Gareth Cook
Encyclopedia
Gareth Cook is an American journalist and editor. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize
in 2005 for “explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.” Cook is currently a Sunday columnist at the Boston Globe, and is also the editor of Mind Matters, Scientific American's neuroscience blog.
in 1991 with degrees in Mathematical Physics and International Relations. He was an assistant editor at Foreign Policy
, a scholarly journal based in Washington, DC. He then worked as a reporter at U.S. News & World Report, and then as an editor at the Washington Monthly. He was the news editor of the Boston Phoenix, an alternative weekly based in Boston, from 1996-1999.
In 1999, he started at the Boston Globe, and worked for seven years as the paper’s science reporter, covering a variety of topics, including biology, physics, paleontology, archeology, the role of women in science and scientific fraud. He helped design the Boston Globe's Ideas section, and then served as its editor from 2007 to 2011. He is now a Sunday columnist.
He has written for other publications, and a story for Wired magazine, “Untangling the Mystery of the Inca,” was selected for Best American Science Writing, 2008. He wrote a story arguing that Japan did not surrender at the end of World War II
because of the atomic bomb.
National Academy of Sciences Communications Award (2005)http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/20050922.html
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean Science Journalism Award (2005)http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=9779&tid=282&cid=7406&ct=162
In 2003 he revealed that he is dyslexic. His Twitter account is @garethideas.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
in 2005 for “explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.” Cook is currently a Sunday columnist at the Boston Globe, and is also the editor of Mind Matters, Scientific American's neuroscience blog.
Career
Cook graduated from Brown UniversityBrown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
in 1991 with degrees in Mathematical Physics and International Relations. He was an assistant editor at Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
, a scholarly journal based in Washington, DC. He then worked as a reporter at U.S. News & World Report, and then as an editor at the Washington Monthly. He was the news editor of the Boston Phoenix, an alternative weekly based in Boston, from 1996-1999.
In 1999, he started at the Boston Globe, and worked for seven years as the paper’s science reporter, covering a variety of topics, including biology, physics, paleontology, archeology, the role of women in science and scientific fraud. He helped design the Boston Globe's Ideas section, and then served as its editor from 2007 to 2011. He is now a Sunday columnist.
He has written for other publications, and a story for Wired magazine, “Untangling the Mystery of the Inca,” was selected for Best American Science Writing, 2008. He wrote a story arguing that Japan did not surrender at the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
because of the atomic bomb.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize (2005)http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2005-Explanatory-ReportingNational Academy of Sciences Communications Award (2005)http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/20050922.html
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean Science Journalism Award (2005)http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=9779&tid=282&cid=7406&ct=162
Bio
He lives in Jamaica Plain, Mass., with his wife, Amanda, and his two sons, Aidan and Oliver.In 2003 he revealed that he is dyslexic. His Twitter account is @garethideas.