- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/29/us-neuroscience-crime-idUSBRE87S07020120829
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/19/uk-tuberculosis-idUSLNE82I02B20120319
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/01/us-cancer-africa-ghana-idUSBRE8400ET20120501
- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/22/us-greece-mosquitoes-malaria-idUSBRE89L0PM20121022
Provide names of other journalists involved.
For the Greek piece, additional reporting was provided by Reuters reporters Renee Maltezou and Karolina Tagaris
List date(s) this work was published or aired.
Cancer in Africa: fighting a nameless enemy – May 1st, 2012 Neuroscience in court: My brain made me do it – Aug 29, 2012 “White Plague” lurks among rich and poor – March 19, 2012 In vulnerable Greece, Mosquitoes bite back – Oct 22, 2012
Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
1/ Reporting from Ghana, the author focused on the problem of cancer in Africa — how to tackle a disease that in many local languages has no name. There is a widespread belief that cancer is a disease only of the rich world, but one of the very few oncologists in Ghana tells here of an ‘explosion of cancer’ on a continent woefully ill-equipped to deal with it. 2/Giving fresh insight into the legal implications of advances in neuroscience, the author wrote about the way in which it is challenging notions of crime and punishment. This deeply researched story looked at the way in which science may not only be used to explain why criminals had committed offences, but also why that might need to be taken account in sentencing. 3/ From London, the author reported on the “white plague” as drug-resistant tuberculosis spreads. Starting with the moving account of a victim of the disease, the story builds a picture of the growing public health risk while putting it squarely in the context of the medical evidence from specialists. Month by month, the figures of the growth of drug resistant-TB have shown the prescience of this reporting. 4/ Writing from Athens, the author tells of how a perfect storm of a severe debt crisis, rising xenophobia, a warming climate and political infighting are conspiring to allow for the re-emergence of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases in this southern European country, posing risks to the wider continent.
Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
All these piece made use of official health/disease data, either from the World Health Organisation or the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. These data help put a story into a wider context and explain an issue’s significance.
Explain types of human sources used.
Each of these stories combines expert comment and data/analysis with the observations of doctors, patients or their relatives, who explain the human impact.
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Follow-up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification on the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.
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Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
As much as possible, visit the places and people whose health/illness you are writing about,. Try to ensure wider data sets are included to put the human tales into a context that is relevant for your readers.