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Chris Mooney 
Born September 20, 1977 Occupation journalist Christopher Cole Mooney (born September 20, 1977) is a U.S. journalist and academic who focuses on science in politics.
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Biography
Mooney was born in Mesa, Arizona, and grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has an English Major from Yale University in 1999 and has been selected to the Board of the American Geophysical Union since November 2010.[1]
Written work
He is a senior correspondent for The American Prospect and a contributing editor for Science Progress.[2] Additionally, he maintains a weblog, The Intersection, with Sheril Kirshenbaum and writes an online column named Doubt and About for the magazine Skeptical Inquirer, where he serves as a contributing editor.[3] He is the author of three books: The Republican War on Science, released in 2005; Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming, released in 2007; and Unscientific America, co-written with Kirshenbaum, released in 2009.
In recent years, Mooney has contributed to a variety of other publications, including Slate, Salon.com, Mother Jones, Legal Affairs, Reason, The American Scholar, The Washington Monthly, the Utne Reader, Columbia Journalism Review, The Washington Post, the Washington City Paper and The Boston Globe.[3]
Recurring topics in Mooney's writing include global warming, the evolution-creation controversy, bioethics, alternative medicine, pollution, separation of church and state, and the government funding of education, research, and environmental protection.
Membership
Chris Mooney is one of the new hosts of the Center for Inquiry podcast Point of Inquiry, his focus being on science and public policy. Taking over from D. J. Grothe, he will host about half the shows, having started in February 2010.[4]
In 2009, he joined the Center for Collaborative History at Princeton University for the Spring semester as a visiting associate.[5][6]
In 2009-10, Chris Mooney was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[7] Only 10 to 12 journalists from the U.S. and around the world are accepted for such a fellowship per year.[8]
In February 2010, Mooney became a Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellow at the Templeton Foundation.[9][10]
References
- ^ "AGU Board adds new members with expertise in science policy and communication". http://www.agu.org/news/press/pr_archives/2010/2010-39.shtml. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ The Science Network: Biographical note
- ^ a b Committee for Skeptical Inquiry: Doubt and About
- ^ "Center for Inquiry Announces Three New Hosts for its Popular Podcast, ‘Point of Inquiry’". http://www.centerforinquiry.net/news/center_for_inquiry_announces_three_new_hosts_for_its_popular_podcast_point_/. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ The Center for Collaborative History
- ^ The Nation: "Author Bios: Chris Mooney"
- ^ 2009–10 Knight Fellows
- ^ Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT
- ^ Chris C. Mooney. "The Rumors of My Fellowship Have Been Greatly Accurate". http://mblogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/02/27/the-rumors-of-my-fellowship-have-been-greatly-accurate/.
- ^ http://www.pointofinquiry.org/chris_mooney_accommodationism_and_the_psychology_of_belief/
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