Jon Daniel Franklin (January 13, 1942 – January 21, 2024) was an American writer. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma.[1] He won the inaugural Pulitzer Prizes in two journalism categories both for his work as a science writer with the Baltimore Evening Sun.[2] Franklin held a B.S. in journalism from the University of Maryland.[3] He was professor emeritus of journalism at his alma mater; previously, Franklin taught creative writing at the University of Oregon and was the head of the technical journalism department at Oregon State University.[4] He received honorary degrees from the University of Maryland in 1981 and Notre Dame de Namur University in 1982.[2]
The Canadian television film Shocktrauma is based on the book Franklin co-wrote with Alan Doelp.
Working for The Baltimore Sun, Franklin won the first Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1979, for covering a brain surgery,[5] and won the first Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1985, for a series about molecular psychiatry, "The Mind Fixers".[6]
Franklin died from esophageal cancer in Annapolis, Maryland, on January 21, 2024. He was 82.[7]
Books
edit- Shocktrauma (1980) with Alan Doelp
- Not Quite A Miracle (1983) with Alan Doelp
- Guinea Pig Doctors (1984) with Dr. John T. Sutherland; republished in 2003 as If I Die In The Service Of Science: The Dramatic Stories Of Medical Scientists Who Experimented On Themselves
- Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of a Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner (1986)
- Franklin, Jon (1987). Molecules of the mind : the brave new science of molecular psychology. New York: Dell Pub. ISBN 0-440-50005-2. OCLC 17958586.
- The Wolf In The Parlor: The Eternal Connection between Humans and Dogs (2009)
References
edit- ^ Cusick, Daniel "Jon Franklin's Reality Story Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine", College Park Magazine,
- ^ a b Brennan, Elizabeth A. and Clarage, Elizabeth C., "Jon Daniel Franklin" Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners, 1999, pg 196.
- ^ "Jon Franklin, Professor Emeritus", Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, The University of Maryland
- ^ Jon Franklin Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, Science Writing Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- ^ "Feature Writing". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
- ^ "Explanatory Journalism". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
- ^ Murphy, Brian (23 January 2024). "Jon Franklin, two-time Pulitzer winner as science journalist, dies at 82". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
External links
edit- Jon Franklin at Library of Congress, with 6 library catalog records
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