The American Chemical Society, the worldâ??s largest scientific organization, has named Wisconsin State Journal reporter Ron Seely as the recipient of its 2010 national science reporting award.
Seely was announced as the winner of the James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public at the ACS national meeting in Washington, D.C. One of the most prestigious prizes in science reporting, the award recognizes “outstanding reporting directly to the public, which materially increases the publicâ??s knowledge and understanding of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields.”
(Chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri, William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea and director of the Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy, is quoted. Seely has been a senior lecturer in life sciences communication in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.)