Kris Newby is an award-winning science writer and the senior producer of the Lyme disease documentary UNDER OUR SKIN, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was a 2010 Oscar semifinalist. Her book BITTEN won three international book awards for journalism and narrative nonfiction. She has two degrees in engineering: a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah and a master’s degree from Stanford University. She previously worked as a science/technology writer for Stanford Medical School, Apple, and other Silicon Valley companies. She is currently working on a second book.
Awards:
· 2024: CASE Gold Award for “The Spice Sellers’ Secret” in Stanford Medicine Magazine.
· 2024: AAMC Gold & Best-of-Show Awards for “The Spice Sellers’ Secret” in Stanford Medicine Magazine.
· 2021: Nelly Bly Investigative and Long Form Journalism, 1st Place, BITTEN, Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards Program
· 2020: International Book Award, Narrative Nonfiction, Gold Award,
BITTEN, International Book Awards Program
· 2020: Nautilus Book Award in Journalism & Investigative Reporting, Silver Award, BITTEN, Nautilus Book Awards
· 2015: Gold Award for Periodical Staff Writing for “Immune system disruption: The search for answers,” the story of a young woman felled by chronic fatigue syndrome in Stanford Medicine Magazine.
· 2015 Long Reads’ Weekly Top Five for the article “Rocket Men: Analyzing the breath of critically ill children at warp speed” in Stanford Medicine Magazine.
· 2014 AAMC Writing Award for Excellence, CASE Gold Award, & Long Reads’ Weekly Top Five for the article “Against the Odds: A Band of Rebels Fights to Save Health Care” in Stanford Medicine Magazine.
· 2013 Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Golden Padlock Award for pursuing the CDC’s 5.5 years of delays in fulfilling a FOIA request. (2013)
Kris Newby