2023 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards Announced
by The Kavli Foundation
Peers select winners from around the globe
The Author
The 2023 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards set another record with the more than half of the entries from outside the United States. The program, endowed by The Kavli Foundation and open to journalists worldwide, drew entries from a record 74 countries this year. Among the winners were entrants from Australia, Austria, Brazil, India, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom.
Gold winners noted below. See the AAAS website for the full list of winners. Awardees will be celebrated at the annual AAAS meeting in Denver, Colorado February 16, 2024.
Science Reporting – Large Outlet
Gold Award
Lauren Sommer, Ryan Kellman, Rebecca Hersher, Connie Hanzhang Jin and Daniel Wood
NPR
“Beyond the Poles: The far-reaching dangers of melting ice” (series)
“Why Texans need to know how fast Antarctica is melting”
“The surprising connection between Arctic ice and western wildfires”
“The unexpected link between imperiled whales and Greenland's melting ice”
Science Reporting – Small Outlet
Gold Award
Christine Peterson
WyoFile
“Euthanize or release? The quandaries of handling captive animals”
October 8, 2022
“Wolf killing and the consequences of disturbing pack dynamics”
April 6, 2023
“Study: Deer’s lifelong fate is affected by mother’s health at birth”
Science Reporting – In-Depth (More than 5,000 words)
Gold Award
Ashley Smart
Undark
“A Field at a Crossroads: Genetics and Racial Mythmaking”
Magazine
Gold Award
Lauren Fuge
Cosmos (Australia)
“Point of view”
Video
Spot News/Feature Reporting (20 minutes or less)
Gold Award
Emily Driscoll and Jeffery DelViscio
Scientific American
“Quest to Save the Parasites”
Video In-Depth Reporting (more than 20 minutes)
Gold Award
Ruth Berry and Christian Stoppacher
A NOVA/GBH production by Terra Mater Studios (Austria) for PBS
“Star Chasers of Senegal”
Audio
Gold Award
Adam Rutherford and Ilan Goodman
BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service/BBC Sounds Podcast
“Bad Blood: The Story of Eugenics” (series)
“You Will Not Replace Us”
Nov. 28, 2022
“The Curse of Mendel”
Dec. 19, 2022
“Newgenics”
Dec. 27, 2022
Children’s Science News
Gold Award
Laura Allen
Science News Explores
“For a better brick, just add poop”
January 23, 2023