Syngenta ABSW Science Writers' Awards

Gallery 2006

Syngenta ABSW
Science Writers' Awards 2006

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The best feature on science subject in a national or regional newspaper

David Adam

for ‘ You feel better, but is your carbon offset just hot air? ' published in The Guardian on 7th October 2006

The best feature on science subject in a specialist periodical

Ian Stewart

for ‘ Ride the celestial subway ' published in New Scientist on 25th March 2006

The best journalism on a science subject

Matthew Chalmers

for ‘ The troubled song of the sand dunes ' published in Physics World in November 2006

The best writing on a healthcare bioscience subject (NEW)

Ian Sample

for ‘ How tobacco farm in Kent could provide a life-saving drug for millions ' published in The Guardian on 4th July 2006

The best scripted/edited radio programme on a science subject - Joint Winners

Andrew Luck-Baker

for ‘ Discovery: Whale falls ' broadcast on BBC World Service on 11th April 2006

Chandrika Nath ( with thanks to Julian Mayers )

for ‘ Leprosy - a forgotten disease ' broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 30th August 2006

The best television programme on a science subject

Nicola Cook

for ‘Horizon: Bye bye planet Pluto ' broadcast on BBC 2 on 22nd June 2006

The best science writing on the World Wide Web

Jonathan Amos

for ‘ Preparing for the next 'Big One' published on news.bbc.co.uk on 18th April 2006

The best communication of science in a non-science context

Frank Close

for ‘Raymond Davis' published in Guardian Obituaries on 19th June 2006

New Voice (previously the Young Broadcaster of the Year) in conjunction with BBC Radio Science

Anna Lacey

Parliamentary Science Communicator of the Year

Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST)