Association of British Science Writers
Economist journalists collected two prizes at the Association of British Science Writers awards ceremony on July 14th. Alok Jha won the award for news analysis or explanatory reporting, for his piece on how covid-19 is spread by aerosols. Babbage won podcast of the year for its episode on how satellite constellations cause problems for astronomers.
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