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Rodrigo Pérez Ortega

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(He/Him)
Mexico City
Covers:  Life sciences, medicine, health, policy, and academia.
Science journalist @NewsfromScience | @Open_Notebook en Español | @UCSC_SciCom | Views my own | he/him

Awards

NASW Travel Fellowship

2015

I was awarded a Travel Fellowship by the National Association of Science Writers to Attend the 2015 AAAS Annual Meeting.

WCSJ 2015 Travel Fellowship

2015

I was awarded a Travel Fellowship to attend the World Conference of Science Journalists 2015 in Seoul, South Korea.

SMASH Fellowship

2016

I was awarded the SMASH16 Fellowship to attend the Science Media Awards & Summit in the Hub.

Travel Fellowship

2016

I was awarded a Travel Fellowship by the National Association of Science Writers to attend ScienceWriters 2016 in San Antonio, Texas.

The Open Notebook Fellow

2017

I was named a Fellow at The Open Notebook, sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

CMIC Journalism Award

2017 - Investigative Journalism

Award to report on the social impact of scientific trials for cancer patients.

Medtronic Award in Health Journalism

2018 - Radio

For the feature "The new era of genomic medicine" that aired on Hábitat Ciencia, a project of the Mexican Network of Science Journalists.