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Cristine Russell

freelance journalist
russellcris@nasw.org | (203) 912-7650
Fellow for Best Practices: Covering Science in Cyberspace

Cristine Russell is an award-winning freelance journalist who has written about science, medicine and health for more than three decades. She is a Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, currently at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and in spring, 2006, at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. She is president of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, a group of distinguished journalists and scientists committed to improving the quality of science news reaching the public (www.casw.org). Russell was formerly a national science reporter for The Washington Post, and, earlier, The Washington Star, and has appeared on the PBS show Washington Week in Review. She is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers, a contributor to A Field Guide for Science Writers (Oxford University Press, 2005), and an honorary member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Russell serves on the USC Annenberg School for Communication board and on the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Her current work focuses on the future of science writing and how the news media cover science and policy issues for the general public. Her 2006 paper, “Covering Controversial Science: Improving Reporting on Science and Public Policy,” is available online (PDF) . She has a biology degree from Mills College.