UNION MEDALS, AWARDS AND PRIZES
Robert C. Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism
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2021 RECIPIENT
Mark Fischetti

I had the privilege of nominating Mark Fischetti for the Robert C. Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism. Mark has had a distinguished career as a science journalist and editor as well as a mentor. For those who don’t k...

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2019 RECIPIENT
Alexandra Witze

Alex Witze has been writing about Earth science for nearly 25 years at major newspapers and magazines and as a book author. With her deft, lively style and great depth of expertise, she is one of the finest science writers working today.

Wi...

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2017 RECIPIENT
Richard Monastersky

Over the past 3 decades, Rich Monastersky has reported Earth science stories from all seven continents—including from the South Pole and the top of the Greenland ice cap. His résumé includes more than 1,000 articles in outlets ...

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2015 RECIPIENT
Andrew C. Revkin

Roaming from the North Pole to the White House to the Amazon rain forest, Andrew C. Revkin has devoted his career to conveying consequential Earth and environmental science and related policy issues to the widest possible audiences—through m...

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2013 RECIPIENT
Erna Akuginow

From Cosmos to Mars and Pluto and back home, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles and Erna Akuginow have invested their careers reporting the best modern science in novel, compelling, and accessible ways through documentaries, live events, print, and new media....

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2013 RECIPIENT
Geoffrey Haines-Stiles

From Cosmos to Mars and Pluto and back home, Geoffrey Haines-Stiles and Erna Akuginow have invested their careers reporting the best modern science in novel, compelling, and accessible ways through documentaries, live events, print, and new media....

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2011 RECIPIENT
Charles W Petit

I have known Charlie Petit for almost 30 years, and during that time I have always marveled at his illustrious journalistic career. That certainly gives me the perspective, and the pleasure, to be the citationist upon his being honored with a life...

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2009 RECIPIENT
J Kelly Beatty

For the past 35 years, J. Kelly Beatty has kept his readers on the edge of their front-row seats to much of the exploration of our solar system.

Kelly is currently senior contributing editor to Sky & Telescope, the magazine with which h...

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