Alison Young (journalist)

{{Short description|American journalist}}

Alison Young is an American journalist. She is the Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting at the University of Missouri.{{Cite web|url=https://journalism.missouri.edu/people/alison-young/|title=Alison Young – Missouri School of Journalism|date=October 14, 2023}}

She has worked for USA Today, the Detroit Free Press, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/alison-young/|title=Alison Young|date=August 8, 2022}}

She received three National Press Club Awards, three Scripps Howard Awards, three Gerald Loeb Awards, the Hillman Prize, a Sigma Delta Chi Award, and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. Several awards were granted for her story "Ghost Factories" about the health effects of lead-contaminated soil.{{cite news |title=USA TODAY wins two National Press Club awards |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/03/awards-ghost-factories-aviation/2487653/}}

Young was president of Investigative Reporters and Editors.

In 2023, she authored the book Pandora's Gamble Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk about the history of biological leaks from research institutions.{{Cite web|url=https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/07/webinar-will-focus-on-new-book-the-lab-leak-theory-and-keeping-an-eye-out-for-hazards/|title=Webinar will focus on new book, the 'lab leak' theory and keeping an eye out for hazards|first=Bara|last=Vaida|date=July 18, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://madison.com/news/local/business/health-care/book-alleging-lax-oversight-of-uw-flu-research-distorts-facts-campus-says/article_6b222e89-6f5e-5beb-a986-687161c9e081.html|title=Book alleging lax oversight of UW flu research distorts facts, campus says|first=David|last=Wahlberg|date=April 13, 2023|website=Wisconsin State Journal}}