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] Several awards were granted for her story "Ghost Factories" about the health effects of lead-contaminated soil. [3]

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. [4] [5]

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