NPR science correspondent to visit

Richard Harris, science correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), has been named a 1999 Science Writer in Residence by UW–Madison.

Richard Harris

A reporter of 19 years experience, Harris has served as an NPR science correspondent since 1986 covering science, environment and medicine for such network shows as “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered.” He has won numerous science journalism awards including the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Whitaker Science Journalism Award, a Peabody Award for investigative reports on the tobacco industry, and the Lewis Thomas Award for coverage of biology.

Before joining NPR, Harris covered science for the San Francisco Examiner and Tri-Valley Herald in Livermore, Calif.

As a science writer in residence, Harris will spend a week on the UW–Madison campus beginning Monday, April 12. He will give a free public lecture, “Dietary Supplements: A Journalistic Quest for the Truth,” Tuesday, April 13 at 4 p.m. in the Red Gym’s On Wisconsin Room.

Harris will spend most of his time on campus working with students, faculty and staff interested in science journalism.

The Science Writer in Residence Program was established in 1986 with the help of the Brittingham Trust. It continues with the support of the UW Foundation and has brought to the UW–Madison campus many of the nation’s leading science writers including three writers whose work subsequently earned them the Pulitzer Prize.

The program is sponsored by the UW–Madison Office of News and Public Affairs and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.