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Jon Palfreman
Occupation(s)Journalist, Producer, Educator
Notable workThe Machine That Changed the World, Siamese Twins, Harvest of Fear
Websitehttp://pfgmedia.com/

Jon Palfreman (born XXXX) is a reporter, writer, producer and educator best known for his documentary work on Frontline and Nova. He has won awards for his journalism, including the Peabody Award, Emmy Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton, Writer's Guild of America Award, and the AAAS-Westinghouse Science in Journalisim Award.[1][2] 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.[3] Palfreman is also 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),[4] and The Dream Machine: Exploring the Computer Age.

Background

born in England[5]

studied physics and the history and philosophy of science in England[5] Resident of Lexington, MA[6] [Until moving to Eugene, Oregon in XXXX?]

Career

Late 1980s to 1996 - WGBH, Boston, MA[7]

In 1996, Palfreman started his own production company, the Palfreman Film Group.[7]

trustee and board member of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies[7]

adjunct professor at Tufts University (risk communication course)[7]

KEZI Distinguished Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Oregon[8]

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.[9]

2006 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University[1][10]

Journal of Parkinson's Disease[11]

In 2011, Palfreman was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which he wrote about in The New York Times article, The Bright Side of Parkinson's.[12]

Books

  • Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease (Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015)[13] 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 978-1-679-42465-9
  • The Dream Machine: Exploring the Computer Age (BBC Books, 1991) ISBN 978-0-563-36221-0

Articles

  • The Bright Side of Parkinson's (The New York Times, 2015)[12]
  • The Dark Legacy of FC (Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 2012)[14]
  • A Journalist's Letter from Academia (Nieman Report, 2011)[15]
  • Dealing with Disruption (Nieman Report, 2009)[16]
  • Caught in the Web (Nieman Report, 2006)[17]
  • The Rise and Fall of Power Line EMFs: The Anatomy of a Magnetic Controversy (Review of Policy Research, 2006)[18]
  • Bringing Science to a Television Audience (Nieman Reports, 2002)[19]
  • Apocalypse not. (Cover Story) (Technology Review, 1996)[20]
  • Between Scepticism and Credulity: A Study of Victorian Scientific Attitudes to Modern Spiritualism (Sociological Review, 1979)[21]

Lectures

  • Sick Around the World, sponsored by Health Care for All Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (November 2013)[22]
  • The annual Cary Lecture Series, Cary Hall, Lexington, MA (September, 2011)[6]
  • Combating Global Yawning: Overcoming Public Indifference to the Environment, University of Rhode Island (June 2004)[23]

Select Frontline and Nova Productions

  • The Vaccine War (Frontline, 2010)[24][25]
  • Sick Around the World (PBS, 2008)[26]
  • Harvest of Fear (Frontline and Nova, April 2001)[27]
  • What's Up with the Weather? (Frontline and Nova, 2000)[28][29]
  • Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging (Frontline, 1999)[30]
  • Nuclear Reaction (Frontline, 1997)[31][32]
  • Waco: The Inside Story (Frontline, 1995)[33]
  • Currents of Fear (Frontline, 1995)[34]
  • The Nicotine War (Frontline, 1995)[35]
  • Siamese Twins (Nova, 1995)[36]
  • AIDS Research: The Story So Far (Frontline, 1994)[37]
  • Prisoners of Silence (Frontline, 1993)[38]
  • Brain Transplant (Nova, 1992)[39]
  • The Machine That Changed the World (Frontline, 1992)[40][41]

Awards

  • Victor Cohn Prizefor excellence in medical writing (2001)[42][8]
  • Science in Society Award for the Frontline and Nova production of What's Up With the Weather?[43]
  • Effective Presentation of Behavior Analysis in the Mass Media Award (2002)[44]
  • Science in Society Award for the Frontline production of Gulf War Syndrome (1998)[43]
  • Science Journalism Award presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the Fronline production of Breast Implants on Trial (1996)[45][46][47]
  • Science in Society Award for Frontline (1996)[43][48]
  • Writers Guild of America Award in the television documentary, current events category for AIDS Research: The Story So Far, PBS (1995)[2]
  • AAAS-Westinghouse Science Journalism Award for the Frontline production of Prisoners of Silence (1994)[5]
  • Westinghouse Science Journalism Award for radio and television science journalism on Nova's The Case of the Frozen Addicts with Paul S. Apsell (1986)[49][50]

References

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  2. ^ a b "'Four Weddings,' 'Foreest Gump' Screenplays Honored". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. March 20, 1995. p. 19. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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