| Glaxo Wellcome ABSW
Science Writers' Awards 2003 |
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| Shortlist for this year's awards, presented in association with GlaxoSmithKline and with support from the Medical Research Council, The Royal Society and The Wellcome Trust. |
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| The best feature on science subject in a national or regional newspaper |
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Clive Cookson
for "After Columbia: Why Future Manned Space Flight Will Require an Overhaul of NASA's Ambitions & Funding,"
The Financial Times, 3 February 2003. |
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Ben Goldacre
for "Never Mind the Facts,"
Guardian Life, 11 December 2003. |
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Jeremy Laurance
for "An Uncommon Cold,"
The Independent, 3 April 2003. |
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| The best feature on science subject in a specialist periodical |
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Clare Ainsworth
for "The Stranger Within,"
New Scientist, 15 November 2003. |
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Richard Stone
for "Plutonium Fields Forever,"
Science, 23 May 2003 |
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Clare Wilson
for "Raise You Fifty,"
New Scientist, 20 December 2003. |
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| The best investigative journalism on a science subject: |
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Mark Henderson
for "Eating GM Foods Will Not Harm You, Says Official Report,"
The Times, 19 July 2003. |
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James Randerson
for "Betrayal of Innocence,"
New Scientist, 20 September 2003 |
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| The best scripted/edited radio programme on a science subject |
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Amanda Hargreaves
for The Science of DIY: The Wheelbarrow,
BBC Radio 4, 3 March 2003. |
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Andrew Luck-Baker
for "Discovery: Monstrous Science - Giant Squid,"
BBC World Service, 10 September 2003. |
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Adrian Washbourne
for "A Cell for All Seasons,"
BBC Radio 4, 24 December 2003. |
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| The best television programme on a science subject |
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Ben Bowie
for "The World's First Time Machine,"
a Darlow Smithson production broadcast on Channel 4, 28 June 2003. |
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Carlo Massarella
for "DNA (Episode 3): The Human Race,"
a Windfall Films production, Channel 4, 22 March 2003 |
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Liz Tucker
for "Horizon: God on the Brain,"
BBC 2, 17 April 2003. |
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| The best science writing on the World Wide Web |
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| No entries were shortlisted. |
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| The best communication of science in a non-science context |
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Robin McKie
for "Red or Dead,"
OM, The Observer's fashion & lifestyle magazine, 25 May 2003. |
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John Byrne & Adam Hart-Davis
for "Taking the Piss Out of London,"
BBC Radio 4, 9 July 2003. |
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Mary Murtagh
for "It's Nice to Meteor,"
The Leicester Mercury, 25 September 2003. |
