph (February 1996)">{{cite journal|last1=Fermaglich|first1=Joseph|title=The Case of the Frozen Addicts|journal=JAMA|date=February 7, 1996|volume=275|issue=5|pages=407–408|doi=10.1001/jama.1996.03530290079047}}<!--|accessdate=15 August 2015--></ref><ref name="Adams, Phoebe-Lou (June 1995)">{{cite news|last1=Adams|first1=Phoebe-Lou|title=The Case of the Frozen Addicts|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/aandc/brfrevs/brv9506.htm|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Atlantic Monthly|date=June 1995|pages=120–121}}</ref><ref name="Neville, Tina (April 1995)">{{cite journal|last1=Neville|first1=Tina|title=Langston, J. William, M.D. & Jon Palfreman. The Case of the Frozen Addicts|journal=Library Journal|date=April 15, 1995|page=105}}</ref><ref name="Beatty, William (May 1995)">{{cite journal|last1=Beatty|first1=William|title=The Case of the Frozen Addicts|journal=Booklist|date=May 15, 1995|volume=91|issue=18|page=1621}}</ref><ref name="Kesterston, Michael">{{cite news|last1=Kesterton|first1=Michael|title=Facts & Arguments social studies a daily miscellany of information|work=The Globe and Mail|date=July 19, 1995|location=Toronto, Ontario|page=A.14}}</ref><ref name="Armstrong, Robert (August 1996)">{{cite news|last1=Armstrong|first1=Robert|title=Paperbacks/Puzzling stories of medical mysteries make fascination reading/Three books trace the enigmas presented to doctors in dealing with strange ailments|work=Star Tribune|issue=Metro Edition|date=August 18, 1996|location=Minneapolis, MN|page=18.F}}</ref>
''The Case of the Frozen Addicts'', co-written by Palfreman and J. William Langston, documents the medical investigation Langston undertook as a neurologist in a California hospital when, in 1982, he encountered several patients who suffered paralysis and an inability to speak. These symptoms caused the patients to appear "frozen". Langston eventually discovered that each of the patients had been exposed to a "designer drug", contaminated with [[MPTP]] which, he hypothesized, destroyed cells in the part of the brain called the [[substantia nigra]] and impaired the production of [[dopamine]]. This, in turn, caused symptoms very much like those seen in people with [[Parkinson's disease]]. Along with describing treatment approaches for the "frozen addicts" (some successful, some not), Palfreman and Langston also discuss the ethical, political, economic, and legal implications involved with researching treatments for devastating neurological disorders. ''The Case of the Frozen Addicts'' was published by Pantheon in 1995.<ref name="Science News (June 1995)">{{cite journal|title=Books|journal=Science News|date=June 17, 1995|volume=147|issue=24|pages=370|jstor=3978889}}</ref><ref name="Science News (September 1996)">{{cite journal|title=Books|journal=Science News|date=September 7, 1996|volume=150|issue=10|pages=155|jstor=3980429}}</ref><ref name="Fermaglich, Joseph (February 1996)">{{cite journal|last1=Fermaglich|first1=Joseph|title=The Case of the Frozen Addicts|journal=JAMA|date=February 7, 1996|volume=275|issue=5|pages=407–408|doi=10.1001/jama.1996.03530290079047}}<!--|accessdate=15 August 2015--></ref><ref name="Adams, Phoebe-Lou (June 1995)">{{cite news|last1=Adams|first1=Phoebe-Lou|title=The Case of the Frozen Addicts|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/aandc/brfrevs/brv9506.htm|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Atlantic Monthly|date=June 1995|pages=120–121}}</ref><ref name="Neville, Tina (April 1995)">{{cite journal|last1=Neville|first1=Tina|title=Langston, J. William, M.D. & Jon Palfreman. The Case of the Frozen Addicts|journal=Library Journal|date=April 15, 1995|page=105}}</ref><ref name="Beatty, William (May 1995)">{{cite journal|last1=Beatty|first1=William|title=The Case of the Frozen Addicts|journal=Booklist|date=May 15, 1995|volume=91|issue=18|page=1621}}</ref><ref name="Kesterston, Michael">{{cite news|last1=Kesterton|first1=Michael|title=Facts & Arguments social studies a daily miscellany of information|work=The Globe and Mail|date=July 19, 1995|location=Toronto, Ontario|page=A.14}}</ref><ref name="Armstrong, Robert (August 1996)">{{cite news|last1=Armstrong|first1=Robert|title=Paperbacks/Puzzling stories of medical mysteries make fascination reading/Three books trace the enigmas presented to doctors in dealing with strange ailments|work=Star Tribune|issue=Metro Edition|date=August 18, 1996|location=Minneapolis, MN|page=18.F}}</ref>


