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* * * * * * * * “The End of Science Writing” by Jon Franklin April 17, 2003 Jenny Schuster * About the Author: Jon Franklin B.S., Univ. of Maryland, 1970 Currently Philip Merrill Professor of Journalism at University of Maryland Has served on the faculty at Univ. of Maryland, U. of Oregon, and Oregon State U. in various writing programs Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes—feature writing (1979) and explanatory journalism (1985), and many other awards Has worked as a science journalist for the Baltimore Sun and Raleigh News and Observer He is well known for his work in creative/literary nonfiction. * Selected Publications Books: The Molecules of the Mind, Guinea Pig Doctors, Not Quite a Miracle, Shocktrauma Articles: “The Extraordinary Adventure That Is Science Writing,” article in Nieman Reports, Fall 2002; “Bringing Judy Back,” April-May 2001. Multipart narrative series in the Raleigh News and Observer about a woman who suffered from a stroke; “To Make a Mouse,” December 1998, News and Observer, about genetic engineering; “The Angel of the White Plague,” February 2000 News and Observer, about tuberculosis; “Mind Fixers,” Sun series, won 1984 Pulitzer; “Mrs. Kelly’s Monster,” Sun article, won 1979 Pulitzer Many, many more listed at his web site: * “The End of Science Writing” Delivered as the Alfred and Julia Hill lecture at the University of Tennessee on March 17, 1997 Citations: This lecture hasn’t been cited that many times. Controversies in Science: A Resource for Journalists. Published by the North Carolina Association for Biomedical research; /publications/controversies.in.science.pdf “End of the era of—luxury of—science ‘translators.’” The Oak Ridger Online, Oak Ridge, TN. /stories/032597/smyser.html I also found links to the article on several university composition course websites, including one at Purdue (COM 453). * Franklin’s Opinions A lot of the statements made by the author are very opinionated. I am interested to hear if you agree or disagree wi