Winners of the Neuroscience Journalism Contest Announced
Neuroscience senior Mason Eaton won the Loyola-wide neuroscience competition that ran during the Fall semester. Mason’s article discussed how the brain disease model of addiction has fueled a counter-productive war on drugs. Interviewing experts in neuroscience as well as criminal justice practitioners, Mason impressed the jury by connecting neuroscientific insights to a criminal justice issue with wide-ranging implications.
The neuroscience journalism competition is one five competitions organized by the Center for Neuroscience and Society. Fourteen students submitted articles that were reviewed for journalistic and neuroscientific merit by professors John Slania and Bill Rochlin. The award comes with a $1000 dollar cash prize.
Fellow senior Alex de Foy was awarded $250 for his third place article on the effectiveness of anti-depressants. Journalism major Grace Johnson took second place and the $500 that came with it for writing an article discussing the ethics of using neuroscience in the context of advertising.
The winning articles are linked below.