Benedict Carey

Benedict Carey
Born
Benedict James Carey

(1960-03-03) March 3, 1960
San Francisco, California, United States
Occupationjournalist
Notable credit(s)Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
SpouseVictoria von Biel
ChildrenIsaac, Flora

Benedict Carey (born 3 March 1960) is an American journalist and reporter on medical and science topics for The New York Times.

Biography

Carey was born on 3 March 1960 in San Francisco, and graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in mathematics in 1983.[1] 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 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award.

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

He is the author of two science/math adventures for middle-schoolers, one called "Island of the Unknowns;" previously titled "The Unknowns",[2] and "Poison Most Vial". He has also written a book about learning science titled "How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens."

See also

References

  1. ^ Leibach, Julie (2007). "Backgrounder:Benedict Carey". Bullpen, NYU Department of Journalism. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
  2. ^ "Benedict Carey - the New York Times". The New York Times.
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