| Glaxo Wellcome ABSW
Science Writers' Awards 2002 |
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| The GlaxoSmithKline ABSW Science Writers' Awards for 2002 were presented at a ceremony on 3 July held at Delfina, London, by Pallab Ghosh, Chairman of the ABSW and Science Correspondent, BBC News, and Dr Allen Roses, Senior Vice President, Genetics Research at GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.
GlaxoSmithKline and the ABSW present seven awards of £2,500 each year to the writers and broadcasters who have produced the highest quality science journalism in this country, in the opinion of an independent panel of judges. |
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| The best feature on science subject in a national or regional newspaper |
Steve Connor
for ‘How an experiment to change the colour of a petunia led to a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer and Aids', published in The Independent on 10 August 2002. |
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| The best feature on science subject in a specialist periodical |
Nicola Jones
for ‘Monster ink', published in New Scientist on 14 September 2002. |
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| The best news item on a science subject |
James Meek
for ‘Public ‘misled by gene hype'', published in The Guardian on 12 March 2002.
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| The best scripted/edited radio programme on a science subject |
Roland Pease
for ‘Discovery: almost like a human (part 1)', broadcast on BBC World Service on 10 April 2002. |
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| The best television programme on a science subject |
Elizabeth Tucker
for ‘Horizon: Archimedes' secret', broadcast on BBC2 on 14 March 2002.
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| The best science writing on the World Wide Web |
Mark Peplow
for ‘The science of superheroes', published online on 13 June 2002 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics
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| The best communication of science in a non-science context |
Erika Wright
for ‘Life as a teenager', which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and World Service on 25th June 2002. |
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The Judging Panel for the 2002 Awards was chaired by Pallab Ghosh and comprised:
Tom Clarke, Science Writer, Nature
Professor Elizabeth Fisher, Institute of Neurology, UCL
Dr Clare Matterson, Director, Medicine, Society & History, The Wellcome Trust
Tim Radford, Science Editor, The Guardian
Frank Simmonds, Senior Producer & Director, Factual Documentaries, Carlton Television
Dr Christine Sutton, Scientific Associate, CERN & Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Adrian Washbourne, Executive Producer, BBC Radio Science |
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In judging the Awards, the Panel sought to recognise accurate, appropriate and outstanding science writing.
"The judges faced a tough task choosing from a very high standard of entries. In the end we chose those who had been brave with their journalism. We hope that this sends a signal about what we as a community prize, and gives more strength to science writers and broadcasters across the country to resist pressure from commissioning editors to go for obvious, easy topics, and to push for stories they know in their hearts to be important," said Pallab Ghosh. |
