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Elizabeth Kolbert
The New Yorker
"The Climate of Man" 25 April 2005; 2 May
2005; 9 May 2005
Atul Gawande
The New Yorker
“The Bell Curve” 6 December 2004
Kolbert put the global warming issue in historical
perspective, dug beneath the surface of the ongoing
political debate, and visited locales where climate
change is having an impact. Her series "is everything
science journalism should be," Siegfried said.
"It's thorough, accurate, compelling and dramatic.
It weaves the science of global warming into the story
of the people who grapple with it, from policy centers
to the Alaskan permafrost."
"Elizabeth Kolbert doesn't just say global warming
exists," said Mary Knudson, a freelance science
writer and editor who served as a judge. "She takes
readers on trip after trip and shows them in person
its alarming effects."
Kolbert said she originally had intended to do a single
story on the effects of climate change in the Arctic
but was urged by David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker,
to expand her reporting. With the ongoing political
debate over climate change, Kolbert said, "I really
did try to avoid a polemic."
A doctor's use of science and skill may be the easiet
part of patient care, Gawande wrote in his piece. But
the best outcomes can depend on other, more nebulous
factors "like aggressiveness and consistency and
ingenuity."
"Gawande's article described how doctors respond
to the sometimes painful product of good scientific
analysis," said Neil Munro of the National Journal,
who served as a judge.
Gawande said he views his reporting as an effort to
revive the importance of individual case studies in
elucidating the mysteries of disease. "It's journalism
with a small j," he said.
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