Awards
Here are many of the awards Science News and Science News Explores have received for their high-caliber journalism and design.
2024
DCSWA Newsbrief Awards
- Winner: “In mice, anxiety isn’t all in the head. It can start in the heart,” Bethany Brookshire
2023
2023 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards
- Winner, Eddie Award for Video, Consumer: Neutrinos & the mystery of the universe’s matter
- Winner, Ozzie Award for New Magazine Design: Science News Explores
- Honorable Mention, Eddies, Magazine Launch: Science News Explores
- Honorable Mention, Eddies, Full Issue, Consumer, Science & Technology: Back to the Moon, December 3, 2022 issue
- Honorable Mention, Eddies, Series of ARticles, Consumer, Science & Technology: “Long COVID Realities” and “Where are the long COVID clinics?”
- Honorable Mention, Planned Coverage, Association/Nonprofit: “NASA’s DART spacecraft just smashed into an asteroid — on purpose“
- Honorable Mention, Eddies, Video, Consumer: Neutrinos & the mystery of the universe’s matter
- Honorable Mention, Eddies, Long-form Feature Content, Consumer: Journey Under the Ice
- Honorable Mention, Ozzie Award for Illustration, Consumer: Public Health Hero, Cover of November 19, 2022 issue
2022
2022 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards
- Winner, Eddie Award for Website, Consumer: Century of Science
- Winner, Eddie Award for Single Article, Consumer, Health/Fitness/Wellness: Roads to the Good Life, Sujata Gupta
- Co-Winner, Eddie Award for Column/Blog, Consumer: What do we mean by ‘COVID-19 changes your brain?’, Laura Sanders
- Honorable Mention, Eddie Award for Series of Articles, Consumer: The Future of Food, May 7, 2022 & May 21, 2022 issue
DCSWA Newsbrief Awards
- Winner, Multimedia: Cockatoos learn from each other how to open garbage bins, Sarah Zielinski and JoAnna Wendel
- Honorable Mention, Writing: Engineers surprised by the power of an elephant’s trunk, Sid Perkins
- Honorable Mention, Writing: Here’s the chemistry behind marijuana’s skunky scent, Ariana Remmel
2021
AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards
- Silver Award Winner, Children’s Science News: Science News for Students, Whales get a second life as deep-sea buffets, by Stephen Ornes
2021 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards
- Winner, Eddie Award for Full Issue, Consumer, Medicine/Science/Technology: 2020 Year of the Virus, December 19, 2020 & January 2, 2021 issue
- Honorable Mention, Eddie Award for Series of Articles, Consumer, News/Science & Technology/General Interest: Awash in Deception, May 8, 2021 & May 22, 2021 issue
- Honorable Mention, Eddie Award for Single Article, Consumer, Culture/Community: Cracking the Atom, April 10, 2021 issue
- Honorable Mention, Eddie Award for Single Article, Consumer, Overall/Special Interest: Our Brains, Our Futures, March 13, 2021 issue
- Honorable Mention, Ozzie Award for Data Visualization: A complete collection of cosmic smashups, January 30, 2021 issue
2021 Acoustical Society of America Science Communication Awards
- Winner, Long format: How to restore the legendary acoustics of Notre Dame, physics and senior writer Emily Conover
2021 DCSWA Newsbrief Awards
- Winner, Writing: This hummingbird survives cold nights by nearly freezing itself solid, staff writer Jonathan Lambert
- Honorable Mention, Writing: Plastic waste forms huge, deadly masses in camel guts, Asher Jones
2020
2020 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards
- Winner, Eddie Award for Magazine Section, Consumer: Coping with Climate Change, May 9 & May 23, 2020 issue
- Winner, Eddie Award for News Coverage, Consumer: The Coronavirus Outbreak
- Honorable Mention, Eddie Award for Profile or Q&A, Consumer: How Julia Robinson helped define the limits of mathematical knowledge, November 23, 2019 issue
- Honorable Mention, Eddie Award for Video, Consumer: How do elements get on the periodic table?, April 14, 2020
- Winner, Ozzie Award, Website Redesign, Consumer: Science News & Science News for Students
- Winner, Ozzie Award, Illustration, Consumer: How Julia Robinson helped define the limits of mathematical knowledge, November 23, 2019 issue, art directed by Tracee Tibbitts, illustrated by The Balbusso Twins
2020 DCSWA Newsbrief Awards
- Winner, Multimedia: How some maggots jump without legs, associate digital editor Helen Thompson and biology writer Susan Milius, August 8, 2019
- Honorable Mention, Writing: Losing genes may have helped whales’ ancestors adapt to life under the sea, senior writer Tina Hesman Saey, September 25, 2019
2019
AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards
- Silver Award Winner, Children’s Science News: Science News for Students, Rare plant hunters race against time to save at-risk species, by Sharon Oosthoek
2019 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards
- Winner, Eddie Award for Best Magazine Section: Water Woes special issue
- Winner, Eddie Award for Best Series of Articles in Science & Technology: The Periodic Table
- Winner, Eddie Award for Planning on Location Coverage: Event Horizon Telescope
- Winner, Ozzie Award for Illustration (print): Emmy Noether cover by Sam Falconer
- Honorable Mention, Eddie Award for Profile/Q&A: In her short life, mathematician Emmy Noether changed the face of physics by Emily Conover
- Honorable Mention, Eddie Award for Best Series of Articles in Science & Technology: Special report: Genetic testing goes mainstream, by Tina Hesman Saey
2019 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Communications Award
- Newspaper/magazine: “Genetic Testing Goes Mainstream,” molecular biology reporter Tina Hesman Saey
2019 DCSWA Newsbrief Awards
- 1st place, Writing: How ravens caused a LIGO data glitch, physics writer Emily Conover
- Honorable mention, Multimedia: Associate digital editor Helen Thompson and molecular biology reporter Tina Hesman Saey for their stop-motion explanation of genetic recombination using Legos.
