Benedict Carey

American journalist

Benedict Carey
Born	Benedict James Carey (1960-03-03) March 3, 1960 (age 64) San Francisco, California, United States
Occupation	journalist
Notable credit(s)	Los Angeles Times The New York Times
Spouse	Victoria von Biel
Children	Isaac, 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."

References

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

External links

Recent and archived news articles by Benedict Carey of The New York Times.
https://web.archive.org/web/20110202131456/http://benedictjcarey.com/

Gerald Loeb Award winners for Images, Graphics, Interactives, and Visuals

Gerald Loeb Award for Images/Visuals (2013–2015)
(2013–2015)	2013: Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, Matthew Ericson, Ford Fessenden, Robert Gebeloff, Tom Giratikanon, Alan McLean, Alicia Parlapiano, Sergio Pecanha, Archie Tse, Jeremy White 2014: Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, Matthew Ericson, Hannah Fairfield, Ford Fessenden, Tom Giratikanon, Josh Keller, Alicia Parlapiano, Kevin Quealy, Archie Tse, Tim Wallace, Derek Watkins, Josh Williams, Jeremy White, Karen Yourish 2015: Gregor Aisch, Wilson Andrews, Jeremy Ashkenas, Matthew Bloch, Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Haeyoun Park, Alicia Parlapiano, Archie Tse

Gerald Loeb Award for Images/Visuals (2013–2015)

(2013–2015)

2013: Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, Matthew Ericson, Ford Fessenden, Robert Gebeloff, Tom Giratikanon, Alan McLean, Alicia Parlapiano, Sergio Pecanha, Archie Tse, Jeremy White
2014: Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, Matthew Ericson, Hannah Fairfield, Ford Fessenden, Tom Giratikanon, Josh Keller, Alicia Parlapiano, Kevin Quealy, Archie Tse, Tim Wallace, Derek Watkins, Josh Williams, Jeremy White, Karen Yourish
2015: Gregor Aisch, Wilson Andrews, Jeremy Ashkenas, Matthew Bloch, Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Haeyoun Park, Alicia Parlapiano, Archie Tse

Gerald Loeb Award for Images/Graphics/Interactives (2016–2018)
(2016–2018)	2016: Gregor Aisch, Wilson Andrews, Matthew Bloch, Eric Buth, Sarah Cohen, Nicholas Confessore, Amanda Cox, Josh Keller, Kevin Quealy, Karen Yourish 2017: Matthew Bloch, Walt Bogdanich, Larry Buchanan, Amanda Cox, Ana Graciela Mendez, Motoko Rich, Jacqueline Williams, Karen Yourish 2018: Christine Chan, Matthew Weber, Reuters team

Gerald Loeb Award for Visual Storytelling (2019–2023)
(2019)	Dean Halford, Tom Randall
(2020-2023)	2020: Tracey McManus, Eli Murray 2021: Aliza Aufrichtig, Larry Buchanan, Weiyi Cai, Benedict Carey, Niraj Chokshi, Michael Corkery, Guilbert Gates, James Glanz, Christina Goldbaum, Rich Harris, Josh Holder, Ella Koeze, Jonah Markowitz, Bill Marsh, Blacki Migliozzi, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Derek Watkins, Jeremy White 2022: Maria Abi-Habib, Audra D.S. Burch, Weiyi Cai, Alejandro Cegarra, Keith Collins, Nikolas Diamant, Peter Eavis, Or Fleisher, James Glanz, Troy Griggs, Mika Gröndahl, Evan Grothjan, Matthew Haag, Barbara Harvey, Lingdong Huang, Natalie Kitroeff, Oscar Lopez, Tariro Mzezewa, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Karthik Patanjali, Miles Peyton, Anjali Singhvi, Rumsey Taylor, Tim Wallace, Jeremy White, Josh Williams 2023: Marcelo Duhalde, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Adolfo Arranz, Fiona Sun, Dennis Wong

Gerald Loeb Award for Visual Storytelling (2019–2023)

(2019)

Dean Halford, Tom Randall

(2020-2023)

2020: Tracey McManus, Eli Murray
2021: Aliza Aufrichtig, Larry Buchanan, Weiyi Cai, Benedict Carey, Niraj Chokshi, Michael Corkery, Guilbert Gates, James Glanz, Christina Goldbaum, Rich Harris, Josh Holder, Ella Koeze, Jonah Markowitz, Bill Marsh, Blacki Migliozzi, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Derek Watkins, Jeremy White
2022: Maria Abi-Habib, Audra D.S. Burch, Weiyi Cai, Alejandro Cegarra, Keith Collins, Nikolas Diamant, Peter Eavis, Or Fleisher, James Glanz, Troy Griggs, Mika Gröndahl, Evan Grothjan, Matthew Haag, Barbara Harvey, Lingdong Huang, Natalie Kitroeff, Oscar Lopez, Tariro Mzezewa, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Karthik Patanjali, Miles Peyton, Anjali Singhvi, Rumsey Taylor, Tim Wallace, Jeremy White, Josh Williams
2023: Marcelo Duhalde, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Adolfo Arranz, Fiona Sun, Dennis Wong