As a precursor to the book, Palfreman was introduced to the issues of Parkinson's disease during the development and production of two ''Nova'' documentaries: ''The Case of the Frozen Addicts'' (1986) and ''Brain Transplant'' (1992). ''The Case of the Frozen Addicts'' documentary won the following in 1986: Television Award, British Association for the Advancement of Science;<ref name="1986 ABSW Award">{{cite web|title=1986 ABSW Winners|url=http://www.absw.org.uk/absw-awards/previous-winners/back-in-the-20th-century.html#1986|website=ABSW.org|publisher=Association of British Science Writers|accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref> AAAS/Westinghouse Science Journalism Award;<ref name="AAAS (November 2013)" /><ref name="Wrather, Joan (March 1987)" /> Television Award, Glaxo Science Writers Award;{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} Red Ribbon Award, American Film Festival;{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} and Best Medical Film Award, Sci-Tech Festival.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
As a precursor to the book, Palfreman was introduced to the issues of Parkinson's disease during the development and production of two ''Nova'' documentaries: ''The Case of the Frozen Addicts'' (1986) and ''Brain Transplant'' (1992). ''The Case of the Frozen Addicts'' documentary won the following in 1986: Television Award, British Association for the Advancement of Science;<ref name="1986 ABSW Award">{{cite web|title=1986 ABSW Winners|url=http://www.absw.org.uk/absw-awards/previous-winners/back-in-the-20th-century.html#1986|website=ABSW.org|publisher=Association of British Science Writers|accessdate=20 August 2015|archive-date=10 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910003021/http://www.absw.org.uk/absw-awards/previous-winners/back-in-the-20th-century.html#1986|url-status=dead}}</ref> AAAS/Westinghouse Science Journalism Award;<ref name="AAAS (November 2013)" /><ref name="Wrather, Joan (March 1987)" /> Television Award, Glaxo Science Writers Award;{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} Red Ribbon Award, American Film Festival;{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} and Best Medical Film Award, Sci-Tech Festival.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}


