People in showbiz talk about “triple-threat” performers who can act, dance and sing. Zack Savitsky is one of the rare triple-threat journalists who can ferret out news stories, report them deeply and write with flair and panache. Case in point: his 2...

Nicola Jones is a tenacious and resourceful journalist with extensive experience in finding and reporting must-read science stories. Her award-winning news article on how rising fossil fuel emissions could threaten carbon dating techniques provided N...

Dr. Robin George Andrews is an exemplary journalist with the rare ability to convey complicated scientific concepts in elegant, accessible prose for a general readership. His award-winning National Geographic article on recent research around the ...

Sarah Scoles is one of the most accomplished science writers on the topics of space and life in that harsh environment. She’s written two books about the search for extraterrestrial beings. She is equally at home critiquing telescopes and spacecraft ...

This award is for a news story, written on deadline and pegged to a talk. But it’s also an example of how habits honed in 2 decades of outstanding journalism can help a reporter seize an opportunity in a moment. Those habits helped Ann Gibbons ...

Many of the best science stories start as hidden gems, overlooked by the crowd and encrusted in layers of equations, jargon, and other obfuscating material. It takes determination, imagination, and a very high level of craft to unearth them and polis...

Courtney Humphries stands out in the science writing community for her fascination with urban ecology. She’s drawn less to storied mountain peaks and shimmering valleys than to the gritty and adaptive landscapes found in the scraps of green spa...