Alison Young (journalist)

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Alison Young is an American journalist. She is the Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting at the University of Missouri. [1]

She has worked for USA Today , the Detroit Free Press , and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . [2]

She received three National Press Club Awards, three Scripps Howard Awards, three Gerald Loeb Awards, the Hillman Prize, a Sigma Delta Chi Award, and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. [2]

Young was president of Investigative Reporters and Editors. [2]

In 2023, she authored the book Pandora's Gamble Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk about the history of biological leaks from research institutions. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Alison Young – Missouri School of Journalism". October 14, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Alison Young". August 8, 2022.
  3. Vaida, Bara (July 18, 2023). "Webinar will focus on new book, the 'lab leak' theory and keeping an eye out for hazards".
  4. Wahlberg, David (April 13, 2023). "Book alleging lax oversight of UW flu research distorts facts, campus says". Wisconsin State Journal.