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Revision as of 21:32, 24 February 2013

The National Academies Communication Award is an annual prize bestowed in recognition of creative works that help the public understand topics in science, engineering or medicine. The awards were established in 2003 and are administered by the Keck Futures Initiative, a project of the National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine that is funded by the W.M. Keck Foundation. A $20,000 prize is awarded in each of four categories: Book, Film/Radio/TV, Magazine/Newspaper, and Online. The Online category was created in 2009.

List of recipients

Book

2012 Daniel Kahneman Thinking, Fast and Slow
2011 Rebecca Skloot The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2010 Richard Holmes The Age of Wonder
2009 Neil Shubin Your Inner Fish
2008 Walter Isaacson Einstein: His Life and Universe
2007 Eric Kandel In Search of Memory
2006 Charles C. Mann 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
2005 John M. Barry The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History[1]
2004 Matt Ridley The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture[2]
2003 Carl Safina Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival[3]

Film/Radio/TV

2005 Thomas Levenson and Paula Apsell WGBH-TV NOVA “Origins: Back to the Beginning.”[1]
2004 Sue Norton and David Clark The Science Channel "Science of the Deep: Mid-Water Mysteries."[2]
2003 Joe Palca National Public Radio "series of news stories for radio about the scientific and human dimensions of cloning."[3]

Magazine/Newspaper

2005 Gareth Cook The Boston Globe “The Stem Cell Debate.”[1]
2004 Richard Lee Hotz The Los Angeles Times "Butterfly on a Bullet"[2]
2003 Andrew Revkin The New York Times "series of articles on the complex science and policy issues of global climate change"[3]

Online

References

  1. ^ a b c "2005 Winners and Finalists". National Academies Communication Awards. Keck Futures Initiative. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "2004 Winners and Finalists". National Academies Communication Awards. Keck Futures Initiative. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "2003 Winners and Finalists". National Academies Communication Awards. Keck Futures Initiative. Retrieved 24 February 2013.