Benedict Carey

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Benedict Carey (born 1960) is an American journalist and reporter on medical and science topics for "The New York Times".

Carey graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in mathematics in 1983. [cite web| title=Backgrounder:Benedict Carey.| publisher="Bullpen", NYU Department of Journalism| first=Julie| last=Leibach| year=2007| url=http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/bullpen/benedict_carey/backgrounder/| accessdate=2007-10-04] In 1985 he enrolled in a one-year journalism program at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and in 1987 joined the staff of San Francisco-based medical science magazine "Hippocrates".

From 1997 he worked as a freelance journalist in Los Angeles, before securing a position as the health and fitness writer for "The Los Angeles Times". A 2002 article on the health effects of drinking eight glasses of water a day won a University of Missouri Lifestyle Award.

Since 2004 Carey has worked as a science and medical writer for "The New York Times".

References

ee also

* Science journalism

External links

* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/benedict_carey/index.html Recent and archived news articles by Benedict Carey of The New York Times.]