Benedict Carey

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Benedict Carey
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Born 1960
Occupation journalist
Notable credit(s) Los Angeles Times
New York Times

Benedict Carey (born 1960) is an American journalist and reporter on medical and science topics for The New York Times.

Carey graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in mathematics in 1983.[1] In 1985 he enrolled in a one-year journalism program at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and in 1987 joined the staff of San Francisco-based medical science magazine Hippocrates.

From 1997 he worked as a freelance journalist in Los Angeles, before securing a position as the health and fitness writer for The Los Angeles Times. A 2002 article on the health effects of drinking eight glasses of water a day won a University of Missouri Lifestyle Award.

Since 2004 Carey has worked as a science and medical writer for The New York Times.

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  1. ^ Leibach, Julie (2007). Backgrounder:Benedict Carey.. Bullpen, NYU Department of Journalism. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.

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