- Honorable mention, Multimedia: “How dandelion seeds fly.” Associate digital editor Helen Thompson
2019 Association of Health Care Journalists Awards
- 2nd place, Consumer feature/small market category: DNA testing series, Tina Hesman Saey
2019 Association of Magazine Media Imagination Award
- Finalist, Content: DNA testing series, Tina Hesman Saey
2019 Endocrine Society’s Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism
- 1st place: Hormone replacement makes sense for some menopausal women, Aimee Cunningham
2018
The Best of Nonprofit News 2018
- Included in “Community Well-being” category, Special report: Genetic testing goes mainstream, Tina Hesman Saey
2018 Association of Magazine Media Imagination Award:
- Finalist, Content: Great American Eclipse package
2018 American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Division Popular Writing Award
- What will scientists learn from the Great American Eclipse?, Lisa Grossman
2018 AACR June L. Biedler Prize in Cancer Journalism
- Magazine Category: Cancer’s Sweet Cloak, Esther Landhuis, edited by Cori Vanchieri
2018 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards
- Winner, Ozzie Award for Visual Digital Storytelling: Opioids Kill, Laura Sanders, Nicolle Rager Fuller, Cori Vanchieri, Kate Travis, Erin Otwell, Chang Won Chang & Alison Buki
- Honorable Mention, Eddie award for Column/Blog: Growth Curve
- Honorable Mention, Eddie award for Long-Form Feature Content: The Road to Tameness, Tina Hesman Saey (July 8 & July 22, 2017 double issue)
- Honorable Mention, Ozzie Award for Illustration: Flex Time, Alex Nabaum (September 16, 2017 issue)
2018 Communication Arts Illustration Award
2017 D.C. Science Writers Association Newsbrief Awards
- Honorable mention, Multimedia: Watch a badger bury a cow, Kate Travis and Sarah Zielinski
2017
2017 Imagination Award
- Content: Gravitational Waves Special Report
2016
2016 Folio: Awards
- Best single article, Consumer, Science: Gene Drives Unleashed, Tina Hesman Saey (Dec. 12, 2015 issue).
- Best series of articles, Consumer, Science:
- The discovery of gravitational waves. Physicists Detect Gravitational Waves – LIGO experiment reports first detection of spacetime vibrations, opening new window to the cosmos.
- Listening for Gravity Waves – News from Advanced LIGO means that Einstein’s theory can take us farther back than even he imagined.
- Cosmic Shake-up – All you need to know to understand the big detection.
- Online extra: What Are Gravitational Waves?
- Honorable mentions:
- In search of aliens (April 30, 2016 issue), a special issue on the search for extraterrestrials.
- Microbes and the Mind, Laura Sanders, March 23, 2016
- Wanted: Crime-Solving Bacteria and Body Odor, Meghan Rosen, August 26, 2015
- The 2015 year-end Top 25 issue for both editorial and design.
2016 Min Editorial & Design awards:
- Honorable mention: “Misfires in the gun control debate“, Meghan Rosen, May 14, 2016
- Honorable mention: Website redesign, Science News for Students.
2016 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards
- Silver Award, Children’s science news: “The shocking electric eel!” Science News for Students, Roberta Kwok, June 2, 2016.
2015
2015 D.C. Science Writers Association Newsbrief Awards
- Honorable Mention: “For penguins, it’s a matter of no taste“, Tina Hesman Saey
- Honorable Mention: “Kangaroo gut microbes make eco-friendly farts“, Beth Mole
2015 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards
- Gold Award, Magazine: Alexandra Witze, Contributing Correspondent for Science News, for her work in both Nature and Science News: “Let the River Run” (in Science News) from Jan. 10, 2015, “The Quake Hunters” (in Nature) from July 9, 2015; and “The Pluto Siblings” (in Nature) from Feb. 26, 2015.
