Benedict Carey (born 3 March 1960) is an American journalist and reporter on medical and science topics for ''
The New York Times
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''.
Biography
Carey was born on 3 March 1960 in San Francisco, and graduated from the
University of Colorado
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with a degree in mathematics in 1983. In 1985 he enrolled in a one-year journalism program at
Northwestern University
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Charte ...
in
Evanston,
Illinois
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and in 1987 joined the staff of
San Francisco
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-based medical science magazine ''Hippocrates''.
From 1997 he worked as a freelance journalist in
Los Angeles
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, before securing a position as the health and fitness writer for the ''
Los Angeles Times
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''. A 2002 article on the health effects of drinking eight glasses of water a day won a
Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award.
Since 2004 Carey has worked as a science and medical writer for ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
''.
He is the author of two science/math adventures for middle-schoolers, one called "Island of the Unknowns;" previously titled "The Unknowns",
and "Poison Most Vial". He has also written a book about learning science titled "How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens."
See also
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Science journalism
Science journalism conveys reporting about science to the public. The field typically involves interactions between scientists, journalists, and the public.
Origins
Modern science journalism dates back to ''Digdarshan'' (means showing the di ...
References
External links
Recent and archived news articles by Benedict Carey of ''The New York Times''.* https://web.archive.org/web/20110202131456/http://benedictjcarey.com/
1960 births
Living people
The New York Times writers
American medical journalists
Medill School of Journalism alumni
University of Colorado alumni
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Images, Graphics, Interactives, and Visuals
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