Journalist’s Trade

Never use the word “miracle.” Leave that to ministers, mayonnaise-makers and sports-writers. Don’t use “breakthrough.” Breakthroughs are infrequent and this word, like controversy, is so overused that it has lost…

A journalist tracks where and how a medical story began and how its content came to be exaggerated.

A reporter explores connections between increased rates of cancer and the changing lifestyle of Alaska Natives.

A newspaper links forces with TV and radio to inform the community about the causes and consequences of this disease.

‘It puts the journalist in the position of challenging the source directly, a position no reporter or editor finds comfortable.’

An editorial writer describes her role in helping readers understand the issues.

A journalist says that media coverage of stem cells and cloning is repeating the mistakes the press made during the dot-com bubble.

Journalists in Nebraska played a role in informing people about the complexities of the science and ethics of medical research.

Journalists can produce stronger stories by scrutinizing the motives, finances and personalities of researchers.

Doctors and social workers said she’d ‘never be able to tell the story.’ She did.