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'''Jon Daniel Franklin''' (January 13, 1943 - January 21, 2024) was an American writer. He was born in [[Enid, Oklahoma]].<ref name=Cusick>Cusick, Daniel "[http://www.urhome.umd.edu/CPMAG/summer01/franklin.html Jon Franklin's Reality Story] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204254/http://www.urhome.umd.edu/CPMAG/summer01/franklin.html |date=2013-10-29 }}", ''College Park Magazine'',</ref> He won the inaugural Pulitzer Prizes in two journalism categories both for his work as a science writer with the ''[[Baltimore Evening Sun]]''.<ref name=Brennan>Brennan, Elizabeth A. and Clarage, Elizabeth C., "Jon Daniel Franklin" ''Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners'', 1999, pg 196.</ref> Franklin holds a B.S. in journalism from the [[University of Maryland]].<ref name=Merrill>"[http://www.merrill.umd.edu/directory/jon-franklin Jon Franklin, Professor Emeritus]", Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, The University of Maryland</ref> He is currently professor emeritus of journalism at his alma mater; previously, Franklin taught [[creative writing]] at the [[University of Oregon]] and was the head of the [[technical journalism]] department at [[Oregon State University]].<ref name=Sci>[http://sciwrite.org/sciwrite/sciwrite.franklin.html Jon Franklin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004085829/http://sciwrite.org/sciwrite/sciwrite.franklin.html |date=2011-10-04 }}, Science Writing Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico</ref> He received honorary degrees from the University of Maryland in 1981 and [[Notre Dame de Namur University]] in 1982.<ref name=Brennan />
'''Jon Daniel Franklin''' (January 13, 1942 - January 21, 2024) was an American writer. He was born in [[Enid, Oklahoma]].<ref name=Cusick>Cusick, Daniel "[http://www.urhome.umd.edu/CPMAG/summer01/franklin.html Jon Franklin's Reality Story] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204254/http://www.urhome.umd.edu/CPMAG/summer01/franklin.html |date=2013-10-29 }}", ''College Park Magazine'',</ref> He won the inaugural Pulitzer Prizes in two journalism categories both for his work as a science writer with the ''[[Baltimore Evening Sun]]''.<ref name=Brennan>Brennan, Elizabeth A. and Clarage, Elizabeth C., "Jon Daniel Franklin" ''Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners'', 1999, pg 196.</ref> Franklin holds a B.S. in journalism from the [[University of Maryland]].<ref name=Merrill>"[http://www.merrill.umd.edu/directory/jon-franklin Jon Franklin, Professor Emeritus]", Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, The University of Maryland</ref> He is currently professor emeritus of journalism at his alma mater; previously, Franklin taught [[creative writing]] at the [[University of Oregon]] and was the head of the [[technical journalism]] department at [[Oregon State University]].<ref name=Sci>[http://sciwrite.org/sciwrite/sciwrite.franklin.html Jon Franklin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004085829/http://sciwrite.org/sciwrite/sciwrite.franklin.html |date=2011-10-04 }}, Science Writing Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico</ref> He received honorary degrees from the University of Maryland in 1981 and [[Notre Dame de Namur University]] in 1982.<ref name=Brennan />


The Canadian television film ''[[Shocktrauma]]'' is based on the book Franklin co-wrote with Alan Doelp.
The Canadian television film ''[[Shocktrauma]]'' is based on the book Franklin co-wrote with Alan Doelp.

Revision as of 22:28, 24 January 2024

For the sports marketing executive, see Jon J. Franklin.

Jon Daniel Franklin (January 13, 1942 - January 21, 2024) was an American writer. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma.[1] He won the inaugural Pulitzer Prizes in two journalism categories both for his work as a science writer with the Baltimore Evening Sun.[2] Franklin holds a B.S. in journalism from the University of Maryland.[3] He is currently professor emeritus of journalism at his alma mater; previously, Franklin taught creative writing at the University of Oregon and was the head of the technical journalism department at Oregon State University.[4] He received honorary degrees from the University of Maryland in 1981 and Notre Dame de Namur University in 1982.[2]

The Canadian television film Shocktrauma is based on the book Franklin co-wrote with Alan Doelp.

Working for The Baltimore Sun, Franklin won the first Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1979, for covering a brain surgery,[5] and won the first Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1985, for a series about molecular psychiatry, "The Mind Fixers".[6]

Franklin died January 21, 2024, in Annapolis, Maryland after a battle with esophageal cancer. He was 82.[7]

Books

  • Shocktrauma (1980) with Alan Doelp
  • Not Quite A Miracle (1983) with Alan Doelp
  • Guinea Pig Doctors (1984) with Dr. John T. Sutherland; republished in 2003 as If I Die In The Service Of Science: The Dramatic Stories Of Medical Scientists Who Experimented On Themselves
  • Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of a Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner (1986)
  • Franklin, Jon (1987). Molecules of the mind : the brave new science of molecular psychology. New York: Dell Pub. ISBN 0-440-50005-2. OCLC 17958586.
  • The Wolf In The Parlor: The Eternal Connection between Humans and Dogs (2009)

References

  1. ^ Cusick, Daniel "Jon Franklin's Reality Story Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine", College Park Magazine,
  2. ^ a b Brennan, Elizabeth A. and Clarage, Elizabeth C., "Jon Daniel Franklin" Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners, 1999, pg 196.
  3. ^ "Jon Franklin, Professor Emeritus", Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, The University of Maryland
  4. ^ Jon Franklin Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, Science Writing Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  5. ^ "Feature Writing". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  6. ^ "Explanatory Journalism". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  7. ^ Murphy, Brian (23 January 2024). "Jon Franklin, two-time Pulitzer winner as science journalist, dies at 82". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 January 2024.


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