- Gold Award, Children’s science news: “Where will lightning strike?” , Stephen Ornes , Sept. 16, 2014
Ohio Society of Professional Journalists
- Best Medical/Science story: “Recycling the Dead“, Kathiann Kowalski, September 27, 2014, Science News for Students
2015 Eddie and Ozzie Awards
- Best Consumer Single Article, Science: “The Martian Diaries: What if the Curiosity rover kept a scrapbook?“
- Honorable Mentions:
- Best consumer column/blog: Growth Curve
- Best Association/Nonprofit cover design and Best Association/Nonprofit use of illustration: “A Rocky Road to Mars“, August 23, 2014 Science News
- Association/Nonprofit overall design: April 18, 2015 Science News
2015 Online News Association Awards
- Best Feature for a Small Organization: “The Martian Diaries: What if the Curiosity rover kept a scrapbook?“
2015 American Institute of Physics Science Communications Award
- “The mysterious boundary“, Andrew Grant, May 16, 2014
2014
2014 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards
- Best Consumer Single Article in Science and Technology: “Impactful Distraction“, Nathan Seppa, August 2013
- Honorable Mentions:
- Best consumer full issue in science and technology: January 11, 2013 issue of Science News
- Best consumer general interest column or blog: Gory Details, a Science News blog
- Best cover design for a consumer magazine with circulation less than 250,000: for the photo illustrated Niels Bohr cover designed by Stephen Egts
- Best consumer news/science website: Science News
2014 American Institute of Physics Science Communications Award
- “Spinning the core“, Alexandra Witze, May 2013
2014 American Geophysical Union’s David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism
- “At last, Voyager 1 slips into interstellar space“, Andrew Grant, September 2013
2014 Webby Awards
- ScienceNews.org was chosen as one of ten Official Honorees in the Science category of the 18th annual Webby Awards.
2014 DC Science Writers Association Newsbrief Awards
- 1st place: “Paralyzed rats relearn to pee“, Meghan Rosen
- Honorable Mention: “Mole sniffs the world in stereo“, Tina Hesman Saey
- Honorable Mention: “Single electron caught in action“, Andrew Grant
2013
2013 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards
- Best Single Article: “No New Meds“, Laura Sanders, February 23, 2013, Science News
2013 DC Science Writers Association Newsbrief Award
- Honorable Mention: “All Dinosaurs May Have Had Feathers“, Meghan Rosen, July 2012
- Honorable Mention: “Bees More Cuckoo than Birds”, Susan Milius, October 15, 2012, available exclusively in Science News Prime.
2013 American Meteorological Society’s Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences
- “Rivers in the Sky“, Alexandra Witze, February 26, 2012.
2012
2012 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards
- Silver, Best Cover: “Drool” issue, November 2011
- Silver, Best Standalone Digital Magazine: April 30, 2012 issue, Science News Prime
- Bronze, Best Series of Articles: “Consciousness” series
2012 Media Industry News Editorial & Design Award
- Coverage of the Higgs discovery (multiple issues)
2012 David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award
- Janet Raloff, Senior Editor, for exceptional volunteer work
2012 Endocrine Society Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism
- “The Power of D”, Nathan Seppa, July 16, 2011, Science News
2012 DC Science Writers Association Newsbrief Award
- Newsbrief Award: “Iapetus Gets Dusted”, Nadia Drake, August 13, 2011, Science News
- Honorable Mention: “Fruit of the Loo”, Nadia Drake, September 10, 2011, Science News
- Honorable Mention: —“Hidden Dalliance Revealed by X-Rays”, Rachel Ehrenberg, March 31, 2011, Science News
2010
Genetics Society of America (GSA) Excellence in Research and Journalism
- “Molecular Evolution”, Tina Saey, January 31, 2009, Science News
2010 Endocrine Society Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism
- “Dying to Sleep”, Tina Saey, October 24, 2009, Science News
2009
2009 Science Writing Award in Acoustics for Journalists
- Rachel Ehrenberg, Writer, Science News
2009 Kavli/AAAS Science Journalism Award for Children’s Science News
- Douglas Fox, Freelance Writer, Science News for Kids
2009 Distinguished Science Journalism Award in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences from the American Meteorological Society
- Sid Perkins, Writer, Science News
2009 Eddie Award from Folio: Magazine
- Bronze, Full Issue, Association/Non-profit Category:Science News
Society of National Association Publications
- Bronze, General Excellence, Magazines with 100,000+ circulation: Science News
- Silver, Most Improved, Magazines with 50,000+ circulation: Science News
Society of News Design—Best of News Design Competition
- Excellence, Cover Design: “Darwin” cover, January 31, 2009
- Excellence, Photography: Cary Wolinsky, Photographer, for work from the January 31, 2009; February 14, 2009; August 1, 2009; and November 21, 2009 issues of Science News