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Seth Mnookin
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Seth Mnookin

Seth Mnookin is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and a former senior writer for Newsweek, where he covered media, politics, and popular culture. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, New York magazine, and many other publications. He is the author of The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear; Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top and Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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The Panic Virus will be released on January 03, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Jan 03, 2012
The Panic Virus is now available in Trade Paperback
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The Panic Virus is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 11, 2011
The Panic Virus will be released on January 11, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
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Introduction from The Panic Virus
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Feeding the Monster will be released on June 05, 2007 in Trade Paperback
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Feeding the Monster is now available in Trade Paperback
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Table of Contents from Feeding the Monster
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Bend Bulletin, November 9, 2012
...private gifts. The festival has hosted such noteworthy authors and poets as Ted Kooser, Timothy Egan, Anne Lamott, Seth Mnookin, Pam Houston, Benjamin Percy and, this year, Jean M. Auel, for writing workshops, lectures, a gala dinner and two nights of...
NBCNews.com, September 13, 2012
...handed out on Oct. 27 at the ScienceWriters2012 meeting in Raleigh, N.C. Here are the winners: Book: Seth Mnookin for "The Panic Virus," which delves into the controversy over a research paper alleging that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine might...
Tryon Daily Bulletin, September 7, 2012
...by Charles Duhigg. Alaskan Travels by Edward Hoagland. Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden. Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin. I’m Feeling Lucky: Confessions of Google Employee 59 by Douglas Edwards. Violinist’s Thumb by Sam Kean. Biography/...
Capital Times, August 27, 2012
...detection. Here, Blum chooses three books that speak to the drama science creates. 1. “The Panic Virus” by Seth Mnookin (Simon & Schuster, paperback, 2012) In a year we’ve seen a comeback of infectious diseases such as whooping cough and measles,...
New York Times, August 19, 2012
...in the next post. Mr. Lehrer, now 31, became famous before he had a grasp of the fundamentals. Seth Mnookin and others pointed out that his approach to writing about science was somewhat less than scientific. The now ancient routes to credibility at...
New York Times, August 19, 2012
...in the next post. Mr. Lehrer, now 31, became famous before he had a grasp of the fundamentals. Seth Mnookin and others pointed out that his approach to writing about science was somewhat less than scientific. The now ancient routes to credibility at...
New York Times, August 19, 2012
...in the next post. Mr. Lehrer, now 31, became famous before he had a grasp of the fundamentals. Seth Mnookin and others pointed out that his approach to writing about science was somewhat less than scientific. The now ancient routes to credibility at...
BusinessWeek, January 15, 2013
...some concern that MIT was "more vigorous in this whole incident than it had to be," said Seth Mnookin, who teaches science writing at the school. Many colleagues he spoke with "felt aligned with what Swartz was doing and believed in what he believed in,"...
Bloomberg, January 15, 2013
...s some concern that MIT was “more vigorous in this whole incident than it had to be,” said Seth Mnookin, who teaches science writing at the school. Many colleagues he spoke with “felt aligned with what Swartz was doing and believed in what he...
Reuters, January 10, 2013
...more egregious violation of the Hippocratic oath than doing anything to violate the effectiveness of a vaccination program. Seth Mnookin has a wonderful book explaining how skepticism about vaccines is itself a kind of virus ? he calls it the Panic...
Adelaide Now, December 22, 2012
...But in the wash-out from this most recent part of the story are some interesting observations from author Seth Mnookin, who has just had a book published called The Panic Virus - a timely look at the anti-vaccine crusade. In an interview about the book...
Psychology Today, December 3, 2012
...a mother passes along is about 15, regardless of her age. The implications of this research are dramatic. Seth Mnookin observed that, “The genetic health of the species is now facing a serious threat” and “ new mutations cause by old sperm raised...
ABC Online, November 28, 2012
...interested in this topic I recommend the excellent and very readable book "The Panic Virus" by NY journalist Seth Mnookin. I would especially recommend it to any parent who is witholding vaccination of their child(ren)because they fear the vaccine will...
Bend Bulletin, November 9, 2012
...private gifts. The festival has hosted such noteworthy authors and poets as Ted Kooser, Timothy Egan, Anne Lamott, Seth Mnookin, Pam Houston, Benjamin Percy and, this year, Jean M. Auel, for writing workshops, lectures, a gala dinner and two nights of...