‘While the science beat is old—dating back to even before Sputnik—the approach we take is new. ’

‘If we tell them well, it won’t matter what medium we use. They can be our saving grace.’

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‘Ten years later, as I prepare to retire in June, the foundation has a respected voice in the vibrant conversations about the future of journalism.’

‘… the Internet changes the concept of the beat: A blog such as ours becomes a valued partner of political reporters offering them additional sources and fresh angles for stories.”

‘That is when I had the epiphany: These early years of motherhood were like being a rookie reporter on the beat.’

Judy Pasternak, a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times, drew on expertise she developed covering the environment, science and other beats to write her first book. “Yellow Dirt: An…