Alison Young (journalist)

Alison Young is an American journalist. She is the Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting at the University of Missouri.[1]

She has worked for USA Today, the Detroit Free Press, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.[2]

She received three National Press Club Awards, three Scripps Howard Awards, three Gerald Loeb Awards, the Hillman Prize, a Sigma Delta Chi Award, and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.[2] Several awards were granted for her story "Ghost Factories" about the health effects of lead-contaminated soil.[3]

Young was president of Investigative Reporters and Editors.[2]

In 2023, she authored the book Pandora's Gamble Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk about the history of biological leaks from research institutions.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Alison Young – Missouri School of Journalism". October 14, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Alison Young". August 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "USA TODAY wins two National Press Club awards".
  4. ^ Vaida, Bara (July 18, 2023). "Webinar will focus on new book, the 'lab leak' theory and keeping an eye out for hazards".
  5. ^ Wahlberg, David (April 13, 2023). "Book alleging lax oversight of UW flu research distorts facts, campus says". Wisconsin State Journal.


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