Features

Bringing Science to a Television Audience

Too often, spectacles—like mummies and volcanoes—triumph over the reporting of modern science.

How Does the European Press Address Cloning?

The answer depends on the level of debate and who is saying what.

Investigating Science

Lots of time is required to cultivate sources and verify their claims.

Teaching Journalism Students to Report on Science

They learn how to put science into its broader economic and social context.

Winter 2002: Introduction

Journalists who devote considerable time to coverage of immigration and investigation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) write about why they report on a topic that rarely makes Page…
Reporting Science Means Looking for Cautionary Signals

Reporting Science Means Looking for Cautionary Signals

‘Experienced science writers try to keep the sense of uncertainty in their copy.’

Summer 2002: Introduction

Journalism is on a fast-paced, transformative journey, its destination still unknown. That the Web and other media technologies are affecting mightily the practice of journalism is beyond dispute. Less clear…

The Dangers of Disinformation in the War on Terrorism

‘We actually put out a false message to mislead people.’

The Pentagon and the Press

Several ‘principles’ of coverage became victims of the war against terrorism.

Press Access to Satellite Images is a Casualty in This War

The Department of Defense owns and controls these pictures.