2017 Award Winner Acceptance Speeches

The reception and award ceremony honoring the 2017 winners of the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards took place in the Hilton Austin on February 16, 2018 during the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting. Watch individual award speeches below.

Large Newspaper

Gold

Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson, Yasmeen Abutaleb and the Reuters team

(Yasmeen Abutaleb speaks)

Silver

Marlene Weiss 

(Not in attendance)

Small Newspaper

Gold

Sarah Wild

Silver

Alex Kuffner

Magazine

Gold

Douglas Fox

Silver

J.B. MacKinnon

Television - Spot News/Feature Reporting

Gold

Melissa Hogenboom and Pierangelo Pirak

(Melissa Hogenboom accepts)

Silver

Catherine (Cat) Wise, Patti Parson, Jason Lelchuk, Murrey Jacobson and Sara Just

(Cat Wise accepts)

Television - In–Depth/Feature Reporting

Gold

Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg
(Gary Weimberg speaks)

Silver

Llewellyn Smith and Kelly Thomson 
(Llewellyn Smith speaks)

Audio

Gold

Victoria Gill and Andrew Luck-Baker 

Silver

Robbie McEwan 

Online

Gold

Al Shaw, Neena Satija and Kiah Collier

(Neena Satija and Kiah Collier accept)

Silver

Nick Neely

Children’s Science News

Gold

Elizabeth Preston 

Silver

Jennifer Barone