Sharon Begley, a Top Science Journalist, Is Dead at 64
Long at Newsweek, she was regarded as one of her generation’s pre-eminent science writers. An “Enlightenment-era figure,” Jon Meacham said.
Sharon Begley. She “was one of those rare heroic minds and hearts that, luckily for all, go into journalism,” the correspondent Howard Fineman said.Credit.via Ned Groth
Jan. 22, 2021
Back in the glory days of newsmagazines, the editors at Newsweek used to sit around and fantasize about their dream “doomsday” team the clutch of journalists they would want on hand if they had to cover the end of the world. One name was always at or near the top: Sharon Begley.
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