National Press Club’s 48th annual Dornheim Award

I'm proud to again have been a judge of the National Press Club’s 48th annual Dornheim Award for writing about aerospace, defense, the airline industry, or aerospace science and engineering. Winner was Kiera Feldman of the Los Angeles Times for her yearlong in-depth investigative report “Toxic Fumes on Airplanes Make Crews, Fliers Sick.” which revealed that toxic fumes from jet engine oil and other aviation fluids seep into the air on planes with alarming frequency. Hundreds of passengers and crew have been sickened in recent years and pilots have even become incapacitated while in flight.