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Tip sheet: What to look for in covering surveys and polls
Covering surveys and polls means assessing their quality, which requires understanding their methods.
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Covering abortion as a health care issue in all its complexity, politics aside
I recently returned from the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) in Baltimore — the…
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New tip sheet provides glossary of cancer-related abbreviations
Having now covered a number of medical conferences related to cancer, I continually find myself looking up the same acronyms…
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Why the ‘Hawthone effect’ matters when covering medical studies
Those familiar with basic principles in physics are likely aware of the observer effect, the phenomenon by which simply observing…
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What journalists are missing when covering cancer research
Reporting on cancer research can be intimidating. So many studies are published daily about dozens of different cancers, hundreds of…
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Journalists need support and self-care when reporting on trauma
A global pandemic, never-ending mass shootings, heartbreaking patient stories, an opioid epidemic, legislation that endangers people’s lives … there’s no…
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Experts share databases and other useful resources for U.S. gun violence data
One of the most challenging aspects of writing about gun violence is finding good data. The CDC has reliable statistics…
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How I Did It: A question about alcohol deaths in New Mexico became a multi-part investigation
When journalist Ted Alcorn visited an alcohol detox center in Gallup, New Mexico, he had little idea his reporting on…
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Fall summit speaker Jessica Beard targets more empathetic, ethical coverage of gun violence
Dr. Jessica Beard answers AHCJ Board President Felice Freyer’s questions during the lunch talk Q&A. (Photo by Erica Tricarico)If reporters…
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Promotional “hype” language has increased substantially in NIH grant applications
The number of promotional adjectives used to hype proposed research has increased by more than 1300% in successful grant applications…