‘… it is almost impossible to get the story right when the fundamentally commercial goals for which the study has been done are covered up with so much industry-sponsored expertise.’ Read more
‘… the usual “he said, she said” quotes I read in press accounts have little or nothing to do with the actual issues raised by the Pennsylvania case.’ Read more
‘How can we expect Americans to know anything beyond what they happen to remember from science class? Journalists certainly don’t tell them.’ Read more
Balanced coverage results in a ‘misleading scenario that there is a raging debate among climate-change scientists regarding humanity’s role in climate change.’ Read more
In reporting on the science of global warming, journalists contend with powerful, well-funded forces using strategies created by tobacco companies. Read more
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 background reading and is not meant as an exhaustive compilation. Read more
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 no one scientific method, but all good science includes elaborate … Read more
