Archive: Mar 2003

Covering the Quality of Health Care: A Resource Guide for Journalists

By Melinda Voss• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2003

In 1997, about a half-dozen journalists gathered in Chicago one September weekend to form the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ). The founders shared a vision that such a group could raise the quality, accuracy and RELATED ARTICLE … Read more

Why Reporters and Editors Get Health Coverage Wrong

By Melinda Voss• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2003

Health journalists need and want special training. Read more

Reporting on HIV/AIDS in Kenya

By Joseph Ngome• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2003

‘Medical experts are not willing to release the information to the media because they fear rebuttal from government authorities….’ Read more

AIDS in Africa: A Story That Must Be Told

By Huntly Collins• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2003

Reporters confront significant barriers, imposed by governments, editors and their own experiences, to accurately portray this health crisis. Read more

Documenting the Plague of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

By James Nachtwey• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2003

By photographing this disease’s devastation, James Nachtwey appeals ‘to stop the madness, lend a hand, restore humanity.’ Read more

Journalism Is Failing in Its Coverage of Global AIDS

By Sabin Russell• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2003

‘The worst global pandemic since the Black Death of the Middle Ages receives less media attention than a World Cup soccer match.’ Read more

Objectivity Without Neutrality

By Kemal Kurspahic• Opinion• March 15, 2003

A Bosnian journalist reflects on the value of testifying about the crimes of genocide. Read more

Testing Different Expectations of Journalism

By Nina Bernstein• Opinion• March 15, 2003

An American journalist wrestles with the request to provide evidence to a war crimes tribunal. Read more

The Korean Election Shows a Shift in Media Power

By In-Yong Rhee• March 15, 2003

Young voters create a ‘cyber Acropolis’ and help to elect the president. Read more

Shining the Globe’s Spotlight on the Catholic Church

By Walter V. Robinson• Journalist’s Trade• March 15, 2003

After publishing more than 900 articles about sexual molestation by priests, The Boston Globe’s coverage isn’t over yet. Read more