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The AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards Turn 70

For the first time, the D.C. organization accepted international entries.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has been handing out journalism awards since 1945. But this year, thanks to the doubling of an endowment from The Kavli Foundation, two big changes are in evidence.

For the first time, international journalists were allowed to submit their work for prize consideration. A second tier was also added to all eight awards categories, in the form of a a Silver award ($3,500 prize) to go along with the Gold Award ($5,000).