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Paul M. Raeburn
Current Employment
Print journalist: Recent articles have appeared in Scientific American, The New York
Times Magazine, Discover, Psychology Today, NBCNews, and others.
Author: Do Fathers Matter? What Science Is Telling Us About the Parent We've
Overlooked, an investigation into what fathers contribute to their children, published in
June, 2014 by Scientific American/Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Also the author of Acquainted with the Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression
and Bipolar Disorder in His Children, published by Broadway Books in 2004, and two
earlier books—Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet (1998), and The Last
Harvest (1995).
Blogger: Knight Science Journalism Tracker at MIT (http://ksj.mit.edu/tracker), and About
Fathers for Psychology Today (www.psychologytoday.com/blog/about-fathers).
Broadcaster: Regular panelist and guest host on Talk of the Nation: Science Friday on
National Public Radio.
Lecturer: Founder and director of the Professional Writing Workshops, half-day and day-
long programs aimed at journalists, scientists, and others who want to improve their
writing.
Previous Employment
Radio, Television: Host, editor and co-producer, Innovations in Medicine and The
Washington Health Report on XM satellite radio (2007-2008); Technology commentator,
CNN, New York (1999-2004); Regular guest on science and technology topics at Fox
News, MSNBC, CNBC, NPR (1996-2004); Biotech commentator, This Week in Business,
PBS, Washington, D.C. (1998-2000).
Print journalism: Senior editor for science and senior writer at Business Week, covering
science, medicine, technology and the environment (1996-2004). Science editor and chief
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science correspondent at The Associated Press (1981-1996). Reporter at The Lowell Sun
(1978-1980) and The Boston Phoenix (1976-1980).
Education: Developed a master's degree program in science journalism for Florida
Atlantic University (2010-2012). Taught investigative reporting at the New School for
Social Research (2004). Past writer-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin, Madison;
the University of California, Santa Cruz; and Virginia Tech. Former organizer and program
director for New Horizons in Science, an annual conference for reporters (2005-2011).
Awards and Fellowships
Science-in-Society Award, National Association of Science Writers, for "Seed Wars,"
1989.
Associated Press Managing Editors award for excellence, for coverage of the Jarvik
artificial heart, 1986.
Grady-Stack Award for interpreting chemistry to the public, 2012.
John P. McGovern Award, American Medical Writers Association, 1995.
Council on Contemporary Families, best print publication, for "The Father Factor," 2010.
Honorary life member, Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, 1997.
Computer Press Award, Best Print Publication, Business Week, 1998.
Honorable mention, Overseas Press Club, for coverage of global warming, 1998.
Fellow, Carter Center Mental Health Journalism Fellowship, 1999-2000.
Fellow, University of Maryland Fellowships in Child and Family Policy, 2003-2004.
Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1986.
Knight Journalism Fellow, Stanford University, 1980.
Professional Affiliations
Past president, National Association of Science Writers.
Member, Association of Health Care Journalists.
Education
Bachelor of science in physics, MIT.
Graduate study in political science, Boston University.
Studies in jazz composition and piano, Berklee College of Music, Boston.
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