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Richard Harris is science correspondent for National Public Radio and covers science issues, especially the aerospace industry. Harris' reports appear on such NPR programs as Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Before joining NPR in 1986, Harris was a science writer for the San Francisco Examiner. From 1981 to 1983, Harris was a staff writer at The Tri-Valley Herald in Livermore, California, covering science, technology, and health issues. Under the auspices of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Harris spent the summer of 1980 as a Mass Media Science Fellow reporting on science issues for The Washington Star, in Washington, D.C. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Harris is co-founder of the Washington, DC, Area Science Writers Association, as well as past president of the National Association of Science Writers. [CR-LF][CR-LF]A California native, Harris was valedictorian of his college graduating class at the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1980. He earned his bachelor's degree in biology, with highest honors.

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