“‘Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science’ characterizes the nature, scope, and impacts of this phenomenon, and provides guidance on interventions, policies, and future research. This report is a comprehensive assessment
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“Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Medical Writing is a useful companion text to comprehensive style guides for the biomedical sciences. This book walks authors through best practices for writing scientific papers
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This article summarizes a panel session at the ScienceWriters2024 meeting in which speakers discussed how public information officers (PIOs) can better work with journalists. Speakers included Victoria Jaggard, executive editor
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“Health threats from climate change are reaching record-breaking levels, affecting people in every country, according to the eighth annual Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, which provides an
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Sam Lloyd, a scientist and children’s book author, shares insights about science and nature writing for children. “When we are writing about science and nature, non-fiction offers us endless opportunities
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“The Cracking the Code: How to Navigate Trust in Science Conversations email course is here to equip you with the tools and skills you need to foster trust in science
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“Climate misinformation may be more effective than we’d like to think because of a phenomenon called the illusory truth effect. In short, we are more likely to believe a lie
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The NPR Climate Desk put together this bulleted list of ready-to-use, sourced (to NPR articles) bullet points about climate change, organized by topic. Many are from the latest National Climate
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“A handful of researchers tried to notify the international community about a brewing problem with mpox, but their reports went mostly unnoticed until an outbreak in the United Kingdom in
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“As schools prepare for the fall semester, administrators are checking children’s shot records and working with families to help kids get up to date.” This research roundup explains strategies to
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The panel “Mis- and Disinformation about Health is Killing Us. What Should Journalists Be Doing about It?” presented at the 2024 International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, explored how certain
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“Ever wondered what it’s like to swap a pipette for a pen? Imagine turning yours and other’s discoveries and passion for science into compelling stories that captivate a wider audience.
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The Climate on the Ballot newsletter, from Covering Climate Now, is delivered every Monday and covers a topic to help journalists integrate climate into their newsroom’s campaign reporting. It is
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“Nearly two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, pregnant people continue to have difficulty accessing abortion care across the country. During a panel at HJ24, a
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“Experts and journalists who have researched and worked with trauma survivors say that practicing trauma-informed journalism not only leads to better, more accurate stories, but also helps protect survivors from
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A new study from researchers at Cornell University found that how health disparities were framed in news articles had an impact on readers’ perceptions of their risks. AHCJ spoke with
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“Journalists can’t report accurately on research involving human subjects without knowing certain details about the sample of people researchers studied. It’s important to know, for example, whether researchers used a
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Locally Sourced is a biweekly newsletter from Covering Climate Now. It’s for journalists working on local angles of the climate story. Each edition includes story idea suggestions, reporting tips, and
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SciLine, based at AAAS, and the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin collaborated on a survey of journalists and scientists who use SciLine’s service matching
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“We train scientists and health professionals to collect and analyze evidence. Yet we’re far less intentional about equipping them to credibly communicate it in an increasingly skeptical and fragmented world.”
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A May 2024 study, published in BMC Public Health, examines local television news clips covering gun violence. The study “reveals an overwhelming reliance on law enforcement narratives, missing deeper insights
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“This feature story, a collaboration between environmental and investigative reporters at the Charlotte Observer and the Raleigh News & Observer, is the flagship story from the two papers’ Big Poultry
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“There is consensus that climate journalism should be accurate, well-sourced, and reflect complexity and uncertainty as appropriate… But what about the huge range of audiences around the world? And the
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“In addition to being obviously uncomfortable, extreme heat is a public health issue.” This guide, an issue of Covering Climate Now’s biweekly newsletter, includes reporting tips, story examples, and resources
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“This handy and entertaining book provides the basics of goal-oriented science communication. It is aimed at career-building scientists and anyone who wants to take their first steps in the field
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