Covering Ethical Debates About Medical Issues By Kathleen Rutledge• Journalist’s Trade• June 15, 2003 Journalists in Nebraska played a role in informing people about the complexities of the science and ethics of medical research. Read more
Reporting the Cloning Story: From Hype to Healthy Skepticism By Aaron Zitner• Journalist’s Trade• June 15, 2003 Journalists can produce stronger stories by scrutinizing the motives, finances and personalities of researchers. Read more
Acting as Watchdog on Cancer Research By Paul Goldberg• Journalist’s Trade• June 15, 2003 A small newsletter can create big waves with its long and complicated stories. Read more
Investigating What Goes Wrong in Medicine By Paul Lieberman• Journalist’s Trade• June 15, 2003 After 30 years of doing this, a reporter passes along lessons—some serious, some not so serious. Read more
Mental Illness: Reporting on Maine’s Most Vulnerable Children By Barbara Walsh• Journalist’s Trade• June 15, 2003 Doctors and social workers said she’d ‘never be able to tell the story.’ She did. Read more
War Coverage in the Chinese Media By Yuan Feng• June 15, 2003 The Chinese people saw changes in the way news of this war was brought to them. Read more
Breaking the Medical Malpractice Code of Secrecy By Stephen Kiernan• Journalist’s Trade• June 15, 2003 At The Burlington Free Press, a reporter persists in unearthing stories that doctors don’t want told. Read more
Forty Years of Reporting the Nation’s News By Bill Wheatley• Opinion• June 15, 2003 Bob Schieffer reflects on stories he’s covered and the way journalism has changed. Read more
Learning To Be a Medical Journalist By Thomas Linden• Journalist’s Trade• June 15, 2003 ‘If you already are a skilled reporter and writer, the transition to medical journalism should be relatively easy.’ Read more
Documenting Native Approaches to Wellness By Mary Annette Pember• Journalist’s Trade• June 15, 2003 With images and words, a journalist tells the story of a tribe’s effort to prevent and control Type II diabetes. Read more
