Author

David J. Helfand

David Helfand is the former chair of the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University, where he has served on the faculty for nearly four decades.

Why Journalists Shouldn't Be Blinded by Bad Science

Why Journalists Shouldn’t Be Blinded by Bad Science

"A Survival Guide to the Misinformation Age” argues that journalists must better understand how science works in order to separate real breakthroughs from hype

January 12, 2016