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Reporting on race, for educators and scholars

Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age
(Rutgers University Press, 2008). See my chapter, "Cops, Sports and Schools: How the News Media Frames Coverage of Genetics and Race."
Handbook on Communicating and Disseminating Behavioral Science
(Sage Publications, 2007). See my chapter, "Understanding Mass Media Priorities and Processes: Magazines."

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I specialize in science, medical, and consumer health reporting. As the Knight Ridder/San Jose Mercury News Chair in Journalism in the Public Interest at Santa Clara University, I teach courses on science, race and multiculturalism and the news. I also offer trainings and writing coach services.

My honors include a shared 2002 Peabody Award, Peabody/Robert Wood Johnson Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Programming, and Columbia/Du Pont Silver Baton for The DNA Files; the SPJ Wells Key; various other reporting and writing awards; and the 1995-96 John S. Knight Fellowship.

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