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How To Make Science and Health Funding Cuts Resonate With Readers

Summary:

"Under the second Trump administration, reporters covering health and science in the U.S. have the added challenge of reporting on systematic budget cuts, cancelled grants, and decimated agency funding. Covering shifts in science funding takes a slightly different skill set than science reporting, but U.S. journalists can learn from their colleagues in many other countries, such as Brazil and Argentina, where slashed science funding is, unfortunately, not new." Also available in Spanish.

Author:

Lucila Pinto

Published By:

The Open Notebook

Date:

December 9, 2025