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| April 2024 | Broke a story revealing that nearly half the Chinese swimming team tested positive for a banned drug before the 2021 Summer Olympics but were not sanctioned. |
| 2023 | Broke the story about Tucker Carlson's text messages that led to his departure from Fox News. |
| November 2023 | Schmidt and Nicolle Wallace welcomed a baby girl. |
| March 2023 | Netflix announced Schmidt as an executive producer and co-creator of a limited series titled 'Zero Day', starring Robert De Niro and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. |
| 2022 | Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the University of Southern California, acknowledging her contributions to science policy and journalism. |
| December 2022 | Announced as a new columnist for The Washington Post, set to write about the future. |
| April 2022 | Michael S. Schmidt married American cable TV news anchor Nicolle Wallace. |
| 2021 | Gave the commencement address at the University of Southern California. |
| December 2021 | Stepped down as editorial page editor of The Boston Globe, remaining with the paper as an editor-at-large and helping to launch The Emancipator. |
| January 16 2021 |
Sharon Begley
Sharon Begley passed away from EGFR Non Smoking lung cancer at the age of 64.
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| September 2020 | Published his first book, 'Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President', which rose to number three on The New York Times Best Seller list. |
| April 16 2020 | STAT published an article by Adam Feuerstein containing leaked, incomplete results of a University of Chicago clinical trial for the COVID-19 drug remdesivir, which immediately impacted Gilead Sciences' stock price in after-hours trading. |
| April 16 2020 | Lloyd Doggett, chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, called for an investigation into the potential securities law violation related to the premature publication of the clinical trial data. |
| March 2020 | Oversaw the editorial board's criticism of Donald Trump's response to the COVID-19 pandemic while serving as editorial page editor of The Boston Globe. |
| January 4 2020 | Stat began covering the Coronavirus outbreak with an article by Helen Branswell, which led to a significant surge in reader traffic (4-5 times above typical volumes). |
| 2019 | Concluded role as Director of Global Policy Initiatives at the Broad Institute of Harvard University and teaching at MIT. |
| November 2019 | Became the editorial page editor of The Boston Globe, aiming to amplify diverse voices and showcase Boston's groundbreaking ideas. |
| September 23 2019 | Published an article 'Challenge for a Reckless Age: Be Better Ancestors' in Grist, focusing on forward-thinking and responsible decision-making for future generations. |
| September 19 2019 | Wrote an opinion piece 'Why we still need climate optimism' published in The Washington Post, discussing optimistic approaches to addressing climate challenges. |
| August 2019 | Published her book 'The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age', exploring forward-thinking approaches to decision-making and long-term planning. |
| 2018 | IndieWire writers rank its screenplay as the 12th best American screenplay of the 21st century. |
| 2018 | Won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and the Gerald Loeb Award for Investigative Business Journalism for stories about sexual predator allegations against Harvey Weinstein that catalyzed the Me Too movement. |
| 2018 | Won two Pulitzer Prizes: one for breaking the story about President Trump asking FBI director James Comey for a loyalty pledge and to close the Michael Flynn investigation, and another with Emily Steel for exposing sexual harassment allegations against Bill O'Reilly that led to his firing from Fox News. |
| 2015 | Wins Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Ensemble cast at the New York Film Critics Online Awards. |
| 2015 | Film receives three Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director (Tom McCarthy), and Best Screenplay (McCarthy and Josh Singer). |
| 2015 | Spotlight receives widespread critical acclaim, being included in many critics' Top Ten Films lists and receiving over 100 industry and critics awards and nominations. |
| 2015 | Nominated for five Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, and Honorary Robert Altman Award for the cast. |
| 2015 | Wins Best Cast in a Motion Picture at Satellite Awards. |
| 2015 | American Film Institute selects Spotlight as one of the Top Ten Films of the year. |
| 2015 | Recognized as a Global Young Leader by the French-American Foundation, highlighting her early professional achievements and potential in science policy and leadership. |
| 2015 | Completed White House sabbatical, focusing on building partnerships to prepare for climate disasters. |
| August 2015 |
Sharon Begley
Joined the inaugural staff of Stat, a new science publication by the Boston Globe, with her first article appearing this month.
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| 2013 | Began a sabbatical to work in the White House under President Barack Obama as a senior advisor for climate change innovation. |
| January 2013 |
Sharon Begley
Begley published 'Placebo Power' in the Saturday Evening Post, an article about placebo effects that drew criticism from science writers PZ Myers and Steven Novella for relying on anecdotal evidence.
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| 2012 | Co-authored a PCAST report on drug discovery, development, and evaluation. |
| 2012 |
Sharon Begley
Co-authored 'The Emotional Life of Your Brain' with Richard Davidson, introducing the concept of individual 'Emotional Style' based on six distinct parameters.
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| 2012 |
Sharon Begley
Began working as senior health and science editor at Reuters.
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| 2011 | Co-authored a PCAST report on ensuring American leadership in advanced manufacturing. |
| 2010 | Co-authored a PCAST report on K-12 education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). |
| 2010 | Concluded her work on the science desks at The New York Times and The Boston Globe. |
| 2010 | Began serving as Director of Global Policy Initiatives at the Broad Institute of Harvard University and started teaching at MIT. Also became Senior Adviser to Eric Lander at the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). |
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