''Brain Transplant'' was nominated for an Emmy<ref name="Variety.com (July 1993)">{{cite web|title=ABC, PBS lead news Emmy nominees|url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/abc-pbs-lead-news-emmy-nominees-109050/|website=Variety.com|accessdate=22 August 2015|date=July 22, 1993}}</ref> and a Writer's Guild Award in 1992.<ref name="Los Angeles Times (February 1994)">{{cite news|title=Writer gets 4 nods in 1 WGA Category Honors: Daryl Busby gets nominations in best children's script for screenplays he co-authored for the Disney Channel series 'Adventures in Wonderland'|work=Los Angeles Times|issue=Home Edition|date=February 8, 1994|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=8}}</ref>
''Brain Transplant'' was nominated for an Emmy<ref name="Variety.com (July 1993)">{{cite web|title=ABC, PBS lead news Emmy nominees|url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/abc-pbs-lead-news-emmy-nominees-109050/|website=Variety.com|accessdate=22 August 2015|date=July 22, 1993}}</ref> and a Writer's Guild Award in 1992.<ref name="Los Angeles Times (February 1994)">{{cite news|title=Writer gets 4 nods in 1 WGA Category Honors: Daryl Busby gets nominations in best children's script for screenplays he co-authored for the Disney Channel series 'Adventures in Wonderland'|work=Los Angeles Times|issue=Home Edition|date=February 8, 1994|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=8}}</ref>
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* ''Sick Around the World'' (PBS, 2008)<ref name="Register-Guard (April 2008)">{{cite news|title=Sick Around the World|work=The Register-Guard|date=April 7, 2008|location=Eugene, OR|page=A.8}}</ref><ref name="Hale, Mike (April 2008)">{{cite news|last1=Hale|first1=Mike|title=Lower Insurance Premiums and Better Care: Un-American Health Delivery|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/arts/television/15sick.html?_r=0|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=The New York Times|date=April 15, 2008}}</ref>
* ''Sick Around the World'' (PBS, 2008)<ref name="Register-Guard (April 2008)">{{cite news|title=Sick Around the World|work=The Register-Guard|date=April 7, 2008|location=Eugene, OR|page=A.8}}</ref><ref name="Hale, Mike (April 2008)">{{cite news|last1=Hale|first1=Mike|title=Lower Insurance Premiums and Better Care: Un-American Health Delivery|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/arts/television/15sick.html?_r=0|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=The New York Times|date=April 15, 2008}}</ref>
* ''Harvest of Fear'' (Frontline and Nova, April 2001)<ref name="Philips, Barbara D. (April 2001)">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Barbara D.|title=Review/A surfer's guide to TV: How 'Mary' made it|work=Wall Street Journal|issue=Eastern edition|date=April 20, 2001|location=New York, NY|page=W.13}}</ref>
* ''Harvest of Fear'' (Frontline and Nova, April 2001)<ref name="Philips, Barbara D. (April 2001)">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Barbara D.|title=Review/A surfer's guide to TV: How 'Mary' made it|work=Wall Street Journal|issue=Eastern edition|date=April 20, 2001|location=New York, NY|page=W.13}}</ref>
* ''The Battle of City Springs'' (Palfreman Film Group, 2000)<ref name="Bowler, Mike (April 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Bowler|first1=Mike|title=Nine months of the battle; Documentary: A filmmaker tells the story of a troubled city school and its struggle to educate imperiled children|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2000-04-26/news/0004260053_1_city-springs-maryland-school-performance-direct-instruction|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=The Sun|issue=Final Edition|date=April 26, 2000|location=Baltimore, MD|page=2B}}</ref><ref name="Phillips, Barbara D. (September 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Barbara D.|title=Review/A Surfer's Guide to TV: and They're off! The season's sprinters|work=Wall Street Journal|issue=Eastern Edition|date=September 29, 2000|page=W.12}}</ref>
* ''The Battle of City Springs'' (Palfreman Film Group, 2000)<ref name="Bowler, Mike (April 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Bowler|first1=Mike|title=Nine months of the battle; Documentary: A filmmaker tells the story of a troubled city school and its struggle to educate imperiled children|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2000/04/26/nine-months-of-the-battle-documentary-a-filmmaker-tells-the-story-of-a-troubled-city-school-and-its-struggle-to-educate-imperiled-children/|access-date=15 August 2015|work=The Sun|issue=Final Edition|date=April 26, 2000|location=Baltimore, MD|page=2B}}</ref><ref name="Phillips, Barbara D. (September 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Barbara D.|title=Review/A Surfer's Guide to TV: and They're off! The season's sprinters|work=Wall Street Journal|issue=Eastern Edition|date=September 29, 2000|page=W.12}}</ref>
* ''What's Up with the Weather?'' (Frontline and Nova, 2000)<ref name="McDonough, Kevin (April 2000)">{{cite news|last1=McDonough|first1=Kevin|title=Weather joins list of hot topics|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18965211.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225100721/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18965211.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 25, 2016|accessdate=5 August 2015|work=Charleston Daily Mail|date=April 18, 2000|location=Charleston, WV|page=3D}}</ref><ref name="Steigerwald, Bill (April, 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Steigerwald|first1=Bill|title=Weather special ruins doomsayers' forecast|work=Pittsburgh Post – Gazette|issue=Region Edition|date=April 18, 2000|location=Pittsburgh, PA|page=D-4}}</ref>
* ''What's Up with the Weather?'' (Frontline and Nova, 2000)<ref name="McDonough, Kevin (April 2000)">{{cite news|last1=McDonough|first1=Kevin|title=Weather joins list of hot topics|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18965211.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225100721/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18965211.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 25, 2016|accessdate=5 August 2015|work=Charleston Daily Mail|date=April 18, 2000|location=Charleston, WV|page=3D}}</ref><ref name="Steigerwald, Bill (April, 2000)">{{cite news|last1=Steigerwald|first1=Bill|title=Weather special ruins doomsayers' forecast|work=Pittsburgh Post – Gazette|issue=Region Edition|date=April 18, 2000|location=Pittsburgh, PA|page=D-4}}</ref>
* ''Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging'' (Frontline, 1999)<ref name="Mink, Eric (June 1999)">{{cite news|last1=Mink|first1=Eric|title='Stealing Time': The Brave New World of Aging|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/stealing-time-brave-new-world-aging-article-1.837329|accessdate=11 August 2015|work=New York Daily News|date=June 2, 1999|location=New York, NY|page=75}}</ref>
* ''Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging'' (Frontline, 1999)<ref name="Mink, Eric (June 1999)">{{cite news|last1=Mink|first1=Eric|title='Stealing Time': The Brave New World of Aging|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/stealing-time-brave-new-world-aging-article-1.837329|accessdate=11 August 2015|work=New York Daily News|date=June 2, 1999|location=New York, NY|page=75}}</ref>
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* ''Nuclear Reaction'' (Frontline, 1997)<ref name="Goodman, Walter (April 1997)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Pop Culture's Role in Nuclear Fears|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/09/19/specials/rhodes-frontline.html|accessdate=11 August 2015|work=The New York Times|date=April 22, 1997|page=C16}}</ref><ref name="Heidorn, Rich (April 1997)">{{cite news|last1=Heidorn|first1=Rich|title='Frontline' faults American anxiety about nuclear power|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=April 22, 1997|location=Philadelphia, PA|page=D.7}}</ref>
