Archive: Dec 2005

The Disconnect of News Reporting From Scientific Evidence

By Max Boykoff• Opinion• December 15, 2005

Balanced coverage results in a ‘misleading scenario that there is a raging debate among climate-change scientists regarding humanity’s role in climate change.’ Read more

Journalism as a Conversation

By Jean K. Min• Features• December 15, 2005

‘Only as an afterthought did it dawn on us that the audience is the real content on the Web.’ Read more

With Citizens’ Visual News Coverage Standards Don’t Change

By Lou Ferrara and Santiago Lyon• Features• December 15, 2005

‘In an era in which digital alteration of images is increasingly easy, credibility is everything.’ Read more

Disinformation, Financial Pressures, and Misplaced Balance

By Ross Gelbspan• Opinion• December 15, 2005

A reporter describes the systemic forces that work against the story of climate change being accurately told. Read more

Knowing Uncertainty for What It Is

By David Michaels• Opinion• December 15, 2005

In reporting on the science of global warming, journalists contend with powerful, well-funded forces using strategies created by tobacco companies. Read more

Intelligent Design Has Not Surfaced in the British Press

By Martin Redfern• Opinion• December 15, 2005

At a journalism seminar, a BBC producer was ‘struck by the concern about intelligent design amongst our transatlantic colleagues.’ Read more

Probing Beneath the Surface of the Intelligent Design Controversy

By Gailon Totheroh• Opinion• December 15, 2005

‘… to truly understand I.D., people need to look at things in ways that are different from our accustomed patterns.’ Read more

Where Citizens and Journalists Intersect

By Dan Gillmor• Features• December 15, 2005

‘The crucial leap will be helping our audience become involved in the process much more directly.’ Read more

When the Conflict Narrative Doesn’t Fit

By Diane Winston• Opinion• December 15, 2005

‘Conflict does attract readers. But pursued as a virtue unto itself, it can distort news stories and skew public understanding.’ Read more

In Kansas, the Debate About Science Evolves

By Diane Carroll• Opinion• December 15, 2005

One veteran reporter describes the complexities involved in telling this story as like entering ‘The Land of Muck.’ Read more