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Virtual body doubling may help your productivity
Virtual body doubling involves working alongside someone else through video chat. Many freelancers say it helps them stay motivated and…
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Resilience factors in older women could hold key to better quality of life
Study finds older women with more education and less stress have more resilience in older age.
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Reuters reporter investigates how Medicare fraud settlements fail to shield patients from dangerous clinicians
Reuters reporter Michael Berens explains how he researched his news story, “How doctors buy their way out of trouble.”
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ALS patients are using AI to preserve their natural voices. Here’s how one reporter covered it
Washington Post disabilities reporter Amanda Morris shares how she reported on artificial intelligence programs allowing people who have ALS to…
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‘Jail’ and ‘prison’ aren’t interchangeable, and other stuff journalists should know
Tips for journalists covering how police, judges, jails and prisons handle convicted and criminally charged people with mental illness.
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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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Understanding the ‘public health’ approach is first step in effective reporting on firearm violence
An overview of reporting on firearm violence as a public health issue and some key resources for data and research.
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These tools add important social context to public health stories
Federal, state and local officials use risk assessment tools called “social vulnerability indices” to identify places that may be hit…
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Profile writing brings a fresh approach to health news
Freelancers can write profiles to expand their output in health journalism.
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Tips for writing and selling profiles
As freelancers, most of us are always looking for stories to pitch, and yet we frequently overlook profiles. Writing a…
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