* ''Nuclear Reaction'' (Frontline, 1997)<ref name="Goodman, Walter (April 1997)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Pop Culture's Role in Nuclear Fears|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/09/19/specials/rhodes-frontline.html|accessdate=11 August 2015|work=The New York Times|date=April 22, 1997|page=C16}}</ref><ref name="Heidorn, Rich (April 1997)">{{cite news|last1=Heidorn|first1=Rich|title='Frontline' faults American anxiety about nuclear power|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=April 22, 1997|location=Philadelphia, PA|page=D.7}}</ref>
* ''Siamese Twins'' (Nova, 1995)<ref name="Glackin, Jessica (June 2015)" />
* ''Siamese Twins'' (Nova, 1995)<ref name="Glackin, Jessica (June 2015)" />
* ''Breast Implants on Trial'' (Frontline, 1996)<ref name="Koehler, Robert (February 1996)">{{cite news|last1=Koehler|first1=Robert|title=TV Review; 'Frontline' Examines Breast Implant Fight|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-02-27/entertainment/ca-40611_1_breast-implant-surgery|accessdate=14 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|issue=Home Edition|date=February 27, 1996|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=10}}</ref>
* ''Breast Implants on Trial'' (Frontline, 1996)<ref name="Koehler, Robert (February 1996)">{{cite news|last1=Koehler|first1=Robert|title=TV Review; 'Frontline' Examines Breast Implant Fight|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-27-ca-40611-story.html|access-date=14 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|issue=Home Edition|date=February 27, 1996|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=10}}</ref>
* ''Waco: The Inside Story'' (Frontline, 1995)<ref name="Goodman, Walter (October 1995)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Delving into disaster two years after Waco|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/17/movies/television-review-delving-into-disaster-two-years-after-waco.html|accessdate=11 August 2015|work=The New York Times|date=October 17, 1995|page=C18}}</ref>
* ''Waco: The Inside Story'' (Frontline, 1995)<ref name="Goodman, Walter (October 1995)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Delving into disaster two years after Waco|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/17/movies/television-review-delving-into-disaster-two-years-after-waco.html|accessdate=11 August 2015|work=The New York Times|date=October 17, 1995|page=C18}}</ref>
* ''Currents of Fear'' (Frontline, 1995)<ref name="Goodman, Walter (June 1995)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Television review; Power Lines and Cancer: Is there a connection?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/13/movies/television-review-power-lines-and-cancer-is-there-a-connection.html|accessdate=11 August 2015|work=The New York Times|date=June 13, 1995}}</ref>
* ''Currents of Fear'' (Frontline, 1995)<ref name="Goodman, Walter (June 1995)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Television review; Power Lines and Cancer: Is there a connection?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/13/movies/television-review-power-lines-and-cancer-is-there-a-connection.html|accessdate=11 August 2015|work=The New York Times|date=June 13, 1995}}</ref>
* ''The Nicotine War'' (Frontline, 1995)<ref name="Goodman, Walter (January 1995)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Television Review; Cigarettes: Both ends of the issue|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/03/arts/television-review-cigarettes-both-ends-of-the-issue.html|accessdate=5 August 2015|work=The New York Times|issue=Late edition (East Coast)|date=January 3, 1995|location=New York, NY|page=C.46}}</ref>
* ''The Nicotine War'' (Frontline, 1995)<ref name="Goodman, Walter (January 1995)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Television Review; Cigarettes: Both ends of the issue|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/03/arts/television-review-cigarettes-both-ends-of-the-issue.html|accessdate=5 August 2015|work=The New York Times|issue=Late edition (East Coast)|date=January 3, 1995|location=New York, NY|page=C.46}}</ref>
* ''Siamese Twins'' (Nova, 1995)<ref name="van Dijck, Jose (July 2002)">{{cite journal|last1=van Dijck|first1=Jose|title=Medical documentary: conjoined twins as a mediated spectacle|journal=Media, Culture and Society|date=July 2002|volume=24|issue=4|pages=537–556|url=http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/24/4/537.abstract|accessdate=13 August 2015|doi=10.1177/016344370202400405|s2cid=220923925 }}</ref>
* ''Siamese Twins'' (Nova, 1995)<ref name="van Dijck, Jose (July 2002)">{{cite journal|last1=van Dijck|first1=Jose|title=Medical documentary: conjoined twins as a mediated spectacle|journal=Media, Culture & Society|date=July 2002|volume=24|issue=4|pages=537–556|url=http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/24/4/537.abstract|accessdate=13 August 2015|doi=10.1177/016344370202400405|s2cid=220923925 }}</ref>
* ''AIDS Research: The Story So Far'' (Frontline, 1994)<ref name="Koehler, Robert (April 1994)">{{cite news|last1=Koehler|first1=Robert|title=TV Reviews: A look at past, future of 'AIDS Research'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-12/entertainment/ca-44915_1_aids-research|accessdate=5 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 12, 1994|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=9}}</ref><ref name="Goodman, Walter (April 1994)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Review/Television; What is being done about AIDS|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/12/arts/review-television-what-is-being-done-about-aids.html|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=The New York Times|issue=Late Edition (East Coast)|date=April 12, 1994|page=C.24}}</ref>
* ''AIDS Research: The Story So Far'' (Frontline, 1994)<ref name="Koehler, Robert (April 1994)">{{cite news|last1=Koehler|first1=Robert|title=TV Reviews: A look at past, future of 'AIDS Research'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-12-ca-44915-story.html|access-date=5 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 12, 1994|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=9}}</ref><ref name="Goodman, Walter (April 1994)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Review/Television; What is being done about AIDS|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/12/arts/review-television-what-is-being-done-about-aids.html|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=The New York Times|issue=Late Edition (East Coast)|date=April 12, 1994|page=C.24}}</ref>
* ''Prisoners of Silence'' (Frontline, 1993)<ref name="Koehler, Robert (October 1993)" />
* ''Prisoners of Silence'' (Frontline, 1993)<ref name="Koehler, Robert (October 1993)" />
* ''Brain Transplant'' (Nova, 1992)<ref name="Goodman, Walter (December 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Using fetal transplants to help improve lives|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/01/movies/review-television-using-fetal-transplants-to-help-improve-lives.html|accessdate=5 August 2015|work=The New York Times|issue=Late edition – final|date=December 1, 1992|location=New York, NY|page=18, Section C}}</ref>
* ''Brain Transplant'' (Nova, 1992)<ref name="Goodman, Walter (December 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Using fetal transplants to help improve lives|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/01/movies/review-television-using-fetal-transplants-to-help-improve-lives.html|accessdate=5 August 2015|work=The New York Times|issue=Late edition – final|date=December 1, 1992|location=New York, NY|page=18, Section C}}</ref>
* ''The Machine That Changed the World'' (Nova, 1992)<ref name="Vranizan, Michelle (April 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Vranizan|first1=Michelle|title=Television: Computers programmed into entertaining series|work=The Orange County Register|issue=Morning Edition|date=April 6, 1992|location=Santa Ana, CA|page=F04}}</ref><ref name="Ladendorf, Kirk">{{cite news|last1=Ladendorf|first1=Kirk|title=Computer history program tunes into MCC's Lenat|work=Austin American Statesman|issue=Final Edition|date=April 25, 1992|location=Austin, TX|page=E1}}</ref>
