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2004 Science Journalism Program
Eleven print and broadcast science reporters have been awarded fellowships to “step into the shoes of the scientists they cover” as participants in the MBL’s Science Journalism Program this summer. During their residencies at the MBL, fellows learn what science is like from the inside out as students and researchers in MBL summer courses and laboratories. All fellows arrive in early June to participate in one of two hands-on mini laboratory courses—each designed specifically for the non-scientist. One course explores techniques used in biomedical research—sequencing DNA, cloning, and PCR, for example—and the other features research techniques currently in use by ecosystems ecologists both in the field and in the laboratory. In August, four of this year’s fellows travel with MBL scientists to the North Slope of Alaska’s Brooks Range to learn more about environmental research being conducted at a site located on Toolik Lake.
The 2004 recipients of MBL Science Journalism Fellowships in biomedical science were:
- Graham Collins, Editor, Scientific American
- Catherine Clabby, Science Reporter, The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC
- Elizabeth Cooney, Health Reporter, Worcester Telegram & Gazette
- Karen Heyman, Freelance
- Diana Kenney, Writer, Cape Cod Times
- Jacqueline Mow, Freelance Producer
The 2004 recipients of MBL Science Journalism Fellowships in environmental science were:
- John Carey, Senior Correspondent, BusinessWeek
- Rebecca Clarren, Freelance
- Adele Conover, Freelance
- Elizabeth Grossman, Freelance
- Eugene Russo, Freelance
MBL visiting investigator and Northwestern University professor Robert D. Goldman, and Knight Science Journalism Program director and former Science Journalism fellow, Boyce Rensberger, direct the Science Journalism Program. The Biomedical Hands-On Laboratory course is co-directed by Robert Palazzo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Kerry Bloom, University of North Carolina. The Environment Hands-On Laboratory course is co-directed by Kenneth Foreman and Christopher Neill, both of the MBL’s Ecosystems Center.
The 2004 MBL Science Journalism Program is supported in part by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Society for Cell Biology, FASEB, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Waksman Foundation for Microbiology, the National Science Foundation-Office of Polar Programs, NASA, and the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
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