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Eureka Prize for Health and Medical Research, Journalism-$10,000

Thursday August 12, 2004

As the national medical reporter for ABC TV News for the past five years, Sophie Scott has brought hundreds of medical stories to Australian viewers. She has demonstrated an outstanding ability to present complicated facts on a broad range of topics, in an easy to understand, non sensational and balanced way.

Her balanced, fair, scientifically accurate and creative stories over the last five years win her the $10,000 Pfizer Australia Eureka Prize for Health and Medical Research Journalism.

Sophie routinely scours local and international journals and her extensive range of contacts to provide daily reports on the latest medical breakthroughs. Sophie says she aims to link medical knowledge and advances and the general public in a way that can help Australians become better informed about health conditions, new treatments and better ways to diagnose disease.

As well as on the evening news, her stories also appear on Lateline, Stateline, and the 7.30 Report and throughout Asia Pacific via CNN and the ABC's Asia Pacific television network.

She has also extended her coverage to the internet through an interactive website at http://www.abc.net.au/news/health/sophie_scott/default.htm

"Sophie's work has been praised by researchers, doctors and - perhaps most importantly - by the public" says Frank Howarth, Director of the Australian Museum. "She is a fitting winner of the $10,000 Pfizer Australia Eureka Prize for Health and Medical Research Journalism."

The Prize is awarded to an Australian journalist(s) or communicator(s) whose work is assessed as having most effectively and accurately communicated medical and/or health care research to the Australian public.