* ''The Machine That Changed the World'' (Nova, 1992)<ref name="Vranizan, Michelle (April 1992)">{{cite news|last1=Vranizan|first1=Michelle|title=Television: Computers programmed into entertaining series|work=The Orange County Register|issue=Morning Edition|date=April 6, 1992|location=Santa Ana, CA|page=F04}}</ref><ref name="Ladendorf, Kirk">{{cite news|last1=Ladendorf|first1=Kirk|title=Computer history program tunes into MCC's Lenat|work=Austin American Statesman|issue=Final Edition|date=April 25, 1992|location=Austin, TX|page=E1}}</ref>
* ''Pioneers of Surgery'' (Nova, 1988)<ref name="McCabe, Bruce (September 1988)">{{cite news|last1=McCabe|first1=Bruce|title=Nova begins 16th season|work=Boston Globe|issue=Third Edition|date=September 4, 1988|location=Boston, MA|page=2}}</ref><ref name="Goodman, Walter (September 1988)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Review/Television; 150 Years of Surgery in 'The Brutal Craft' (Review)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/06/arts/review-television-150-years-of-surgery-in-the-brutal-craft.html|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=The New York Times|issue=Late Edition (East Coast)|date=September 6, 1988|page=C.22}}</ref><ref name="Steigerwald, Bill (September 6, 1988)">{{cite news|last1=Steigerwald|first1=Bill|title=Television Reviews Surgery Goes Under the Knife on PBS' 'Nova'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-09-06/entertainment/ca-1580_1_modern-surgery|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|issue=Home Edition|date=September 6, 1988|page=9}}</ref>
* ''Pioneers of Surgery'' (Nova, 1988)<ref name="McCabe, Bruce (September 1988)">{{cite news|last1=McCabe|first1=Bruce|title=Nova begins 16th season|work=Boston Globe|issue=Third Edition|date=September 4, 1988|location=Boston, MA|page=2}}</ref><ref name="Goodman, Walter (September 1988)">{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Walter|title=Review/Television; 150 Years of Surgery in 'The Brutal Craft' (Review)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/06/arts/review-television-150-years-of-surgery-in-the-brutal-craft.html|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=The New York Times|issue=Late Edition (East Coast)|date=September 6, 1988|page=C.22}}</ref><ref name="Steigerwald, Bill (September 6, 1988)">{{cite news|last1=Steigerwald|first1=Bill|title=Television Reviews Surgery Goes Under the Knife on PBS' 'Nova'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-06-ca-1580-story.html|access-date=15 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|issue=Home Edition|date=September 6, 1988|page=9}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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* ''Emmy Award'' for the ''Nova'' production of ''Siamese Twins'' (1997)<ref name="Glackin, Jessica (June 2015)" />
* ''Emmy Award'' for the ''Nova'' production of ''Siamese Twins'' (1997)<ref name="Glackin, Jessica (June 2015)" />
* ''Science Journalism Award'' presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the ''Frontline'' production of ''Breast Implants on Trial'' (1996)<ref name="AAAS (May 2015)">{{cite web|title=AAAS Science Journalism Award Recipients|url=http://www.aaas.org/page/aaas-science-journalism-award-recipients|website=AAAS.org|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|accessdate=6 August 2015|date=May 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Cooper, Ellen (May 1998)">{{cite journal|last1=Cooper|first1=Ellen|title=AAAS News and Notes|journal=Science|date=May 29, 1998|volume=280|issue=5368|pages=1460–1463|jstor=2895923|doi=10.1126/science.280.5368.1460|s2cid=220108340}}</ref><ref name="Byrand, S.L. (February 1997)">{{cite journal|last1=Byrand|first1=S.L.|title=AAAS News and Notes|journal=Science|date=February 28, 1997|volume=275|issue=5304|pages=1334–1335|jstor=2892402|doi=10.1126/science.275.5304.1334|s2cid=220106468}}</ref>
* ''Science Journalism Award'' presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the ''Frontline'' production of ''Breast Implants on Trial'' (1996)<ref name="AAAS (May 2015)">{{cite web|title=AAAS Science Journalism Award Recipients|url=http://www.aaas.org/page/aaas-science-journalism-award-recipients|website=AAAS.org|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|accessdate=6 August 2015|date=May 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Cooper, Ellen (May 1998)">{{cite journal|last1=Cooper|first1=Ellen|title=AAAS News and Notes|journal=Science|date=May 29, 1998|volume=280|issue=5368|pages=1460–1463|jstor=2895923|doi=10.1126/science.280.5368.1460|s2cid=220108340}}</ref><ref name="Byrand, S.L. (February 1997)">{{cite journal|last1=Byrand|first1=S.L.|title=AAAS News and Notes|journal=Science|date=February 28, 1997|volume=275|issue=5304|pages=1334–1335|jstor=2892402|doi=10.1126/science.275.5304.1334|s2cid=220106468}}</ref>
* ''Writers Guild of America Award'' in the television documentary, current events category for ''AIDS Research: The Story So Far'', PBS (1995)<ref name="LA Times (March 1995)">{{cite news|title='Four Weddings,' 'Foreest Gump' Screenplays Honored|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-03-20/news/mn-45029_1_forrest-gump|accessdate=11 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 20, 1995|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=19}}</ref>
* ''Writers Guild of America Award'' in the television documentary, current events category for ''AIDS Research: The Story So Far'', PBS (1995)<ref name="LA Times (March 1995)">{{cite news|title='Four Weddings,' 'Foreest Gump' Screenplays Honored|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-20-mn-45029-story.html|access-date=11 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 20, 1995|location=Los Angeles, CA|page=19}}</ref>
* ''AAAS-Westinghouse Science Journalism Award'' for the ''Frontline'' production of ''Prisoners of Silence'' (1994)<ref name="Pabst, Diana (May 1995)">{{cite journal|last1=Pabst|first1=Diana|title=Inside AAAS|journal=Science |series=New Series|date=May 26, 1995|volume=268|issue=5214|pages=1226–1227|jstor=2888407|doi=10.1126/science.268.5214.1226|bibcode=1995Sci...268.1226P |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* ''AAAS-Westinghouse Science Journalism Award'' for the ''Frontline'' production of ''Prisoners of Silence'' (1994)<ref name="Pabst, Diana (May 1995)">{{cite journal|last1=Pabst|first1=Diana|title=Inside AAAS|journal=Science |series=New Series|date=May 26, 1995|volume=268|issue=5214|pages=1226–1227|jstor=2888407|doi=10.1126/science.268.5214.1226|bibcode=1995Sci...268.1226P |doi-access=}}</ref>
* ''Westinghouse Science Journalism Award'' for radio and television science journalism on Nova's ''The Case of the Frozen Addicts'' with Paul S. Apsell (1986)<ref name="AAAS (November 2013)">{{cite web|title=AAAS Westinghouse Science Journalism Awards – Television|url=http://www.aaas.org/page/aaas-westinghouse-science-journalism-awards-television|website=AAAS.org|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|accessdate=6 August 2015|date=November 14, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Wrather, Joan (March 1987)">{{cite journal|last1=Wrather|first1=Joan|title=Association Awards Presented at Annual Meeting in Chicago|journal=Science|date=March 6, 1987|volume=235|issue=4793|pages=1230–1232|jstor=1698259|doi=10.1126/science.235.4793.1230|pmid=17818985|bibcode=1987Sci...235.1230W |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* ''Westinghouse Science Journalism Award'' for radio and television science journalism on Nova's ''The Case of the Frozen Addicts'' with Paul S. Apsell (1986)<ref name="AAAS (November 2013)">{{cite web|title=AAAS Westinghouse Science Journalism Awards – Television|url=http://www.aaas.org/page/aaas-westinghouse-science-journalism-awards-television|website=AAAS.org|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|accessdate=6 August 2015|date=November 14, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Wrather, Joan (March 1987)">{{cite journal|last1=Wrather|first1=Joan|title=Association Awards Presented at Annual Meeting in Chicago|journal=Science|date=March 6, 1987|volume=235|issue=4793|pages=1230–1232|jstor=1698259|doi=10.1126/science.235.4793.1230|pmid=17818985|bibcode=1987Sci...235.1230W |doi-access=}}</ref>


