Journalist’s Trade

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.

After 30 years of doing this, a reporter passes along lessons—some serious, some not so serious.

A small newsletter can create big waves with its long and complicated stories.

At The Burlington Free Press, a reporter persists in unearthing stories that doctors don’t want told.

‘If you already are a skilled reporter and writer, the transition to medical journalism should be relatively easy.’

With images and words, a journalist tells the story of a tribe’s effort to prevent and control Type II diabetes.