Jon Franklin

Jon Daniel Franklin is an Pulitzer Prize-winning American author. He was born on January 13, 1943 in Enid, Oklahoma.^[1] He won the first Pulitzer Prizes for Feature Writing in 1979 and for Explanatory Journalism in 1985, both for his work as a science writer with the Baltimore Evening Sun.^[2] Franklin holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland.^[3] Franklin taught creative writing the University of Oregon, was the head of the Science Journalism department at Oregon State University, and a Journalism professor at his alma mater, the University of Maryland.^[4] He received honorary degrees from the University of Maryland in 1981, and the College of Notre Dame in 1982.^[2]

References

^ Cusick, Daniel "Jon Franklin's Reality Story", College Park Magazine,
^ ^a ^b Brennan, Elizabeth A. and Clarage, Elizabeth C., "Jon Daniel Franklin" Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners, 1999, pg 196.
^ "Jon Franklin, Professor Emeritus", Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, The University of Maryland
^ Jon Franklin, Science Writing Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Name	Franklin, Jon
Alternative names	Jon D. Franklin
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Date of birth	January 13, 1943
Place of birth	Enid, Oklahoma
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