Winners of Communication Awards Honored

November 14 -- The winners of the 2008 National Academies Communication Awards were honored during this year's Keck Futures Initiative conference in Irvine, Calif. The winners are Walter Isaacson for his book Einstein: His Life And Universe; Bob Marshall, Mark Schleifstein, Dan Swenson, and Ted Jackson from The Times-Picayune, New Orleans; George Butler (director), White Mountain Films, Kennedy-Marshall Films and Walt Disney Company for the documentary "Roving Mars"; and Alan Boyle of MSNBC.com for selected works from Cosmic Log.

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