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Jon Palfreman is a reporter, writer, producer, director and educator best known for his documentary work on Frontline and Nova. He has won awards for his journalism, including the Peabody Award,[1] Emmy Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton,[2] Writers Guild of America Award, and the AAAS-Westinghouse Science in Journalisim Award.[3][4] Palfreman has written, directed and produced documentaries on a wide range of topics, but specializes in topical and often controversial issues involving science and medicine.[5] Palfreman is the author of Brainstorms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease, The Case of the Frozen Addicts: Working at the Edge of the Mysteries of the Human Brain (with J. William Langston),[6] and The Dream Machine: Exploring the Computer Age (with Doron Swade). He is also president of the Palfreman Film Group.[7]

Background

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Palfreman was born in England.[8] He studied physics and the history and philosophy of science while attending university,[8] earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from University College London in 1971 and a Master of Science degree in history and social studies of science from the University of Sussex in 1972.[9]

Palfreman earned a PhD in Communications at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales) in 2005.[10]

Palfreman is currently a resident of Lexington, MA.[11]

Career

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In the late 1970s until 1997, Palfreman worked as a science journalist, director and producer for the BBC in London and WGBH in Boston, MA.[7][12]

In 1997, Palfreman started his own production company, the Palfreman Film Group.[7]

While in Massachusetts, Palfreman served as adjunct professor at Tufts University (teaching a course in risk communication),[7][13] Boston University and Suffolk University. He was also a trustee and board member of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.[7][14]

In 2002, Palfreman, along with five other journalists, John Price, Robin D. Stone, Jonathan Cohn, Barry Meier, and Marc Schaffer, was selected as a 2002 Kaiser Media fellow.[15]

In 2006, Palfreman was selected as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.[3][16]

Palfreman held the position of KEZI Distinguished Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Oregon from 2006 until 2015.[17] His courses included: Reporting for Electronic Media, The Journalistic Interview, Mass Communication and Society, Reporting Science, Advanced Documentary, and Producing Story.[18] He is currently an emeritus professor of journalism at the University of Oregon.[19]

Ethics in journalism is about reporting without fear or favor. It is my duty to make sure students understand the difference between advocacy and journalism.

— Palfreman[18]

In 2013, Palfreman joined the editorial board of the Journal of Parkinson's Disease as social media editor.[20][21] Palfreman, himself, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which he wrote about in The New York Times article, The Bright Side of Parkinson's[22] and spoke about in the podcast interview The Mysteries of Parkinson's[23]

The Machine That Changed the World (TV Documentary)

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The Machine That Changed the World, a five-hour PBS series for which Palfreman was executive director, tracks the origin of the computer from the 19th Century, when "computers" were human beings, to what was, by 1992, the development of machines so inexpensive that virtually anyone could own and use one.[24][25] The series included conversations with Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Thomas Watson, Jr., Bill Gates, and Marvin Minsky and covered topics such as the development of the U.S. computer industry, artificial intelligence (including Douglas Lenat's Cyc) and virtual reality.[24][26] The series also recognized Konrad Zuse, John Mauchly, J. Presper Eckert, Maurice Wilkes, and Alan Turing for their contribution to advances in computer technology in the 20th century.[27] In reviewing the series, Eric Mink of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote: "What could have been a tangled mess of tubes, transistors, RAM, ROM, chips, bits and bytes instead is a story of a struggle against conventional thinking; of creative insight; of salesmanship and politics; of people taking risks and sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding beyond all expectations. And nothing brings a story to life more than being able to see and hear some of the people who made it happen."[28] The Machine that Changed the World won the 1992 George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in "chronicling the history and impact of computing."[1]

It is not an ordinary machine, like a car or washing machine. It is something special. When we thought about it more deeply, we realized it wasn't a machine, it was a new medium. It was more like the development of writing than the development of the automobile.

