Journalists and public health experts shared 12 strategies for building trust, using careful language and improving coverage of health misinformation during a workshop at the Association of Health Care Journalists’ annual conference.
Fluoride in Water: A Research Roundup and Reporting Tip Sheet
To help journalists with their reporting, we read through dozens of published research papers and unpacked several recent studies about fluoride in water.
To help journalists with their reporting, we read through dozens of published research papers and unpacked several recent studies about fluoride in water.
What Does the Removal of the ‘Protected Areas’ Policy Mean for Hospitals?
Medical and legal experts have issued detailed guidelines on responding to the removal of a policy that protected health care facilities from immigration enforcement activities. The information helps journalists to report on their local hospitals and empower patients to know their rights.
Medical and legal experts have issued detailed guidelines on responding to the removal of a policy that protected health care facilities from immigration enforcement activities. The information helps journalists to report on their local hospitals and empower patients to know their rights.
Higher Education Funding in the US: A Broad Overview
We explain higher education funding to help journalists cover the impacts of changes President Trump has made and plans to make to the U.S. Department of Education.
We explain higher education funding to help journalists cover the impacts of changes President Trump has made and plans to make to the U.S. Department of Education.
Private School Vouchers: An Explainer (With Research) to Help You Navigate School Choice Policies
We updated this explainer to help journalists understand and ask more probing questions about private school vouchers and other school choice programs.
We updated this explainer to help journalists understand and ask more probing questions about private school vouchers and other school choice programs.
Minority-Serving Institutions: 8 Key Facts About Colleges That Serve Many Underrepresented Students
Executive orders President Trump has signed in recent weeks carry significant implications for minority-serving institutions, which rely heavily on federal funding.
Executive orders President Trump has signed in recent weeks carry significant implications for minority-serving institutions, which rely heavily on federal funding.
Childhood Vaccines: What Research Shows About Their Safety and Potential Side Effects
In this piece, we share reporting tips, explain how vaccine side effects are tracked in the U.S., and discuss research on the safety of childhood vaccines.
In this piece, we share reporting tips, explain how vaccine side effects are tracked in the U.S., and discuss research on the safety of childhood vaccines.
9 Local Story Ideas From the 2024 Lancet Countdown Report on Climate Change and Health
Climate change is often framed as a global crisis, but its impacts are local. Journalists can inform their audiences by localizing climate change stories, making abstract climate data more tangible.
Climate change is often framed as a global crisis, but its impacts are local. Journalists can inform their audiences by localizing climate change stories, making abstract climate data more tangible.
Here Are the Answers to 15 Common Questions About Fluoride in Drinking Water
We scoured decades of published academic research to address questions about water fluoridation, including what it is, who makes decisions about it, and how safe and effective it is.
We scoured decades of published academic research to address questions about water fluoridation, including what it is, who makes decisions about it, and how safe and effective it is.
Fluoride in Water: A Research Roundup and Reporting Tip Sheet
To help journalists with their reporting, we read through dozens of published research papers and unpacked several recent studies about fluoride in water.
To help journalists with their reporting, we read through dozens of published research papers and unpacked several recent studies about fluoride in water.
Economists Studied Racial Discrimination in LinkedIn Job Networking. Here’s What They Found.
In a field experiment involving more than 400 fictitious LinkedIn profiles, researchers find connection requests sent from Black men’s profiles were 13% less likely to be accepted than those from white men’s profiles.
In a field experiment involving more than 400 fictitious LinkedIn profiles, researchers find connection requests sent from Black men’s profiles were 13% less likely to be accepted than those from white men’s profiles.
How School Nurses Can Help Fight Chronic Absenteeism
In this research-based explainer, we examine the rise in chronic student absenteeism in recent years and the various ways school nurses, an underutilized resource in the push to improve attendance, can help.
In this research-based explainer, we examine the rise in chronic student absenteeism in recent years and the various ways school nurses, an underutilized resource in the push to improve attendance, can help.
Do Child Access Prevention Laws Prevent Gun Violence? Here’s What the Research Says
We look at what the research says about whether child access prevention laws, which are meant to keep firearms away from kids in the home, work to prevent gun violence.
We look at what the research says about whether child access prevention laws, which are meant to keep firearms away from kids in the home, work to prevent gun violence.
How the News Media Cover Women in Politics: 5 Recent Studies to Know
To help news outlets avoid biased coverage in the weeks before Election Day, we’re taking a close look at five recent studies assessing the state of gender bias in U.S. political reporting.
To help news outlets avoid biased coverage in the weeks before Election Day, we’re taking a close look at five recent studies assessing the state of gender bias in U.S. political reporting.
Is Alcohol Good or Bad for You? Yes.
It's all more nuanced than headlines (including this one) suggest.
It’s all more nuanced than headlines (including this one) suggest.
Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why 2023 Was So Hot. Here’s Why You Should Care, Even if You’re Not a Climate Reporter
This is what the research says on why 2023 was a record warm year and how climate predictions affect a range of news beats, from agriculture to aviation. Plus, 3 tips for covering and localizing climate change stories.
This is what the research says on why 2023 was a record warm year and how climate predictions affect a range of news beats, from agriculture to aviation. Plus, 3 tips for covering and localizing climate change stories.