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Sheri Fink has contributed to the public radio news magazine [[Public Radio International|Public Radio International (PRI)]]’s [[The World (radio program)|The World]] covering a number of topics including the global [[HIV/AIDS]] [[pandemic]] and international [[Development aid|aid in development]], [[War|conflict]] and [[disaster]] settings.<ref>[http://www.propublica.org/site/author/sheri_fink "Author - Sheri Fink in ProPublica.org (accessed April 13, 2010)"]</ref> |
Sheri Fink has contributed to the public radio news magazine [[Public Radio International|Public Radio International (PRI)]]’s [[The World (radio program)|The World]] covering a number of topics including the global [[HIV/AIDS]] [[pandemic]] and international [[Development aid|aid in development]], [[War|conflict]] and [[disaster]] settings.<ref>[http://www.propublica.org/site/author/sheri_fink "Author - Sheri Fink in ProPublica.org (accessed April 13, 2010)"]</ref> |
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⚫ | Fink has won the top journalism prizes in her profession, including the [[Dart Award from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma]].<ref name="dart">{{cite web url=http://dartcenter.org/content/deadly-choices-at-memorial#.UwgeZE2PI3E |title= Dart Award |publisher=Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma |accessdate=21 February 2014 }}</ref> This is bestowed specifically on those heeding the [[Journalism ethics and standards|ethical rules of journalism]] in regard to being sensitive when seeking or using interviews or photographs of those affected by tragedy or grief.<ref name="ethics">{{cite web |url=http://www.spjvideo.org/quill/codedcontroversey/ethics-code-2009.pdf |title= Code of Ethics. |publisher=Society of Professional Journalists |format=PDF |accessdate=19 February 2014 }}</ref> |
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==Criticism== |
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⚫ | Fink has won the top journalism prizes in her profession, including the [[Dart Award from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma]].<ref name="dart">{{cite web url=http://dartcenter.org/content/deadly-choices-at-memorial#.UwgeZE2PI3E |title= Dart Award |publisher=Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma |accessdate=21 February 2014 }}</ref> This is bestowed specifically on those heeding the [[Journalism ethics and standards|ethical rules of journalism]] in regard to being sensitive when seeking or using interviews or photographs of those affected by tragedy or grief.<ref name="ethics">{{cite web |url=http://www.spjvideo.org/quill/codedcontroversey/ethics-code-2009.pdf |title= Code of Ethics. |publisher=Society of Professional Journalists |format=PDF |accessdate=19 February 2014 }}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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Sheri Fink | |
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Alma mater | University of Michigan (B.S.) Stanford University (Ph.D.) (M.D.) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Parent(s) | Hershel and Annette Fink |
Sheri Fink is an American journalist, reporting on subjects covering health, medicine and science.
Education
In 1990 Sheri Fink graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in psychology.[1] Fink received a Doctorate in Neuroscience in 1998 and a Doctor of Medicine in 1999 from Stanford University.[2]
Sheri Fink went to assist refugees on the Kosovo-Macedonia border during the war in Kosovo instead of attending her medical school graduation. [3]
Career
After graduating medical school, Sheri Fink became involved in humanitarian aid work in numerous disaster and conflict zones, and also developed a career injournalism.[3] Sheri Fink is a senior fellow with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and a staff reporter at ProPublica in New York.[2] Her articles have appeared in a number of publications such as the New York Times, Discover and Scientific American.
Sheri Fink has contributed to the public radio news magazine Public Radio International (PRI)’s The World covering a number of topics including the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and international aid in development, conflict and disaster settings.[4]
Fink has won the top journalism prizes in her profession, including the Dart Award from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.[5] This is bestowed specifically on those heeding the ethical rules of journalism in regard to being sensitive when seeking or using interviews or photographs of those affected by tragedy or grief.[6]
Awards
On April 12, 2010, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for an article published by ProPublica website. The winning article was about the deadly choices faced at one New Orleans hospital during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The article was published in the New York Times Magazine and on ProPublica.org.[7] The article also made her a finalist for the 2010 Michael Kelly Award. She also won a 2010 National Magazine Award for Reporting for the article.
Five Days at Memorial was shortlisted for 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction).[8][9]
Books
- Fink, Sheri. Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, First edition, New York : Crown Publishers, 2013. ISBN 9780307718969
- Fink, Sheri. "War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival", First edition, New York: Public Affairs, 2013. ISBN 9781586482671
References
- ^ Fink, Sheri (29 Oct 2013). "NYT OPED BY SHERI L. FINK, '90, BS". LSA PSYCHOLOGY, The. Ann Arbor. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Dr. Sheri Fink from Harvard Humanitarian Institute's website (accessed April 13, 2010)"
- ^ a b Neeper, Shawnee (30 May 2010). "Suture or Shoot". Stanford Medicine. Stanford. Retrieved 21 February 2014. Cite error: The named reference "SUTURE OR SHOOT" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Author - Sheri Fink in ProPublica.org (accessed April 13, 2010)"
- ^ Template:Cite web url=http://dartcenter.org/content/deadly-choices-at-memorial
- ^ "Code of Ethics" (PDF). Society of Professional Journalists. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ Fink, Sheri. "Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting: Deadly Choices at Memorial". propublica.org. ProPublica. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ Kirsten Reach (January 14, 2014). "NBCC finalists announced". Melville House Publishing. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
- ^ Admin (January 14, 2014). "Announcing the National Book Critics Awards Finalists for Publishing Year 2013". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved January 14, 2014.