Jon Franklin
Jon Daniel Franklin (born January 13, 1943) is an American writer. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma.[1] He won the inaugural Pulitzer Prizes in two journalism categories 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 technical 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]
The Canadian television film Shocktrauma is based on the book Franklin co-wrote with Alan Doelp.
Working for The Baltimore Sun, Franklin won the first Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1979, for covering a brain surgery,[5] and won the first Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1985, for a series about molecular psychiatry, "The Mind Fixers".[6]
Books
- Shocktrauma (1980) with Alan Doelp
- Not Quite A Miracle (1983) with Alan Doelp
- Guinea Pig Doctors (1984) with Dr. John T. Sutherland; republished in 2003 as If I Die In The Service Of Science: The Dramatic Stories Of Medical Scientists Who Experimented On Themselves
- Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of a Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner (1986)
- Molecules of the Mind: The Brave New Science of Molecular Psychology (1987)
- The Wolf In The Parlor: The Eternal Connection between Humans and Dogs (2009)
References
- ↑ Cusick, Daniel "Jon Franklin's Reality Story", College Park Magazine,
- 1 2 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
- ↑ "Feature Writing". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
- ↑ "Explanatory Journalism". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
External links
- Jon Franklin at Library of Congress Authorities, with 6 catalog records
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