— Jon Palfreman[24]

Prisoners of Silence (TV Documentary)

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In 1993, Palfreman produced an hour-long show exploring Facilitated Communication (FC), a technique being touted by some parents, teachers and mental health professionals as a way to "unlock the autistic mind" simply by supporting their child or client's hand while typing on a keyboard.[29][30] However, his investigations into FC revealed that the claims of proponents, such as Douglas Biklen of Syracuse University, that these people with severe impairments could "actually write and think for themselves" were scientifically unfounded.[31] Double-blind testing demonstrated that "when autism sufferers and facilitators were shown different objects, what was typed by the autistic person was what the facilitator saw".[29][32] Further, throughout the United States, charges of sexual abuse were being leveled at parents and caregivers by facilitators using the technique whose communication partners were, later, found out to have no ability to read or write on their own. FC, often compared with the Ouiji board,[33] turned out to be a "poorly tested and researched technique that has given false hope to many," as well as raise "questions about both the human and professional capacity for self-delusion and the reliability of new information in the field of mental health care."[30] Prisoners of Silence won an AAAS-Westinghouse Science Journalism Award in 1994, which Palfreman considered one of the most valuable awards he's received.[8]

People today are deluged with claims that play on their hopes and fears, and that aren't actually based on anything of substance. Science journalists aren't afraid to engage in the details of science, to go in and bring some reason to these areas. [The AAAS awards] recognize this.

— Palfreman[8]

What's Up with the Weather? (TV Documentary)

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In What's Up With the Weather, a 2000 Nova and Frontline documentary, Palfreman and his production team explored the science and politics behind climate change. In what critics described as a "sensible and realistic approach to an issue badly skewed by high emotion and low politics", Palfreman explores climatology and greenhouse gases, the extinction crisis, and alternatives to fossil fuel use.[34][35] According to Palfreman, global warming is an issue that will "eclipse all the previous controversies over DDT, asbestos, toxic metals, radiation and even tobacco."[36] What's Up with the Weather won the 1996 National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Award[37] and the American Institute of Physics Award in 2001.[38]

Global warming is the mother of all environmental debates.

— Palfreman [39]

The Harvest of Fear (TV Documentary)

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The Harvest of Fear, written, directed and produced by Palfreman in 2001, is a Frontline and Nova co-production examining modern day agriculture and the benefits and risks of technology used to genetically modify food. The program explores the issues of pesticide use, world hunger, the risks of tampering with nature, "Frankenfoods", and the politics of applying biotechnology to food sources. The program also highlights (and sometimes challenges) opponents' concerns about "unforeseeable adverse medical and environmental effects."[5][40][41][42] The Harvest of Fear won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award in 2002.[2]

Basically, this is a story about the increasing power of science to alter our world and the fear this power generates.

— Palfreman [41]

The Case of the Frozen Addicts (Book)

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The Case of the Frozen Addicts, co-written by Palfreman and J. William Langston, documents the medical investigation Langston undertook as a neurologist in a California hospital when, in 1982, he encountered several patients who suffered paralysis and an inability to speak. These symptoms caused the patients to appear "frozen". Langston eventually discovered that each of the patients had been exposed to a "designer drug", contaminated with MPTP which, he hypothesized, destroyed cells in the part of the brain called the substantia nigra and impaired the production of dopamine. This, in turn, caused symptoms very much like those seen in people with Parkinson's disease. Along with describing treatment approaches for the "frozen addicts" (some successful, some not), Palfreman and Langston also discuss the ethical, political, economic, and legal implications involved with researching treatments for devastating neurological disorders. The Case of the Frozen Addicts was published by Pantheon in 1995.[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]

As a precursor to the book, Palfreman was introduced to the issues of Parkinson's disease during the development and production of two Nova documentaries: The Case of the Frozen Addicts (1986) and Brain Transplant (1992). The Case of the Frozen Addicts documentary won the following in 1986: Television Award, British Association for the Advancement of Science;[51] AAAS/Westinghouse Science Journalism Award;[52][53] Television Award, Glaxo Science Writers Award;[citation needed] Red Ribbon Award, American Film Festival;[citation needed] and Best Medical Film Award, Sci-Tech Festival.[citation needed]

Brain Transplant was nominated for an Emmy[54] and a Writer's Guild Award in 1992.[55]

Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease (Book)

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Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease, written by Palfreman and published by Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015, is "part scientific investigation, part medical detective story, and part memoir" focused on a disease first described in 1817 by James Parkinson and which now bears his name. Other scientists discussed in the book include: Jean-Martin Charcot, Constantin Tretiakoff, and Frederic Lewy. In the book, Palfreman provides readers with a historical account of Parkinson's, its symptoms and how it affects the brain, a scientific look at experimental treatments and medications, an overview of the current state of research, and personal and professional accounts of people affected by the disease (physicians, researchers, and those living with Parkinson's). Palfreman, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's while researching the book,[56] reminds Parkinson's sufferers to educate themselves about their condition and current treatments, exercise, stay positive, participate in clinical trials, and advocate further research for drug companies dismissive of what they considered to be a non-life-threatening disease.[19][57]

Portland Countdown (podcast)

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In June 2015, Palfreman, along with film producer and journalist Dave Iverson, began hosting a monthly limited-run podcast on the subject of Parkinson's disease research and treatment, In preparation for the 4th World Parkinson Congress to be held in Portland, Oregon in September, 2016.[58] The podcast has had guests such as Andrew Lees, MD, Daniel Weintraub, MD, Dr. Lawrence I. Golbe, and Jeffrey Kordower, PhD. It covers topics from the basics of Parkinson's disease, to stopping disease progression, to Parkinson's and genetics.

