Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting

As science and medical reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune and then science editor, science and medical reporter and health columnist for the Washington Post, Victor Cohn distinguished himself for the clarity, honesty, robustness, fairness and effectiveness of his reporting. He was very much at the forefront of coverage of virtually every major advance in medicine over the last five decades, from the triumph of the Salk polio vaccine and the first human experiments with cancer chemotherapy to the eradication of smallpox and the manipulation of human genes.

He was the first triple winner of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for newspaper reporting and the first two-time winner of both the National Association of Science Writer’s Science-in-Society Award and the AAAS-Westinghouse (now the AAAS Kavli) Science Journalism Award.

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In 1959, Cohn co-founded the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. In 1961, he was elected to a two-year term as president of NASW. Cohn is the author of several books, including News and Numbers, a widely used journalists’ guide for interpreting and reporting statistical data in medical and scientific reports.

CASW established the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting in 2000. The prize, which is given annually, seeks to honor a writer for a body of work published or broadcast within the last five years which, for reasons of uncommon clarity, accuracy, breadth of coverage, enterprise, originality, insight and narrative power, has made a profound and lasting contribution to public awareness and understanding of critical advances in medical science and their impact on human health and well-being.

The prize is presented at a joint awards ceremony held in conjunction with ScienceWriters, a conference that combines CASW’s New Horizons in Science briefings and the National Association of Science Writers Annual Workshops.

Benefits

  • The honoree receives an award of $3,000 and a certificate.
  • Awardee travel expenses to the award ceremony are covered.

Eligibilities

  • Editors, colleagues, scientists and others familiar with the candidate’s body of work may proffer nominations.
  • Individuals may nominate themselves, but are encouraged to submit at least one letter of support from a knowledgeable colleague.
  • All the candidate’s journalistic endeavors must be published or aired since January 2016.
  • Books are not eligible.
  • Work appearing in digital media is also eligible.
  • Submitted work must be published in English-language media that reach a US audience.
Eligible Regions: Open for All

Application Process

  • Follow the Apply Now link to submit a nomination.
  • Please follow the official link for further details.

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Application Deadline: June 30, 2021

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