Jon Palfreman

Jon Palfreman is a reporter, writer, producer, director and educator best known for his documentary work on Frontline and Nova. He has won awards for his journalism, including the Peabody Award,[1] Emmy Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton,[2] Writers Guild of America Award, and the AAAS-Westinghouse Science in Journalisim Award.[3][4] Palfreman has written, directed and produced documentaries on a wide range of topics, but specializes in topical and often controversial issues involving science and medicine.[5] Palfreman is the author of Brainstorms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease, The Case of the Frozen Addicts: Working at the Edge of the Mysteries of the Human Brain (with J. William Langston),[6] and The Dream Machine: Exploring the Computer Age (with Doron Swade). He is also president of the Palfreman Film Group.[7]

  1. ^ "Machine That Changed the World Receives Peabody". Communications of the ACM. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. July 1993. p. S1+.
  2. ^ "Arts & TV in Brief". The Boston Herald. 20 December 2001. p. 56.
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  5. ^ Mink, Eric (24 April 2001). "'Harvest' sinks teeth into biotech rhubarb". New York Daily News. New York, NY. p. 75.
  6. ^ "Jon Palfreman to take part in worldwide Parkinson's webcast". Around the O. University of Oregon. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
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