The Observatory Archive
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Evolved for exhibitionism? Wired column makes weak claims about human behavior, psychology
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Reparative journalism Reporter sinks a controversial paper on “ex-gay” therapy
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The western frontier KQED Quest, Pacific Standard keep their eyes on the other coast
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USA Today’s oily, gassy rainbow Detailed cover story a bit too rosy about ‘energy independence’
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Attachment parenting, detached debate Time’s titillating cover overshadows article’s substance
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The ice melt cometh But flawless coverage about happenings in Antarctica has been rare
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Biotech bogeymen The San Francisco Chronicle’s muddled swipe at GE crops
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Mad cow, sane coverage Most media treat BSE discovery with appropriate concern
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Brain waves Articles about neuroscience push ideology, inflame divisions, study says
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
Obama promises climate talk But reporters will probably have to keep asking
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NYT Obscures Wal-Mart, EDF Link Article overlooks green group’s close ties to Walton Family Foundation
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Equivocal Efficiency? Some articles fail to stress bottom line of electric-vehicles report
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Titanic Proportions The 100th anniversary of one of the world’s most-covered stories
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Nutrition Coverage Under Fire From red meat to white rice, not enough skepticism of observational studies
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The Observatory, The Water Cooler
Q&A: The NYT’s Justin Gillis The recent Oakes Award winner talks about how to keep climate on the front page
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Little Context for Obama Energy Speech in Ohio Local reports present a war of words without much fact checking
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
Reporter’s Toolbox: Oil and Gas Prices Resources to help journalists stop the spin
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Pessimism Reigns a Year After Fukushima Media forecast a gloomy future for the nuclear industry
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Heartland, Gleick, and Media Law Experts weigh in on leaks and deceptive tactics
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The Observatory, The Water Cooler
Q&A: Eric Roston, Bloomberg’s sustainability editor A new section tracks businesses’ response to the global “resource crunch”
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“Economy Class Syndrome” Debunked Personal blood-clot narrative makes for bad science writing in Washington Post
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What Drives Public Opinion About Climate Change? Politicians, economy more influential than media coverage, study says
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
The Presidential Energy Narrative Campaign coverage takes on a green hue
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Keystone XL Jobs Bewilder Media Reporters still fumbling numbers in wake of pipeline’s rejection
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Does Big Pharma Pay Your Doctor? New federal database could be a boon for reporters … but it needs their input
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Critical Juncture for HuffPo Science With new section, David Freeman has an opportunity to raise the bar
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Media Made Hawking Famous Amid 70th birthday adoration, reporters ignored their role in the physicist’s celebrity
By Declan Fahy
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Down, But Not Out? A closer look at the quantity of climate coverage in 2011
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Climate Coverage Crashes Downward spiral in English-language news media continued in 2011
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Best of 2011: The Observatory From extreme weather to the crisis in Japan, Curtis Brainard picks the top CJR stories from the past year
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Methane Mysteries Coverage of permafrost melt creates confusion about level of worry
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Phone-Hacking Inquiry Eyes Science Journalism Nature calls on scientists to “fight agenda-driving reporting”
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Newsweek Fetishizes an “Epidemic” Voyeuristic sex-addiction cover misses an important debate
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The News Frontier, The Observatory
Calling Dr. Crowd News outlets rely on the masses for public health stories
By Alysia Santo
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Earth Journalism, The Observatory
Inside COP17 Why UN climate summits like the one in Durban are challenging, but worth covering
By James Fahn
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Frozen Planet’s Final Episode Will Air in US Discovery Channel reverses course following wave of criticism, but what will viewers get?
