# Jon Hamilton

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'''Jon Hamilton''' is a journalist and [science](/source/science) correspondent for [NPR](/source/NPR).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/people/2100615/jon-hamilton|title=Jon Hamilton|work=[NPR](/source/NPR)|publisher=NPR|access-date=13 November 2010}}</ref>

Hamilton is an English graduate from [Oberlin College](/source/Oberlin_College). He received his [Master's Degree](/source/Master's_Degree) in [journalism](/source/journalism) at [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University). He was a media fellow at the [Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation](/source/Henry_J._Kaiser_Family_Foundation) where he delivered a project on state [Medicaid](/source/Medicaid) programs and [privatization](/source/privatization).

He began his professional career as a medical reporter for [the Commercial Appeal](/source/the_Commercial_Appeal) and [Physicians' Weekly](/source/Physicians'_Weekly) and then worked as a freelance journalist and writer from 1995 to 1997.

==Awards==
Hamilton has won a [Baker Prize](/source/Baker_Prize) for magazine writing and a [Sherwood Traveling Fellowship](/source/Sherwood_Traveling_Fellowship).{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

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