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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged performance-enhancing drugs

1. August 13, 2012 02:56 PM

   Drugs and the Olympics

   What if reporters imbedded with athletes during training?

   By Robert Weintraub

   The first week of the Olympics is traditionally given over to complaints about NBC’s coverage, as we discussed last week. By the second week, the quadrennial controversy shifts to speculation about the use of illegal drugs by the winners. This time around, attention focused on two athletes: Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt, who treats the sprints like a Sunday jog around...

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2. September 13, 2012 03:00 PM

   It’s about the rider

   Sports reporters flex their scientific muscle in Armstrong doping coverage

   By Declan Fahy

   The decision to strip Lance Armstrong of his Tour de France titles after he refused to continue fighting claims he took performance-enhancing drugs led to in-depth reporting of the science of doping—but the expert coverage was written largely by sports, not science, reporters. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) charged Armstrong with doping and playing a central role in a...

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