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Besser to Oz: “You Were Right” Consumer Reports confirms arsenic-in-apple-juice investigation
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The News Frontier, The Observatory
The Landman Cometh Innovation Trail and other New York outlets help readers prepare for fracking prospectors
By Alysia Santo
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UEA E-Mails Fail to Provoke Wary of “Climategate,” reporters treat latest leak as minor news
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AP Rings the Alarm Story about cancers from Fukushima plays up the scare factor
By David Ropeik
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
Congress Nixes Climate Service GOP lawmakers deny NOAA proposal to create central information hub
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WSJ Marginalizes Muller Climate-change op-ed didn’t run in the paper’s US edition
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Frozen Planet Freezes Out Climate BBC’s polar series unwisely sets apart episode about global warming
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Earth Journalism, The Observatory
Puzzling Over the Flood James Fahn pieces together the Thai disaster from international and local news
By James Fahn
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Behind the News, The Observatory
The Kochs and Keystone XL InsideClimate fails to make its case about brothers’ interest in the pipeline—but it should keep trying
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Like the Odds of a Heart Attack? The limits of medical analogies for the climate-weather connection
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The Observatory, Transparency
Cracking the Case Why is it so difficult to cover investigations of environmental crimes?
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Soda Scare Association, causation confused in news about pop and violence
By David Ropeik
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
Salazar Calls for Coverage Interior Secretary highlights underreported environment stories
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The News Frontier, The Observatory
Get a Life (Beyond the Web) Science writers struggle with time management
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Behind the News, The Observatory
The Scientist Lives LabX Media Group signs intent to purchase
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Astill on Covering Forests Grantham Prize winner discusses his series for The Economist
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Earth Journalism, The Observatory
Hooking the Reader Dublin meeting highlights reporting challenges related to oceans, seafood
By James Fahn
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Events, The Observatory, Transparency
An Empty Seat Government fails to show for science news, transparency event
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Behind the News, The Observatory
The Scientist Closes 25th anniversary issue of the venerable magazine will be the last
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Plant Food: Does Carbon Count? Admirable NYT article on forests misses one important point
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Events, The Observatory, Transparency
CJR Event: Science News and Government Transparency Access denied
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Skeptical of Science Among other new roles, journalists becoming more critical of research
By Declan Fahy
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Audit Arbiter, The Audit, The Observatory
A Frustrating AP Series on Nuclear Safety The industry's blunder-buss response doesn't help; public left confused
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Economic Crisis, The Audit, The Observatory
LAT On Why Solyndra Dazzled the Private and Public Sectors
By Ryan Chittum
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
NYTimes Misleads on Pace of Flood Relief FEMA's disaster delays are structural, not Congressional
By Erika Fry
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Economic Crisis, The Audit, The Observatory
Reporting on Solyndra Missing basic concepts about the government's loan-guarantee program.
By Ryan Chittum
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Behind the News, The Observatory
CJR Rewind: Hot Air Why don't TV weathermen believe in climate change?
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Earth Journalism, The Observatory
Starving for Coverage Unlike the 1980s, journalists pay little attention to famine ravaging the Horn of Africa
By James Fahn
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The News Frontier, The Observatory
SolveClimate Goes Inside How an environmental news startup found its way to investigative reporting
By Alysia Santo
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Fuzzy Kittens, Fuzzier Science Claims of hypoallergenic cats continue to go unchallenged by press
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Why the Sun Set on Solyndra How the bad news about green jobs could be better
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Media Hurricane Hype? Irene spurs debate about the quality of news coverage
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The News Frontier, The Observatory
After Irene: How a Hyperlocal Is Helping In the Catskills, the Watershed Post is coordinating relief efforts
By Alysia Santo
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The Observatory
Gamey Green Jobs Coverage NYT, others hack off slices of Brookings-Battelle report
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Earth Journalism, The Observatory
Journalism vs. Activism in Indonesia Reporters divided over advocacy on the environment beat
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Earth Journalism, The Observatory
LifeStraw Coverage Divided Carbon-credit, health angles illustrate global priorities
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The News Frontier, The Observatory
A River Runs Through It Defining news communities through the water they share
By Alysia Santo
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The Observatory
Whose Line Is It, Anyway? An oil-spill book relies too heavily on cut-and-paste work
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Earth Journalism, The Observatory
Growing Science in the Desert Several Middle Eastern countries are pouring money into research; will it work?
By James Fahn
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- Evolved for exhibitionism? Wired column makes weak claims about human behavior, psychology
- Reparative journalism Reporter sinks a controversial paper on “ex-gay” therapy
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- When a ‘birther’ story comes knocking After congressman’s comments, a Denver TV station doesn’t let go
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