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31 August 2010

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PALLAVA BAGLA AND ROBERTA KWOK WIN AGU JOURNALISM AWARDS

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The Sullivan Award recognizes work published with lead time of more
than one week. Regarding KwokÕs article, the Sullivan Award selection
committee commended that it Òexplains how studying asteroids might
provide clues about how many planets, including our own, may have
formed.... It makes AGU science extremely accessible, even fun, and is
the kind of article that would encourage the interest of young men and
women toward studying fields that AGU supports. Kwok did a wonderful
job of weaving in scientific detail, with a fast-paced and thrilling
tale of an unusual opportunity in planetary science. The event itself
was remarkable and her chronicling of the tale was equally as unique.Ó

Furthermore, the committee noted that Kwok is a young journalist and
was just an intern at Nature when she wrote the piece, impressing
judges with the maturity of her work and her potential to become one
of our leading science writers....Ó KwokÕs article, which was
published online on March 25, 2009, can be read online:
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090325/full/458401a.html

In a break from the past, the AGU journalism awards will be presented
this year at the 2010 AGU Fall Meeting (December 13-17, 2010) in San
Francisco. Details of where and when the ceremony is to take place
have yet to be finalized. When they are, they will be provided in
future media advisories about the meeting.

AGU's Sullivan and Perlman Awards are named for Walter Sullivan, late
science editor of The New York Times, and David Perlman, science
editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, respectively. Each award
consists of a plaque and a $2,000 stipend.

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Nominations for the 2011 Sullivan and Perlman Awards are welcome from
all news media, except books, from any country, and in any language
(with English translation). For information and the official statement
of rules, see http://www.agu.org/about/honors/union/nominations/nomJournalism.shtml.
The deadline for receipt of entries for the 2011 awards is January 7,
2011.

Contact information for award winners:

Pallava Bagla
pallava.bagla@gmail.com
+91 11 2271 2896

Note: Bagla will be traveling in China from 31 August to 8 September,
and he will not have regular access to his email or phone during this
time.

Roberta Kwok
robertakwok@gmail.com
+1 650 513 1664

AGU is the largest organization of Earth and space scientists, with
more than 58,000 members worldwide. One of its objectives is to
encourage excellence in reporting science news to the general public
through journalism awards, mass media fellowships, communications
workshops for scientists, and other programs.