"Ferdinand combines the broad-gauge experience of having been a Washington Post
reporter with a full academic year's worth of focusing intensively on science at M.I.T. and
Harvard as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow. She brings Page One reporting skills to
subjects usually covered by specialists writing for the back of the book." --Boyce Rensberger,
director, Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT and former Washington Post science editor

"[She] combines excellent news sense and crystal-clear thinking with a beautiful writing style and
an exceptional feeling for the human side of things that makes any story of hers come alive."
-- Carey Goldberg, Boston Globe neuroscience reporter and former
New York Times Boston bureau chief

"I have known and admired Pam's work for years....Pam has always had an eye for the telling
detail, for infusing even the smallest story with enormous meaning. She does it by watching, by
listening, by noting the rhythms of everyday life that so many other writers miss." -- Lynda Gorov,
freelance journalist and former Boston Globe Los Angeles bureau chief

"She has worked diligently under newspaper deadline pressure to not only report the facts, but to
unearth those descriptive details, the special human qualities to which we all relate. Her stories
were always well researched and wonderfully written. She also spent long hours doing whatever
was necessary to bring her stories to her editors in a complete and colorful fashion." -- Mary Hargrove,
associate editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy award, and past
president of Investigative Reporters & Editors

"Pam Ferdinand is a first-rate reporter who knows how to write about science and scientists.
The ability to deal with technical material and people allows her to craft stories that explain while
they entertain." -- Steve Mirsky, columnist and editor, Scientific American