Books

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  • Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease (Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015) ISBN 978-0-374-11617-0
  • The Case of the Frozen Addicts: Working at the Edge of the Mysteries of the Human Brain with J. William Langston (Pantheon, 1995) ISBN 978-0-679-74708-6
  • The Dream Machine: Exploring the Computer Age (BBC Books, 1991) ISBN 978-0-563-36221-0

Articles

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  • Cracking the Parkinson's Puzzle (Scientific American Mind, 2015)[59]
  • The Bright Side of Parkinson's (The New York Times, 2015)[22]
  • The Dark Legacy of FC (Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 2012)[60]
  • A Journalist's Letter from Academia (Nieman Report, 2011)[61]
  • Dealing with Disruption (Nieman Report, 2009)[62]
  • Atomic Masonry (Oregon Quarterly, 2007)[63]
  • Caught in the Web (Nieman Report, 2006)[64]
  • The Rise and Fall of Power Line EMFs: The Anatomy of a Magnetic Controversy (Review of Policy Research, 2006)[65]
  • A Tale of Two Fears: Exploring Media Depictions of Nuclear Power and Global Warming (Review of Policy Research, 2006)[14]
  • Bringing Science to a Television Audience (Nieman Reports, 2002)[66]
  • Sending Messages Nobody Wants to Hear: a Primer on Risk Communication (AgBioForum, 2001)[67]
  • Apocalypse not. (Cover Story) (Technology Review, 1996)[68]
  • The Australian Origins of Facilitated Communication. In H. Shane (editor) Facilitated Communication: the clinical and cultural phenomena. (Singular, 1994)[69]
  • Between Scepticism and Credulity: A Study of Victorian Scientific Attitudes to Modern Spiritualism (Sociological Review, 1979)[12][70]
  • Mesmerism and the English Medical Profession: A Study of Conflict (Ethics in Science and Medicine, 1977)[12][71]
  • William Crookes: Spiritualism and Science (Ethics in Science and Medicine, 1976)[12][72]

Lectures

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  • Sick Around the World, sponsored by Health Care for All Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (November 2013)[73]
  • The annual Cary Lecture Series, Cary Hall, Lexington, MA (September 2011)[11]
  • Combating Global Yawning: Overcoming Public Indifference to the Environment, University of Rhode Island (June 2004)[74]

Select Frontline and Nova Productions

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  • Nuclear Aftershocks (Frontline, 2012)[75][76]
  • The Vaccine War (Frontline, 2010)[77][78]
  • Sick Around the World (PBS, 2008)[79][80]
  • Harvest of Fear (Frontline and Nova, April 2001)[81]
  • The Battle of City Springs (Palfreman Film Group, 2000)[82][83]
  • What's Up with the Weather? (Frontline and Nova, 2000)[39][84]
  • Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging (Frontline, 1999)[85]
  • Last Battle of the Gulf War (Frontline, 1998)[86]
  • Nuclear Reaction (Frontline, 1997)[87][88]
  • Siamese Twins (Nova, 1995)[18]
  • Breast Implants on Trial (Frontline, 1996)[89]
  • Waco: The Inside Story (Frontline, 1995)[90]
  • Currents of Fear (Frontline, 1995)[91]
  • The Nicotine War (Frontline, 1995)[92]
  • Siamese Twins (Nova, 1995)[93]
  • AIDS Research: The Story So Far (Frontline, 1994)[94][95]
  • Prisoners of Silence (Frontline, 1993)[31]
  • Brain Transplant (Nova, 1992)[96]
  • The Machine That Changed the World (Nova, 1992)[24][97]
  • Pioneers of Surgery (Nova, 1988)[98][99][100]

Awards

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  • American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for WNET's production of Light Speed (2005)[13]
  • duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award for Frontline, Nova, and the Palfreman Film Group production of Harvest of Fear (2002)[2]
  • Victor Cohn Prize for excellence in medical writing (2001)[17][101]
  • Science in Society Award (1996) for the Frontline and Nova production of What's Up With the Weather? (2001)[37]
  • Effective Presentation of Behavior Analysis in the Mass Media Award (2002)[102]
  • Science in Society Award (1998) for the Frontline production of Gulf War Syndrome (1998)[103]
  • Emmy Award for the Nova production of Siamese Twins (1997)[18]
  • Science Journalism Award presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the Frontline production of Breast Implants on Trial (1996)[104][105][106]
  • Writers Guild of America Award in the television documentary, current events category for AIDS Research: The Story So Far, PBS (1995)[4]
  • AAAS-Westinghouse Science Journalism Award for the Frontline production of Prisoners of Silence (1994)[8]
  • Westinghouse Science Journalism Award for radio and television science journalism on Nova's The Case of the Frozen Addicts with Paul S. Apsell (1986)[52][53]

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