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AP Rings the Alarm
Story about cancers from Fukushima plays up the scare factor
By David Ropeik Nov 22, 2011 at 04:50 PM
A lot of cancer is more newsworthy than a little cancer, or so seems to be lesson of an Associated... More
Soda Scare
Association, causation confused in news about pop and violence
By David Ropeik Oct 26, 2011 at 05:35 PM
Here we go again. A study finds an association between A and B, but some news reports say that A... More
Flame Retardants Raise Undue Alarm
Incomplete risk assessment mars coverage of chemicals in kids’ products
By David Ropeik May 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM
There is a great story in the news right now that illustrates the challenges for journalists who cover environmental risks.... More
Coverage of New Chernobyl Analysis Fails Risk Reporting Basics
Includes absolute risk, but not relative
By David Ropeik May 2, 2011 at 12:24 PM
The nuclear crisis in Japan keeps on revealing how the news media struggle to report accurately and thoroughly about risk.... More
Risk Reporting 101
What journalists should know about hazards and exposure
By David Ropeik Mar 11, 2011 at 04:12 PM
During my years as a daily TV journalist in Boston, I covered a seemingly endless string of risks: from the... More
The Risk of Poor Coverage of Risk
Why does a healthier-than-ever world feel so scary?
By David Ropeik Nov 30, 2010 at 03:30 PM
There is a hidden danger in this modern world of unprecedented plenty and healthier, longer lives: our growing fears about... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
