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Franklin, Jon

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Personal name headingFranklin, Jon
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Variant(s)Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner
Birth date1942-01-13
Place of birthEnid (Okla.)
Field of activityJournalism
AffiliationUniversity of Maryland, College Park University of Oregon Oregon State University Baltimore sun
Profession or occupationScience writers Reporters and reporting College teachers
Found inHis Shocktrauma, 1980: t.p. (Jon Franklin) pub. info. (reporter for the Baltimore Sun)
His Writing for story, 1986: CIP t.p. (Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner)
Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), May 6, 2008 (Jon Daniel Franklin; b. Jan. 13, 1942, Enid, Okla.; Baltimore evening sun, science writer, 1972- 86; University of Maryland, School of Journalism, associate professor, 1986-; Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, 1979, and for explanatory journalism, 1985)
Wikipedia web site, August 31, 2019: (Jon Daniel Franklin (born January 13, 1943) is an American writer. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma. He won the inaugural Pulitzer Prizes in two journalism categories both for his work as a science writer with the Baltimore Evening Sun. Franklin holds a B.S. in journalism from the University of Maryland. He is currently 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. He received honorary degrees from the University of Maryland in 1981 and Notre Dame de Namur University in 1982.)
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