- internalmedicinenews.com/views/blognosis-the-internal-medicine-news-blog/blog/are-you-serving-your-lgbt-diabetes-patients/b00ac0fd26.html
- internalmedicinenews.com/views/blognosis-the-internal-medicine-news-blog/blog/what-fuels-the-athlete-with-type-1-diabetes/dbbd7085c4.html
- internalmedicinenews.com/views/blognosis-the-internal-medicine-news-blog/blog/can-crowdsourcing-speed-diabetes-drug-discovery/366bf22a38.html
- internalmedicinenews.com/index.php?id=495&cHash=071010&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=79081
List date(s) this work was published or aired.
LGBT: August 8th Athletes: August 15th Crowdsourcing: September 12th Cost: October 18th
Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
LGBT: Physicians should be sensitive to the needs of their LGBT patients with diabetes Athletes: Athletes with type 1 diabetes are setting records, and researchers are trying to learn more about how they do it. Crowdsourcing: The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is using crowdsourcing to help develop new treatments. Cost: The cost of treating diabetes far exceeds the amount physicians are paid to do it.
Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
LGBT: An article published by the presenter Athletes: One article for background Crowdsourcing: An article noted in the piece, plus a JDRF release Cost: The Avelere report
Explain types of human sources used.
LGBT: The presenter from a meeting workshop Athletes: I interviewed the two scientists quoted Crowdsourcing: I interviewed both the JDRF scientist and the one who published the background article on crowdsourcing Cost: I quoted one of several speakers on a telebriefing, but used information given by the others.
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.
One person left a comment on my Athletes blog noting that there were indeed a few notable athletes with type 1 diabetes who performed their feats more than a “couple of decades ago.” He is correct.
Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
Diabetes has been my “beat” for more than a quarter century. Now, with so much being written and reported on the topic, it’s more of a challenge to find new angles. I believe that these four articles represent novel, interesting, and important diabetes topics. I think it’s important for journalists to reach beyond the “pack” stories whenever possible.