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Biography

David Taylor writes for the Washington Post, Discover, Science, Smithsonian, The Millions, Undark, and Atlas Obscura. He has written scripts for PBS, Discovery, National Geographic, and Smithsonian. He received an Outstanding Feature prize in the 2024 Society of Environmental Journalists awards. His awards in documentary film include CINE Golden Eagle Awards, TIVA-DC Peer Awards, and a Writers Guild of America award nomination. His nonfiction books include Ginseng, the Divine Root (Algonquin), about a plant’s odyssey, and Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America (Wiley), which the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette included in Best Books of 2009. His 2018 book Cork Wars: Intrigue and Industry in World War II (Johns Hopkins University Press) received an Independent Publisher Book Award for world history. His work has been supported by grants from the National Association of Science Writers, the National Endowment of the Humanities, and fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the International Reporting Project. He’s a member of National Association of Science Writers and the Society of Environmental Journalists. He teaches with Johns Hopkins University’s Science Writing graduate program, and as a PEN/Faulkner visiting writer to DC Public Schools. Visit www.davidataylor.org.

Content

Total articles 60

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  How Organized Crime Has Turned Environmental Crime Into Big Business

  By David Taylor

  Sep. 20, 2024

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  Federal Writers’ Project Revisited as a Listening Project

  By David Taylor

  Jul. 10, 2024

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  Native Historians Do Stand-Up (Episode 6)

  By Oneida Lives, David Taylor, Vine Deloria Jr.

  Jun. 20, 2024

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