2020 science writing awards winners @CASWScienceWriting

Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 7 minutes ago

Winners of the science writing awards given by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and the National Association of Science Writers talk about their winning stories in a video that debuted at the opening of the ScienceWriters2020 conference.

Featured are the 2020 winners of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting (CASW), the Science-in-Society Journalism Awards (NASW), the Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards (NASW), and the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for science journalism.

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