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Nominations Open for the 2024 Victor Cohn Prize in Medical Science Reporting
Underwritten by Michelson Philanthropies, the $5,000 prize honors a writer for a body of work which, for reasons of accuracy, enterprise, insight, and narrative power, has made a profound contribution to public understanding of critical advances in medical science and their impact on human health.
Maryn McKenna's Award-Winning Reporting on Infectious Diseases and Global Health
McKenna is being honored for her reporting and writing on infectious diseases and global health and was selected from an extraordinarily competitive field of nominees.
Maryn McKenna Awarded 2023 Victor Cohn Prize
Los Angeles— Maryn McKenna (@marynmck), senior writer at WIRED and a widely published journalist and author specializing in public health, global health, and food policy, has been selected to receive the 2023 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting.
Celebrating Science Journalism at the Science Writers 2022 Conference in Memphis
Michelson Philanthropies attended the Science Writers conference in Memphis, Tennessee, and honored two journalists for winning a prestigious medical science reporting award.
