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THE National Association of Science Writers, of Washington, D.C., has been awarded the second annual Clement Cleveland Medal of the American Society for the Control of Cancer "for outstanding work during the year in the campaign to control cancer". The medal was established last year by Mrs. Robert G. Mead in memory of her father, Clement Cleveland. The late Dr. Cleveland was one of the pioneers in the medical profession on public education for cancer control, and it was in his New York home that the American Society for the Control of Cancer was organized in 1913. The award of this medal to the National Association of Science Writers is a fitting recognition of the work of this group of American journalists in promoting accuracy as well as intelligibility in dealing with scientific topics in the Press. The Association is a comparatively young body, and the fact that the award was made for work in connexion with a notoriously difficult subject, which is often the subject of exaggerated claims, enhances its value. It is interesting to note that Mr. J. G. Crowther, well known for his contributions on scientific topics to the Press in Great Britain, has been elected an associate member of the Association.
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National Association of Science Writers. Nature 142, 946 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142946c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/142946c0