Jennifer Frazer, '04, wins AAAS Science Journalism Award
Congratulations to Jennifer Frazer of the class of 2004, who won the award in the small newspaper category for her two-part series in the Wyoming Tribrune-Eagle "Getting to the Bottom of Mysterious Elk Deaths."
From the press release: "
A rash of mysterious elk deaths in Wyoming in 2004 left scientists and game wardens wondering what had happened. Frazer described the steps by which researchers determined that a poisonous lichen was the likely cause. In a two-part series, Frazer also described efforts to save the remaining elk and help the species recover. Calling her series an example of "superb local science writing," Robert Lee Hotz of The Wall Street Journal said Frazer "opens a window into the mysteries of field epidemiology, turning a story of doomed elk into a page-turner of a lethal botany and the consequences of ecology." Guy Gugliotta, a freelance science writer formerly with The Washington Post, said the series was a "compelling narrative detective story that shows how science can be put at the service of a community and why it matters."
