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Tip sheet on covering alcohol highlights do’s, don’ts and story ideas
Every day, stories about the U.S. opioid epidemic appear in daily newsfeeds, and rightly so: they are responsible for two…
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Studies can inspire story ideas about unnecessary interventions
It’s well recognized that health care costs more in the United States than anywhere else in the world. There are…
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Latest update to federal preventive services site benefits users
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has made changes to the way they present their recommendations in hopes…
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Award-winning genetics reporter shares her process
Sometimes exploring a topic requires more than one story … or three … and sometimes it involves a bit of…
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New tip sheet helps you ‘background like a boss’
In late January, Kate Howard, managing editor of the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, conducted one of the most important…
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Conducting 15-minute background searches on sources
How can you be sure your expert source doesn’t have a shady past? What if your lead anecdote has a…
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Inequality in corresponding authors means reporters need to balance the scales
The first person that a health reporter nearly always reaches out to when writing about a medical study is the…
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Research praising red meat is like … red meat for the masses: These studies need extra scrutiny
“Too much red meat can cause cancer.” It’s a depressing statement for the bacon and beef lovers out there, but…
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Could financial conflicts be influencing cancer care guidelines?
Physicians in all fields of medicine rely on guidelines developed by professional medical organizations to inform how they care for…
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Spin happens: How we cover medical studies affects readers’ attitude toward results
How much does the way you cover a study matter? If we judge that question on the basis of how…