Why scientists often hate records requests The shadow side of sunlight laws February 25, 2015 By Anna Clark
A new ‘micro-publication’ for deep environmental and tech reporting February 24, 2014 By Nicola Pring Climate Confidential needs 800 subscribers by March 6 to come to fruition
This slightly misleading headline will change the way you share this story January 16, 2014 By Alexis Sobel Fitts Nymag.com and Quartz expand their science coverage
The polar vortex climate conundrum January 8, 2014 By Alexis Sobel Fitts It either disproves climate change or is caused by it–say what?
Climate change press’ pseudo boom January 6, 2014 By Alexis Sobel Fitts The Daily Climate reports a 30-percent spike in global warming coverage during 2013; social scientists disagree that the figure signals a rebound
Cloudy with a chance of amazeballs December 23, 2013 By Alexis Sobel Fitts The Weather Channel is reinventing itself for the digital age
Prime-time’s global warming omission December 19, 2013 By Alexis Sobel Fitts A study shows that newscasters don’t mention climate change when covering the weather, but whether they should is a larger question
‘A very special’ Esquire story December 11, 2013 By Alexis Sobel Fitts The magazine claims that advocacy and good intentions exempt them from a scientific critique
Journalists and PTSD: Is it about guilt? December 6, 2013 By Alexis Sobel Fitts Research suggests that reporters convinced their work inflicted harm suffer more from covering violence
Asperger’s, pedophiles, and questionable motivations December 3, 2013 By Alexis Sobel Fitts A dart to the Daily Beast, for its ill-informed speculation on Adam Lanza’s psyche
Openly accessible November 14, 2013 By Alexis Sobel Fitts The backlash over a Science magazine sting raises questions about the scope of investigative journalism and the rigor of open access publishing
A lot: that’s how many November 5, 2013 By Alexis Sobel Fitts New study has journalists in a jellybean-counting contest over just how many Earth-like planets are out there
Sounding the alarm November 5, 2013 By Naomi Sharp Climate Desk’s Chris Mooney talks to CJR about how the press help perpetuate global warming pseudo-science
Sandy’s quick-fix legacy October 31, 2013 By Alexis Sobel Fitts One year later, the story of how to rebuild post-storm is still complicated
Shutdown science October 23, 2013 By Naomi Sharp The Guardian says the shutdown betrays conservative anti-science attitudes
Brain imagining October 21, 2013 By Alexis Sobel Fitts A neuroscience comic book attempts to create better communication on the brain