Join us to congratulate the 2020 AGU journalism award winners, Maya Wei-Haas and Joshua Sokol, and see your press room colleagues at an informal Zoom reception for press registrants.

AGU recognizes Maya Wei-Haas, a science writer at National Geographic, with the 2020 David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism – News for her story about the discovery of the birth of a submarine volcano, “Strange waves rippled around Earth. Now we may know why.” published by National Geographic, 21 May 2019. The David Perlman Award, named for the late San Francisco Chronicle science editor, recognizes excellence in science news writing published with deadline pressure of one week or less.

Freelance science writer Joshua Sokol receives the 2020 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism – Features for a story revealing the pivotal role two women computer programmers played in the birth of chaos theory, “The Hidden Heroines of Chaos,” published in Quanta Magazine on May 20, 2019. The Water Sullivan Award, named for the late New York Times science writer, honors excellence in science feature writing for work prepared with a deadline of more than one week.

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