The Observatory Archive
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Dull news from Doha UN climate summit a ho-hum affair for the press
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Highway to the danger zone Following Sandy, HuffPo and NYT dig into the folly of coastal development
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Climate roller coaster back on track With Obama talking global warming, media see ups and downs
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What’s the MATTER? A Kickstarter-funded longform narrative science journalism site launches
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Salazar threatens to ‘punch out’ reporter Interior Secretary angered by tough questions at Obama campaign event
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Take a beat Media pump too much news from heart association meeting, critic says
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Obama and the environment Media react to the election with speculation, some insights
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Lemmings like us Businessweek’s climate-change broadside is powerful, but ignores the allure of waterfront property
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Bad hippie! Is it wrong to ‘scold’ exaggerations about climate and weather?
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Sandy’s climate context Why generalizing about extreme weather helps no one
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Jenny McCarthy as a Sun-Times columnist? Science writers are skeptical, though McCarthy won't promote a fake link between vaccines and autism there
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Junkets masquerading as prizes To avoid conflicts of interest, read the fine print
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Ask Obama and Romney this: What about climate change? Schieffer misses media’s last chance to pop the question on a big stage
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Debunking the ‘war on coal,’ take two The AP gets it right the second time around
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Turner’s turnaround LA Times columnist learns that evaluating electric vehicles is harder than it seems
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The vilification of electric vehicles Media botch full explanation of the latest research
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The good news about organics And why the media tend to ignore it
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TNR causes trouble for coal baron Exposé on pressuring employees to make campaign contributions stirs inquiry
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Jackpot lost Is a $75K prize or better training more likely to improve environmental coverage?
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The value of skepticism Why science reporters should question research
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No debate about environment Hopes for questions about climate, public lands fall flat
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BPI’s beef with ABC News ‘Pink slime’ defamation suit a long shot, media report
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Press digs into anti-GMO study Reporters thwart scientists’ attempt to prevent scrutiny
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Shoddy TV science coverage CNN’s Gupta promises cancer cure, while PBS’s Michels delivers false balance on climate
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Global warming coverage cools in Europe Fewer European journalists are covering UN climate summits in person
By Caty Arevalo
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It’s about the rider Sports reporters flex their scientific muscle in Armstrong doping coverage
By Declan Fahy
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What does ‘healthier’ mean? Coverage of organic-food study plays loose with the term
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Yao Ming and the elephant massacre Recent coverage of the African poaching crisis strikes at supply and demand
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Conventions create climate coverage While ScienceDebate.org gets some answers
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Water woes Regional papers turn out series on sea level, drought
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CBS goofs up the green beat Network fails to disclose M. Sanjayan’s affiliation and ties to source
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
Candidates clam up on climate Reporters call out Obama and Romney’s silence
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UPI shirks responsibility Raeburn takes wire to task for cribbing from Science News
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Covering Romney in Ohio’s coal country Visit draws sharp questions from across state line, and solid stories from big-city papers
By T.C. Brown
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Ryan re-energizes coverage VP candidate brings fossil fuels, alternatives back into focus
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Sex and sensationalism Researchers accuse press of ‘licentious’ coverage of animal studies
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The science of performance Reuters writer reviews the research amid London Olympics
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Muller’s media circus Did the press fall for a climate-change publicity stunt?
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The bright-young-things hypothesis Jonah Lehrer’s mistakes are not our fault
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Diet wars turn family feud Why the Times's Gina Kolata has it out for the Times's Gary Taubes
By Paul Scott
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Lehrer resigns from The New Yorker Tablet busts the writer for fabricating Bob Dylan quotes in his new book, Imagine: How Creativity Works
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InsideClimate out front Investigation of Kalamazoo oil spill calamity led the pack
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‘I don’t bluff’ Michael Mann’s lawyer says National Review must retract and apologize
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Quest for science debate continues 15 top science organizations press Obama, Romney for answers
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ABC News: armchair psychologist The network offers irresponsible speculation about the Colorado shooter
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Flames, causes and context As Western wildfires rage, reporters grapple with stories beyond acreage burned and homes destroyed
By Tom Yulsman
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The heatwave debate How the science of probability affects science coverage
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The Palm Beach Post exposes a hidden menace Government cutbacks and the worst TB epidemic in 20 years
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Like steam, ping-pong balls, and Omar Sharif
By The Editors
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The expectations game Blogs drive MSM speculation about Higgs announcement
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Press war Down Under A mining mogul’s battle with an Australian media group shakes the industry
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Our polar backyard Economist explores what a melting Arctic means to the world
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Rio+20 side events become the main event Does the summit deserve the scorn and indifference it has received from the media?
By James Fahn
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“Prophet of Katrina” stays put Times-Picayune’s ace environment reporter sticks with Nola Media Group
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How creativity works? Not like that. Science writer Jonah Lehrer accused of self-plagiarism
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Rio+20 roundup Coverage of the UN sustainable development summit revs up, or not
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Adrift in a sea of (no) coverage For two years, little in the news about battle over National Ocean Policy
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Covering the animal within Zoobiquity promotion belies activity in comparative medicine
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NSF invests in literary science journalism Creative nonfiction program seeks emerging writers
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An eye on environmental justice EHN series focuses on an under-covered angle on toxics
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Salt Lake Tribune takes Grantham Prize $75,000 award goes to series about threatened forests for second year in a row
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How to improve environmental coverage? Project sets broad goals, learns to adapt
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CBS News hires M. Sanjayan Lead scientist at The Nature Conservancy to cover science, environment
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From SOS to SMS Mobile journalism service aims to protect Indonesian forests, connect villages
By James Fahn
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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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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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- Dull news from Doha UN climate summit a ho-hum affair for the press
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