Science Journalism

“Cheese Powder and Other Hobgoblins: A Double Standard in Risk Reporting”

“Moreover, when the story provides a link to the “study,” you are taken not to the research itself but to a summary written by an advocacy group, the Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging…

“Reader beware: Science covered in the news is pretty likely to be overturned”

“Their analysis of media coverage indicates that studies written about in newspapers are highly likely to be later overturned.

“This is partly due to the fact that…

“Bad sugar or bad journalism? An expert review of “The Case Against Sugar”.”

“Scientifically, The Case Against Sugar suffers from a condition Steven Pinker has called the “Igon Value Problem”. This term describes the tendency of certain science journalists to arrive at obtuse…

“Give the public the tools to trust scientists”

“Much of the science that the public knows about and admires imparts a sense of wonder and fun about the world, or answers big existential questions. It’s in the popularization of physics through the television programmes of physicist Brian Cox…