The Observatory
Extreme Measures
Must reporters cite climate change in every article about severe weather?
By Curtis Brainard Feb 24, 2011 at 01:49 PM
Last week, the journal Nature made a big splash in the press with the publication of two studies which found... More
Coming to Terms with the “Value” of Life
The rhetorical debate behind the NYT’s front-pager
By Curtis Brainard Feb 21, 2011 at 04:30 PM
Last week, my colleague Felix Salmon expressed his love for The New York Times’s front-page article on Thursday about federal... More
Dr. Search Engine
NYT prompts needed discussion about the relative merits of health websites
By Curtis Brainard Feb 17, 2011 at 01:47 PM
Eighty percent of Internet users seek out health information on the web, according to a survey released by the Pew... More
The Scientific Method for Reaching a Wider Audience
How digital media is helping science escape the “echo chamber”
By Dylan DePice Feb 11, 2011 at 01:25 PM
“Are science blogs stuck in an echo chamber? Chamber? Chamber?” Ed Yong, an award-winning science blogger at Discover, wondered in... More
Snow Job
Just what constitutes a “record”?
By Merrill Perlman Feb 8, 2011 at 12:36 PM
The snowstorm that hit much of the United States last week was one for the books. In Chicago, the 20.2... More
The Cost of Living, Part IV
Digital mammograms in the medical marketplace
By Trudy Lieberman Feb 2, 2011 at 02:01 PM
Containing the runaway costs of medical care is perhaps the thorniest of health care issues. Despite the rhetoric about getting... More
Introducing ‘Earth Journalism’
A global view of a local beat
By James Fahn Feb 1, 2011 at 09:00 AM
In the grand scheme of environmental affairs, journalism is almost always an afterthought. The media world seems to return the... More
Science Faltering?
Obama wants more R&D, but few willing to discuss research productivity
By Robert Fortner Jan 31, 2011 at 12:45 PM
President Obama wants “to reach a level of research and development we haven’t seen since the height of the Space... More
Blogging from Biology Class
Staten Island high school students team up with Nature Education
By Cristine Russell Jan 27, 2011 at 04:39 PM
If you’re worried about the future of science journalism, take solace in two fourteen-year-old students named Sam and Naseem who... More
In Deep Water
Reporters explore socio-economic complexity underlying floods in Brazil, Australia
By Sanhita Reddy Jan 26, 2011 at 12:33 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — No one is singing in the rain. The mudslides here and the floods in Australia... More
Add It Up
Bad math mars coverage of penguin banding, climate change
By Curtis Brainard Jan 24, 2011 at 06:03 PM
In the last two weeks, reporters have repeated false numbers provided by a study and a report (and by their... More
The Hottest Thing in Science Blogging
ScienceOnline2011 conference puts convergence of old and new media on display
By Cristine Russell Jan 18, 2011 at 05:22 PM
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina — The hot ticket for science bloggers and online writers this year was a once-obscure... More
Giffords’ Medical Care
Healthy dose of science coverage adds context
By Curtis Brainard Jan 12, 2011 at 08:30 AM
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remained in critical condition on Tuesday afternoon after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head on Saturday,... More
Climate Conundrums
Slack coverage, quality issues stir debate
By Curtis Brainard Jan 10, 2011 at 01:16 PM
2010 was “the year climate coverage ‘fell off the map,’” The Daily Climate, a website that tracks related news and... More
Tele-what?
Reporters must embrace the future with coverage of remote health monitoring
By Neil Versel Jan 6, 2011 at 01:20 PM
As a journalist who for the last decade has covered the use of information technology in health care, I’m rather... 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.
