Syngenta ABSW Science Writers' Awards
Syngenta ABSW Science Writers' Awards
 
Shortlist 2000
 
     
 

Glaxo Wellcome ABSW 
Science Writers' Awards 2000

 
The best feature on science subject in a national or regional newspaper
 
Henry Gee
Senior Editor, Nature
'What Next?'
The Guardian, Special Human Genome Supplement, 26 June 2000
 
Simon Hadlington
Freelance
' A Factory Where Small is Bountiful'
The Independent, 7 April 2000
 
Dr Roger Highfield
Science Editor, The Daily Telegraph
'This is What the Human Cloning Row is About'
The Daily Telegraph, 16 August 2000
 
James Meek
Science Correspondent, The Guardian
'The X-Factor'
The Guardian, Special Human Genome Supplement, 26 June 2000
 
The best feature on science subject in a specialist periodical
 
Ben Crystall
Technology Feature Editor, New Scientist
'Monstrous Mucus'
New Scientist, 11 March 2000
 
Shereen El Feki
Healthcare Correspondent, The Economist
'Miracles Under the Microscope'
The Economist, 22 April 2000
 
Mick Hamer
Consultant, New Scientist
'All that Jazz'
New Scientist, 23 December 2000
 
Gabrielle Walker
Features Editor, New Scientist
'The Hole Story'
New Scientist, 25 March 2000
 
The best news item on a science subject
 

Jeremy Laurance
Health Editor, The Independent
'The Man Who Declared War on Lung Cancer Lives to See Millions Saved From the Enemy'
The Independent, 3 August 2000

 
Debora MacKenzie
Europe Correspondent, New Scientist
'All Consuming Faith'
New Scientist, 5 August 2000
 
Jill Palmer
Medical Correspondent, The Mirror
'It's One Small Piece of Man…One Giant Leap for Mankind'
The Mirror, 27 June 2000
 
Julian Rush
Science Reporter, Channel 4 News
'Hatfield Crash'
Channel 4 News, 18 October 2000
 
The best scripted/edited radio programme on a science subject
 
James Clarke
Senior Producer, BBC Science Radio Unit
'New Weapons: Laboratory of War'
BBC Radio 4, 29 August 2000
 
Roland Pease
Producer, BBC Science Radio Unit
'Frontiers: Race for the Higgs'
BBC Radio 4, 1 November 2000
 
John Watkins
Senior Producer, BBC Science Radio Unit
'Material World'
BBC Radio 4, 21 December 2000
 
The best television programme on a science subject
 

Jonathan Renouf
Producer, BBC Science
'Horizon: The Lost World of Lake Vostok'
BBC2, 26 October 2000

 
David Sington
Producer, Dox Productions Ltd
'Equinox: Einstein's Biggest Blunder'
Channel 4, 23 October 2000
 
Andrew Thompson
Producer, BBC Scotland
'Constant Craving'
BBC2, 30 March 2000
 
The best science writing on the World Wide Web
No entries were shortlisted in this category
 
The best communication of science in a non-science context
 
Dr Philip Ball
Consultant Editor, Nature and Freelance
'More than Meets the Eye',
a booklet published in September 2000 to accompany an exhibition at the V&A
 
Tom Standage
Science and Technology Correspondent, The Economist
'Biology and Computing'
'Prospect' Magazine, December 2000
 
Robert Uhlig
Technology Correspondent, The Daily Telegraph
'James Dyson's History of Great Inventions'
Six-part supplement published between 2 June and 8 July 2000
 
 
     
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