Joe Palca is an American correspondent for National Public Radio. He specializes in science, and is the backup host for Talk of the Nation Science Friday. Palca was also the president of the National Association of Science Writers from 1999 to 2000. He currently serves on Society for Science & the Public's board of trustees.
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 Joe Palca, 2015 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Pomona College (BA) University of California at Santa Cruz (PhD) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | National Public Radio |
| Known for | Science Journalism |
Education
editHe attended Pomona College, graduating with an undergraduate degree in Psychology in 1974.[1][2] He then received a PhD in psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he researched human sleep physiology.[3]
Career
editPalca began his career in journalism in 1982 at the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. He left television in 1986 to become a print journalist; he was both a Washington news editor at Nature and a senior correspondent for Science. He went on to join NPR in 1992.[4] He took a sabbatical from NPR in late 1999 for a year to study human clinical trials as a Kaiser Family Foundation Media Fellow. He also co-created the NPR science communication training program, formerly known as Friends of Joe's Big Idea and now called NPR Scicommers, with fellow NPR staffer Maddie Sofia.[5][6]
Joe retired from NPR in October, 2022, after 30 years of service.
Awards
edit- National Academies Communication Award
- Science-in-Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers
- James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public from the American Chemical Society
- Journalism Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Ohio State Award
References
edit- ^ "Starr Named to Academy". Pomona College Magazine. Pomona College. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Joe Palca". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Joe Palca | Correspondent, Science Desk". www.npr.org. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "Joe Palca". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "NPR Scicommers". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "NPR Scicommers". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-11-10.