Julia Belluz

"[4] In 2009, after a year of working at newspapers and magazines in London, Belluz moved back to Canada for an entry-level reporter job at Maclean's.

[2] During her time at Maclean's, Belluz created the blog Science-ish "in response to bewildering and contradictory claims ... that float around in the popular discourse.

[9] At Vox, she has written about significant health topics, such as measles outbreaks in anti-vaccination communities,[10] maternal mortality in the United States,[11] the Ebola and COVID-19 pandemics,[12][13] the fallacy of exercise for weight loss,[14] and other nutritional claims.

[17][3] Her "Show Me the Evidence" series on Vox takes a deep dive into the science behind health claims surrounding nutrition, medicine, exercise, and more.

[3][18] In Belluz's words, "by emphasizing magic pills and miracle treatments, we also lose focus on the more mundane things that actually matter to health – like education, equality, and the environment.

Julia Belluz receives 2016 Balles Award at CSICon