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Maryn McKenna Awarded 2023 Victor Cohn Prize

August 25, 2023
Maryn McKenna Awarded 2023 Victor Cohn Prize
Photograph: Council for the Advancement of Science Writing

Maryn McKenna Awarded 2023 Victor Cohn Prize

CSHH Senior Fellow Maryn McKenna is also a senior writer at WIRED and a widely published journalist and author specializing in public health, global health, and food policy. She has been selected to receive the 2023 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting.

The Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting is awarded annually by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) for a body of work published or broadcast within the last five years. McKenna will receive a $5,000 cash award and be recognized during an October 7 awards ceremony at ScienceWriters2023, a joint meeting of CASW and the National Association of Science Writers to be held in Colorado this fall. She will discuss one of her prizewinning stories during a “story behind the story” session October 8.

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