THE CANCER LETTER received a first place 2014 Dateline Award for Excellence in Local Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists June 10. The award recognizes Paul Goldberg’s series of stories on “Conflict of Interest at MD Anderson Cancer Center” as the winner in the Newsletter, Washington, D.C., category.
Readers of The Cancer Letter and listeners of The Cancer Letter Podcast are familiar with the impact of President Donald Trump’s first nine months in office on the field of oncology. Now, the threats posed to oncology are being brought to the attention of a general audience—Jonathan Mahler, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, wrote an in-depth article about how the Trump administration’s actions have brought chaos, uncertainty, and damage to the oncology research community.
