AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards Program

Join ​the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards program at 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern time on Tuesday, Feb. 9, for a ceremony honoring their Diamond Anniversary winners.  It will be held in conjunction with the virtual 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting, and you must sign in as a meeting registrant. Guests may register for a free Public Events Passport to attend the award ceremony. The event will be hosted by Laura Helmuth, editor in chief of Scientific American. Sudip Parikh, AAAS CEO and executive publisher of the Science family of journals, will participate, as will Eric Marshall, director of prizes and special programs for The Kavli Foundation, which has endowed the global awards program. There were entries from 54 countries for the 2020 contest, with winners for the first time from Indonesia and Kenya. Six of the award-winning entries feature notable explanatory and investigative reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic.