Richard Harris

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Professional information

Name: Richard Harris
Title/position: Board member
Biography: Richard Harris has been a science correspondent at National Public Radio for 25 years (and before that, he was a science writer at the San Francisco Examiner). He was president of the National Association of Science Writers from 1996-98; he co-founded the DC Science Writers Association in 1987, and he served as president of the Northern California Science Writers Association before that. In addition to covering physical sciences and climate change for NPR, Richard gets drawn into disaster coverage, such as the Japanese quake, tsunami and nuclear accident. Richard's recent awards include the 2010 AAAS/Kavli Science Journalism Award for his coverage of the BP oil spill.