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An aspiring reporter ‘doesn’t need to learn how—he needs to learn what.’

‘For craft training to be accorded due respect does not mean all else must be shunned.’

A brief history of the ‘first cloned human embryo’ story.

Science demands evidence, and some forms of evidence are worth more than others are. A scientist’s authority should command attention but, in the absence of evidence, not belief. There is…

International coverage is good, while local research often isn’t well covered.

Reporters are better prepared, the public is eager for news, yet the science beat is getting tougher to do.

‘Once you’ve done it you can’t imagine doing anything else.’

After interviewing political leaders, a journalist uncovers the real revolution by talking with scientists.

This list of recommended books has been assembled by Boyce Rensberger, director of the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It represents only a start on…

By judging a newspaper’s visual coverage over a long period of time, bias becomes less apparent.