The 7th Annual Alexander Awards: The Best Tox Reading of 2016

Alexander Gettler When TPR began giving out the annual Alexander Awards for best long-form writing in the field of toxicology, the eligibility criteria included the requirement that “entries must be fully and freely accessible” on the web. After 2016 — a remarkably truth-impaired year scarred by fake news and unchallenged mendacity — supporting aggressive, unbiased, fearless journalism appears to us to be a civic duty. A number of our selections this year come from sources such as the New York Times and Los Angeles Times that have much of their content behind a paywall. Often they allow access to a certain number of free articles each month, but after that limit easy accessibility to subscribers. Of course, it’s usually possible to cheat by doing a Google search for the title of the article — most often the link will lead directly to the desired piece. But these institutions are more important now than ever, and deserve financial backing from readers. TPR subscribes online to the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, and Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. All of these publications have had superb coverage of toxicology, the pharmaceutical industry, and the opioid catastrophe over the last several years. The Alexander Awards was inspired by David Brooks’ Sidney awards, a yearly compilation of that New York Times columnist’s pick of the best essays of the year. Brooks’ picks appeared...
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