By: E&P Staff We know that many people take straight newspaper reporting with a grain of salt, but what about treating avowed fiction as journalism? The American Association of Petroleum Geologists has presented its annual journalism award to Michael Crichton for his two novels, "State of Fear" and "Jurassic Park."
The first, a current bestseller, profiles global warming as a puffed-up threat imagined by a conspiracy of evil scientists. Climate experts have dismissed the novel as off-based and, well, a work of fiction, much like Crichton's dinosaur epic, "Jurassic Park."
Crichton will be given the award at the group's annual convention in Houston in April.
The petroleum group's Web site describes the award, which dates back to 1972, this way:
"The Journalism Award is given to a person in recognition of notable journalistic achievement in any medium which contributes to public understanding of geology, energy resources, or the technology of oil and gas exploration. ...The award is a walnut plaque bearing the words, 'For notable journalistic achievement in communications contributing to public understanding of geology.'"
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