harmon, amy nyt
http://thebreakthrough.org/people/profile/amy-harmon
Amy Harmon is a New York Times reporter who seeks to illuminate the
intersection of science and society through narrative storytelling.
Harmon has won two Pulitzer Prizes, one in 2008 for her series, “The DNA
Age,” the other as part of a team for the series “How Race is Lived in
America,” in 2001. Her series, "Target Cancer," received the 2011
National Academies of Science award for print journalism. In 2012, her
article “Autistic and Seeking a Place in an Adult World’’ won the Casey
Medal for meritorious reporting. Harmon is the author of an e-book,
“Asperger Love,’’ which portrays two teenagers on the autism spectrum as
they try to master romance and intimacy. She was awarded a 2013
Guggenheim fellowship in science writing. Harmon lives in New York City
with her husband and nine-year-old daughter.
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<p><strong>Amy Harmon</strong>
<a target="blank" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/amy_harmon/index.html">Amy Harmon</a> is a reporter for the <em>New York Times</em>. She was part of a <em>Times</em> team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001, and in 2008 she won a <a target="blank" href="http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/2008-Explanatory-Reporting">Pulitzer for explanatory reporting</a>.
On September 23, 2013 at 7:44pm, <a href="http://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AmyHarmon.pdf">Jon Entine emailed Renee Kester</a>:
“FYI, I think I’ve talked Amy Harmon into doing a Hawaii Hawaii [sic]
story. . . and I gave her your and Kirby’s email information, so she
may call at some point if she indeed pursues this.” Kirby Kester is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bettercropshawaii.com/home/about/the-hcia-team/">president of the Hawaii Crop Improvement Association</a>, an agrichemical industry front group.
On January 4, 2014, the <em>New York Times</em> published a front-page article by Amy Harmon, titled “<a target="blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/us/on-hawaii-a-lonely-quest-for-facts-about-gmos.html?r=0">A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops</a>.” The story is datelined from Kona, Hawaii.
In 2014, Harmon won second place for the Society of Environmental Journalists “<a target="blank" href="http://www.sej.org/initiatives/winners-sej-13th-annual-awards-reporting-environment">Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding In-depth Reporting, Large Market</a>” for “<a target="blank" href="http://www.sej.org/sites/default/files/webform/CondensedGMO.pdf">The Facts About GMOs</a>,” a series that included the article “<a target="blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/us/on-hawaii-a-lonely-quest-for-facts-about-gmos.html?r=0">A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops</a>.”
On <a target="blank" href="https://twitter.com/scienceally/status/637341101511344128">September 30<sup>th</sup>, Harmon is scheduled to speak</a> to the <a target="blank" href="http://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/">Cornell Alliance for Science</a>, a <a target="blank" href="http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/08/new-cornell-alliance-science-gets-56-million-grant">group funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation</a> to promote GMOs. The group is <a target="blank" href="http://cas.nonprofitsoapbox.com/science14">running a petition against U.S. Right to Know’s</a> Freedom of Information Act (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/gates-foundation-backed-pro-gmo-cornell-alliance-science-attack/">FOIA) requests</a>.</p>