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Freelance investigative reporting may not be easy, but it’s possible
Investigative reporting is not easy as a freelance journalist, but it’s not impossible either. The Health Journalism 2019 session on…
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Persistent threats to U.S. children’s health the focus of #AHCJ19 session
While measles may be the hot topic in the news at the moment for children’s health, it’s far from the…
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Join our updated workshop on medical studies at #ahcj19 — covering the basics plus policy and, yes, biostats-made-easy
If you are joining us for Health Journalism 2019 in Baltimore in a few weeks, be sure to arrive in…
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Are you battle-ready? Let’s share strategies at AHCJ 2019 for social media finesse in an age of ‘alternative facts’
You’ve laced up your combat boots and fastened your helmet. Your Kevlar vest is safely snug against your chest. Your…
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Writing about vaccine hesitancy? There’s a study for that
Vaccines and vaccine hesitancy has been my primary micro-beat since I began working as a full-time health/science journalist, so it’s…
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‘Sexology’ fraud duped dozens of reporters — don’t be among them next time
We journalists rely on many tools in our trade: research articles, books, interviews, pen and paper, accumulated knowledge and experience,…
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A good story about medical studies begins with a responsible headline
Many journalists have little to do with the final headline that ends up on their story, while others — such…
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Breakthrough research reveals parachutes don’t prevent death when jumping from a plane
It’s been 15 years since BMJ published the most rigorous type of study there is — a systematic review of…
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VA surgery database explanation available for medical research reporting
Surgery research can become complex very quickly: Not only are there the underlying conditions and demographics of each patient to…
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Roxane Gay’s ‘Hunger’ a worthy, perhaps necessary, read for medical journalists
Content note: This blog post mentions sexual assault. I read (and write) nonfiction all day long, so most of my…