Sharon Oosthoek

About

I have more than 25 years experience working for daily newspapers, magazines, online news services and non-governmental organizations. My writing has appeared in New Scientist, Canadian Geographic, Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail, cbc.ca and Chemical & Engineering News. I’m a frequent contributor to Detroit Public Television’s Great Lakes bureau, Great Lakes Now, and to Science News Explores. I’ve won various journalism awards, including an American Academy for the Advancement of Science Kavli Science Journalism Award for children’s science writing.

My communications work includes newsletter and website writing for the Canada Foundation for Innovation, St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation, the Council of Ontario Universities, the Alzheimer Society and the University of Toronto.

I’m a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada.

AWARDS

2022 —

Society of Professional Journalists, First and Third places for Environment Reporting

2020 —

Fund for Environmental Journalism Rapid Response Grant, Society of Environmental Journalists

2019 —

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, Silver, Children’s Science News

2018 —

Environmental Journalism Fellow, National Tropical Botanical Gardens, Hawaii

2015 —

Fellow of the Chesapeake Bay Institute, The Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources, Baltimore, MD

2011 —

Fellow of the Logan Science Journalism Program, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

2011 —

Fellow of the Great Waters Institute, The Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources, Toronto, ON

2010 —

Fellow of Carnegie Mellon University’s Steinbrenner Institute, Environmental Media

2009 —

Fellow of the Great Waters Institute, The Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources, Detroit

2007 —

Canadian Science Writers’ Association, Science In Society Journalism Award for print feature

2006 —

Canadian Science Writers’ Association, Science In Society Journalism Award for print feature

2005 —

Fellow of the Great Lakes Environmental Journalism Training Institute, The School of Journalism at Michigan State University

1996 —

Western Ontario Newspaper Award for feature writing. Winner

1994 —

Western Ontario Newspaper Award for team spot news reporting. Runner up

1990 —

A.O. Tate Award, Excellence in Reporting, Ryerson University

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