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P-hacking, self-plagiarism concerns plague news-friendly nutrition lab
Some of the most difficult research to make sense of comes from nutrition science. It is difficult, expensive and labor-intensive…
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Tip sheet series to focus on red flags to look for in medical studies
With thousands of medical studies published every day, it’s impossible to cover even 1 percent of them. When you can…
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BBC piece on vitamin research a great example of engaging explanatory journalism
Anyone who has covered medical research for a while knows how fraught it can be to report on vitamin supplements…
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Should we beware the tyranny of the randomized controlled trial?
The intersection of scientific research, evidence and expertise can be a dicey one, particularly in an age in which evidence-based…
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Medical research coverage often contains too few independent, conflict-free comments
Just one in every six new stories about medical research contained independent comments from someone besides the study authors —…
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Writing about abortion? AHCJ has the data you need
Issues surrounding abortion never really leave the news. A reporter could build an entire beat around covering abortion issues and…
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How susceptibility to placebo effect could change research
The placebo effect presents quite the conundrum to researchers attempting to discern whether a particular intervention truly offers clinical benefit…
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Award-winning series can help you better understand medical studies
Winners of the 2016 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards included science journalist Christie Aschwanden of FiveThirtyEight, who received the Silver…
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Flesh out your coverage of infectious diseases with historical data
Any time there is an outbreak of an infectious disease, the public wants to know how common it is and…
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False positives matter: A real-life case study in understanding context
Something happened in our family early in August that set me behind in my work for more than three months.…