September 18, 2018
Two SHERP alums finalists for national science writing award
![Frederik Joelving and Lynne Peeples (both SHERP 2009)](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sherp-awards-joelving-peeples.jpg)
Frederik Joelving and Lynne Peeples (both SHERP 2009) have been named finalists in the National Association of Science Writers’ Science in Society awards. Joelving was honored for a Slate story about drug testing, while Peeples was honored for an Undark story about the environmental and health risks of lead ammunition.