Remembering science editor David Corcoran

David Corcoran, a former science editor at The New York Times, died on Sunday. He was 72, and the cause was leukemia. Losing a member of the science journalism community is always tough, and several at STAT had a professional connection with Corcoran. “Day after day, year after year, David Corcoran sat across a conference table from me and other colleagues at Times’ news meetings, where he would passionately promote science stories for the front page,” Rick Berke, STAT’s executive editor who spent decades at the Times with Corcoran, tells me. “Ever gently and cheerfully, David delivered a daily tutorial about the latest studies or clinical trials and why they were important — or not,” Berke says. And whether for his thoughtful critiquing of stories or his side gig as a restaurant critic, Corcoran will be missed by many. Read more about him in this farewell from his former colleagues at the Knight Center for Science Journalism.